1722-84-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Dehydrative Beckmann rearrangement and the following cascade reactions
Liu, Yinghui,Wei, Yongjiao,Xie, Lan-Gui
supporting information, (2021/11/16)
The Beckmann rearrangement has been predominantly studied for the synthesis of amide and lactam. By strategically using the in situ generated Appel's salt or Mitsunobu's zwitterionic adduct as the dehydrating agent, a series of Beckmann rearrangement and following cascade reactions have been developed herein. The protocol allows the conversion of various ketoximes into amide, thioamide, tetrazole and imide products in modular procedures. The generality and tolerance of functionalities of this method have been demonstrated.
Site-Selective Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Aliphatics Enabled by Organophotoredox/Cobalt Dual Catalysis
Zhou, Min-Jie,Zhang, Lei,Liu, Guixia,Xu, Chen,Huang, Zheng
supporting information, p. 16470 - 16485 (2021/10/20)
The value of catalytic dehydrogenation of aliphatics (CDA) in organic synthesis has remained largely underexplored. Known homogeneous CDA systems often require the use of sacrificial hydrogen acceptors (or oxidants), precious metal catalysts, and harsh reaction conditions, thus limiting most existing methods to dehydrogenation of non- or low-functionalized alkanes. Here we describe a visible-light-driven, dual-catalyst system consisting of inexpensive organophotoredox and base-metal catalysts for room-temperature, acceptorless-CDA (Al-CDA). Initiated by photoexited 2-chloroanthraquinone, the process involves H atom transfer (HAT) of aliphatics to form alkyl radicals, which then react with cobaloxime to produce olefins and H2. This operationally simple method enables direct dehydrogenation of readily available chemical feedstocks to diversely functionalized olefins. For example, we demonstrate, for the first time, the oxidant-free desaturation of thioethers and amides to alkenyl sulfides and enamides, respectively. Moreover, the system's exceptional site selectivity and functional group tolerance are illustrated by late-stage dehydrogenation and synthesis of 14 biologically relevant molecules and pharmaceutical ingredients. Mechanistic studies have revealed a dual HAT process and provided insights into the origin of reactivity and site selectivity.
Photoredox/Cobalt Dual-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Elimination of Carboxylic Acids: Development and Mechanistic Insight
Cartwright, Kaitie C.,Joseph, Ebbin,Comadoll, Chelsea G.,Tunge, Jon A.
, p. 12454 - 12471 (2020/09/09)
Recently, dual-catalytic strategies towards the decarboxylative elimination of carboxylic acids have gained attention. Our lab previously reported a photoredox/cobaloxime dual catalytic method that allows the synthesis of enamides and enecarbamates directly from N-acyl amino acids and avoids the use of any stoichiometric reagents. Further development, detailed herein, has improved upon this transformation's utility and further experimentation has provided new insights into the reaction mechanism. These new developments and insights are anticipated to aid in the expansion of photoredox/cobalt dual-catalytic systems.
Bio- And Medicinally Compatible α-Amino-Acid Modification via Merging Photoredox and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
Chen, Lei,Du, Ding,Feng, Jie,Gao, Jian,Lu, Tao,Ma, Rui,Shi, Zhihao,Zhang, Kuili
supporting information, (2020/09/02)
An N-heterocyclic carbene and photoredox cocatalyzed α-amino-acid decarboxylative carbonylation reaction is presented. This method displays good scope generality, providing a direct pathway to access various downstream α-amino ketones under bio- and medicinally compatible conditions. Moreover, this strategy is appealing to chemical biology because it has great potential for the chemical modification of peptides or the late-stage synthesis of keto-peptides.
An Electrochemical Beckmann Rearrangement: Traditional Reaction via Modern Radical Mechanism
Tang, Li,Wang, Zhi-Lv,He, Yan-Hong,Guan, Zhi
, p. 4929 - 4936 (2020/08/21)
Abstract: Electrosynthesis as a potential means of introducing heteroatoms into the carbon framework is rarely studied. Herein, the electrochemical Beckmann rearrangement, i. e. the direct electrolysis of ketoximes to amides, is presented for the first time. Using a constant current as the driving force, the reaction can be easily carried out under neutral conditions at room temperature. Based on a series of mechanistic studies, a novel radical Beckmann rearrangement mechanism is proposed. This electrochemical Beckmann rearrangement does not follow the trans-migration rule of the classical Beckmann rearrangement.
o-Phthalic Anhydride/Zn(OTf)2 co-catalyzed Beckmann rearrangement under mild conditions
Xu, Ze-Feng,Zhang, Teng,Hong, Wenjun
supporting information, p. 3113 - 3117 (2019/05/08)
o-Phthalic anhydride/Zn(OTf)2 co-catalyzed Beckmann rearrangement was developed, producing the corresponding amide in up to 99% yield with acid-sensitive functionalities tolerated well, and the scale of the reaction could be enlarged to 77 mmol and the excellent yield was maintained. A successive procedure was developed. Moreover, the reaction was carried out at rt under nearly neutral conditions, and the workup was concise. These features illustrated the potential of the protocol in amide synthesis.
