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Metal-Free Allylic Oxidation of Steroids Using TBAI/TBHP Organocatalytic Protocol
Lam, Ying-Pong,Yeung, Ying-Yeung
, p. 2369 - 2372 (2018)
A mild, efficient and organocatalytic allylic oxidation of steroids using a TBAI/TBHP protocol has been developed. A range of bioactive Δ5-en-7-ones can be easily prepared from the corresponding Δ5-steroids. The methodology features several advantages, including readily available starting materials, environmentally benign oxidant, high functional group compatibility, and metal-free catalysis.
CrO3/NHPI adsorbed on activated clay: A new supported reagent for allylic selective oxidation of Δ5-sterols
Liu, Jin,Zhu, Hong-You,Cheng, Xiao-Hong
, p. 1076 - 1083 (2009)
Chromium trioxide and N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) supported on activated clay could serve as an efficient and mild oxidant for allylic selective oxidation of Δ5-sterols. Thus, a ketone group could be easily introduced into the allylic position of Δ5-sterols with the existence of a sensitive 3β-hydroxyl group. The oxidant residue can be removed easily from the reaction mixture by filtration and reused after reactivation at 120δC for 4-6 h. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Bismuth-catalyzed allylic oxidation using t-butyl hydroperoxide
Salvador, Jorge A.R.,Silvestre, Samuel M.
, p. 2581 - 2584 (2005)
Bismuth(III) salts are efficient catalysts for the selective allylic oxidation using tert-butyl hydroperoxide. BiCl3 is especially effective and can be easily recovered and reused as BiOCl. Using BiCl 3/K-10 as catalyst, an increase in the reaction rate was observed.
Optimization of the allylic oxidation in the synthesis of 7-keto-Δ5-steroidal substrates
Arsenou, Evaggelia S.,Koutsourea, Anna I.,Fousteris, Manolis A.,Nikolaropoulos, Sotiris S.
, p. 407 - 414 (2003)
A variety of Δ5-steroids were converted into α, β-unsaturated 7-ketones using a modification of the already known method of t-butyl hydroperoxide in the presence of copper iodide in acetonitrile. The same alteration was applied to another oxidative procedure, which had never been used before on steroidal substrates. The same oxidative agent was used in the presence of copper iodide, and tetra-n-butylammonium bromide was used as a phase-transfer catalyst in a two-phase system of water/methylene chloride. It was found that the allylic oxidation proceeded more efficiently when t-butyl hydroperoxide was added to the reaction mixture in portions. The initial addition of the total amount of oxidant or its dropwise addition afforded low yields. This observation contributes to the investigation of the reaction mechanism, and high-yield conversions of steroidal 5,6-enes into the corresponding conjugated 7-ones in short reaction times are reported.
Visible-Light-Enabled Allylic C-H Oxidation: Metal-free Photocatalytic Generation of Enones
Liu, Chao,Liu, Hui,Zheng, Xuan,Chen, Shanyi,Lai, Qihong,Zheng, Changlong,Huang, Mingqiang,Cai, Kaicong,Cai, Zhixiong,Cai, Shunyou
, p. 1375 - 1381 (2022/02/07)
A practical and efficient method has been established for the direct oxidation of allylic C-H bonds catalyzed by visible-light-enabled photoredox agents. This protocol uses oxygen as the sole oxidant under metal-free conditions at room temperature and pro
Scalable and sustainable electrochemical allylic C-H oxidation
Horn, Evan J.,Rosen, Brandon R.,Chen, Yong,Tang, Jiaze,Chen, Ke,Eastgate, Martin D.,Baran, Phil S.
, p. 77 - 81 (2016/06/01)
New methods and strategies for the direct functionalization of C-H bonds are beginning to reshape the field of retrosynthetic analysis, affecting the synthesis of natural products, medicines and materials. The oxidation of allylic systems has played a prominent role in this context as possibly the most widely applied C-H functionalization, owing to the utility of enones and allylic alcohols as versatile intermediates, and their prevalence in natural and unnatural materials. Allylic oxidations have featured in hundreds of syntheses, including some natural product syntheses regarded as € classics €. Despite many attempts to improve the efficiency and practicality of this transformation, the majority of conditions still use highly toxic reagents (based around toxic elements such as chromium or selenium) or expensive catalysts (such as palladium or rhodium). These requirements are problematic in industrial settings; currently, no scalable and sustainable solution to allylic oxidation exists. This oxidation strategy is therefore rarely used for large-scale synthetic applications, limiting the adoption of this retrosynthetic strategy by industrial scientists. Here we describe an electrochemical C-H oxidation strategy that exhibits broad substrate scope, operational simplicity and high chemoselectivity. It uses inexpensive and readily available materials, and represents a scalable allylic C-H oxidation (demonstrated on 100 grams), enabling the adoption of this C-H oxidation strategy in large-scale industrial settings without substantial environmental impact.
