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Radical chain reduction of alkylboron compounds with catechols
Villa, Giorgio,Povie, Guillaume,Renaud, Philippe
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5913 - 5920 (2011/06/16)
The conversion of alkylboranes to the corresponding alkanes is classically per-formed via protonolysis of alkylboranes. This simple reaction requires the use of severe reaction conditions, that is, treatment with a carboxylic acid at high temperature (>150 °C). We report here a mild radical procedure for the transformation of organoboranes to alkanes. 4-tert-Butylcatechol, a well-established radical inhibitor and antioxidant, is acting as a source of hydrogen atoms. An efficient chain reaction is observed due to the exceptional reactivity of phenoxyl radicals toward alkylboranes. The reaction has been applied to a wide range of organoboron derivatives such as B- alkylcatecholboranes, trialkylboranes, pinacolboronates, and alkylboronic acids. Furthermore, the so far elusive rate constants for the hydrogen transfer between secondary alkyl radical and catechol derivatives have been experimentally determined. Interestingly, they are less than 1 order of magnitude slower than that of tin hydride at 80 °C, making catechols particularly attractive for a wide range of transformations involving C-C bond formation.
New Oxidative Aromatization of α,β-Unsaturated Cyclohexenones with Iodine-Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate in Alcohol
Horiuchi, C. Akira,Fukunishi, Hirotada,Kajita, Mika,Yamaguchi, Akihisa,Kiyomiya, Hiroshi,Kiji, Shinji
, p. 1921 - 1924 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of 2-cyclohexen-1-one derivatives with iodine-cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate in alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, and 1-butanol) under refluxing, gave the corresponding alkyl phenyl ethers in good yields.In the case of diol (ethylene glycol, 1,3-propanediol, and 1,4-butanediol), phenoxyalkanol derivatives were obtained.The present method was also applicable to oxidative rearrangement of isophorone.