SO2F2-Activated Efficient Beckmann Rearrangement of Ketoximes for Accessing Amides and Lactams
Zhang, Guofu,Zhao, Yiyong,Xuan, Lidi,Ding, Chengrong
supporting information, p. 4911 - 4915 (2019/07/31)
A novel, mild and practical protocol for the efficient activation of the Beckmann rearrangement utilizing the readily available and economical sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2 gas) has been developed. The substrate scope of the operationally simple methodology has been demonstrated by 37 examples with good to nearly quantitative isolated yields (over 90 % yield in most cases) in a short time, including B(OH)2, COOH, NH2, and OH substituted substrates. A tentative mechanism was proposed involving formation and elimination of key intermediate, sulfonyl ester.
Decarboxylative Elimination of N-Acyl Amino Acids via Photoredox/Cobalt Dual Catalysis
Cartwright, Kaitie C.,Tunge, Jon A.
, p. 11801 - 11806 (2018/12/11)
A dual-catalytic strategy for the synthesis of enamides and enecarbamates directly from easily accessible and inexpensive amino acids has been realized. This mild and efficient protocol makes use of an organic photoredox catalyst and a cobaloxime catalyst to achieve decarboxylative elimination using hydrogen evolution to drive the oxidation. Thus, the reaction occurs without a stoichiometric oxidant or the forcing conditions previously employed in attempts to achieve similar eliminations.
Terminal Alkenes from Acrylic Acid Derivatives via Non-Oxidative Enzymatic Decarboxylation by Ferulic Acid Decarboxylases
Aleku, Godwin A.,Prause, Christoph,Bradshaw-Allen, Ruth T.,Plasch, Katharina,Glueck, Silvia M.,Bailey, Samuel S.,Payne, Karl A. P.,Parker, David A.,Faber, Kurt,Leys, David
, p. 3736 - 3745 (2018/08/03)
Fungal ferulic acid decarboxylases (FDCs) belong to the UbiD-family of enzymes and catalyse the reversible (de)carboxylation of cinnamic acid derivatives through the use of a prenylated flavin cofactor. The latter is synthesised by the flavin prenyltransferase UbiX. Herein, we demonstrate the applicability of FDC/UbiX expressing cells for both isolated enzyme and whole-cell biocatalysis. FDCs exhibit high activity with total turnover numbers (TTN) of up to 55000 and turnover frequency (TOF) of up to 370 min?1. Co-solvent compatibility studies revealed FDC's tolerance to some organic solvents up 20 % v/v. Using the in-vitro (de)carboxylase activity of holo-FDC as well as whole-cell biocatalysts, we performed a substrate profiling study of three FDCs, providing insights into structural determinants of activity. FDCs display broad substrate tolerance towards a wide range of acrylic acid derivatives bearing (hetero)cyclic or olefinic substituents at C3 affording conversions of up to >99 %. The synthetic utility of FDCs was demonstrated by a preparative-scale decarboxylation.
Scope and mechanism of a true organocatalytic beckmann rearrangement with a boronic acid/perfluoropinacol system under ambient conditions
Mo, Xiaobin,Morgan, Timothy D. R.,Ang, Hwee Ting,Hall, Dennis G.
supporting information, p. 5264 - 5271 (2018/04/24)
Catalytic activation of hydroxyl functionalities is of great interest for the production of pharmaceuticals and commodity chemicals. Here, 2-alkoxycarbonyl- and 2-phenoxycarbonyl-phenylboronic acid were identified as efficient catalysts for the direct and chemoselective activation of oxime N-OH bonds in the Beckmann rearrangement. This classical organic reaction provides a unique approach to prepare functionalized amide products that may be difficult to access using traditional amide coupling between carboxylic acids and amines. Using only 5 mol % of boronic acid catalyst and perfluoropinacol as an additive in a polar solvent mixture, the operationally simple protocol features mild conditions, a broad substrate scope, and a high functional group tolerance. A wide variety of diaryl, aryl-alkyl, heteroaryl-alkyl, and dialkyl oximes react under ambient conditions to afford high yields of amide products. Free alcohols, amides, carboxyesters, and many other functionalities are compatible with the reaction conditions. Investigations of the catalytic cycle revealed a novel boron-induced oxime transesterification providing an acyl oxime intermediate involved in a fully catalytic nonself-propagating Beckmann rearrangement mechanism. The acyl oxime intermediate was prepared independently and was subjected to the reaction conditions. It was found to be self-sufficient; it reacts rapidly, unimolecularly without the need for free oxime. A series of control experiments and 18O labeling studies support a true catalytic pathway involving an ionic transition structure with an active and essential role for the boronyl moiety in both steps of transesterification and rearrangement. According to 11B NMR spectroscopic studies, the additive perfluoropinacol provides a transient, electrophilic boronic ester that is thought to serve as an internal Lewis acid to activate the ortho-carboxyester and accelerate the initial, rate-limiting step of transesterification between the precatalyst and the oxime substrate.
