1855-13-6

Upstream product

• 693-03-8 n-butyl magnesium bromide 
• 93-89-0 benzoic acid ethyl ester 
• 94-36-0 dibenzoyl peroxide 
• 1009-14-9 phenyl butyl ketone 
• 93-97-0 benzoic acid anhydride 
• 93-58-3 benzoic acid methyl ester 
• 693-04-9 butyl magnesium bromide 
• 5145-65-3 N-benzoylpyrrole 
• 109-72-8 n-butyllithium 
• 93-99-2 benzoic acid phenyl ester 
• 884-09-3 phenyl thiobenzoate 
• 99051-01-1 2,3,3-trimethyl-2-butyl peroxybenzoate 
• 79704-90-8 (2E)-1-(allyloxy)-2-butene 
• 98-88-4 benzoyl chloride 

Downstream Products

• 42044-74-6 5-phenyl-non-4-ene 
• 131237-45-1 5,6-dibutyl-5-(4'-nitrophenyl)-6-(3-fluorophenyl)decane 
• 42044-32-6 1,1-Dibutyl-1,1'-diphenylazopentan 
• 1009-14-9 phenyl butyl ketone 
• 41718-44-9 α,α-dibutylbenzylamine 
• 20216-88-0 1-butyl-1-phenylpentane 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Barbier-type reactions of aryl halides with ketones mediated by Samarium diiodide

Barbier-type reaction of aryl halides with ketones took place on treatment with samarium diiodide in benzene containing 10% hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPA). The reaction involves an aryl samarium as an intermediate.

A Fast and General Route to Ketones from Amides and Organolithium Compounds under Aerobic Conditions: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects

We report that the nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction of aliphatic and (hetero)aromatic amides by organolithium reagents proceeds quickly (20 s reaction time), efficiently, and chemoselectively with a broad substrate scope in the environmentally responsible cyclopentyl methyl ether, at ambient temperature and under air, to provide ketones in up to 93 % yield with an effective suppression of the notorious over-addition reaction. Detailed DFT calculations and NMR investigations support the experimental results. The described methodology was proven to be amenable to scale-up and recyclability protocols. Contrasting classical procedures carried out under inert atmospheres, this work lays the foundation for a profound paradigm shift of the reactivity of carboxylic acid amides with organolithiums, with ketones being straightforwardly obtained by simply combining the reagents under aerobic conditions and with no need of using previously modified or pre-activated amides, as recommended.

Expeditious and practical synthesis of tertiary alcohols from esters enabled by highly polarized organometallic compounds under aerobic conditions in Deep Eutectic Solvents or bulk water

An efficient protocol was developed for the synthesis of tertiary alcohols via nucleophilic addition of organometallic compounds of s-block elements (Grignard and organolithium reagents) to esters performed in the biodegradable choline chloride/urea eutectic mixture or in water. This approach displays a broad substrate scope, with the addition reaction proceeding quickly (20 s reaction time) and cleanly, at ambient temperature and under air, straightforwardly furnishing the expected tertiary alcohols in yields of up to 98%. The practicability of the method is exemplified by the sustainable synthesis of some representative S-trityl-L-cysteine derivatives, which are a potent class of Eg5 inhibitors, also via telescoped one-pot processes.

Ultrafast amidation of esters using lithium amides under aerobic ambient temperature conditions in sustainable solvents

Lithium amides constitute one of the most commonly used classes of reagents in synthetic chemistry. However, despite having many applications, their use is handicapped by the requirement of low temperatures, in order to control their reactivity, as well as the need for dry organic solvents and protective inert atmosphere protocols to prevent their fast decomposition. Advancing the development of air- and moisture-compatible polar organometallic chemistry, the chemoselective and ultrafast amidation of esters mediated by lithium amides is reported. Establishing a novel sustainable access to carboxamides, this has been accomplished via direct C-O bond cleavage of a range of esters using glycerol or 2-MeTHF as a solvent, in air. High yields and good selectivity are observed while operating at ambient temperature, without the need for transition-metal mediation, and the protocol extends to transamidation processes. Pre-coordination of the organic substrate to the reactive lithium amide as a key step in the amidation processes has been assessed, enabling the structural elucidation of the coordination adduct [{Li(NPh2)(OCPh(NMe2))}2] (8) when toluene is employed as a solvent. No evidence for formation of a complex of this type has been found when using donor THF as a solvent. Structural and spectroscopic insights into the constitution of selected lithium amides in 2-MeTHF are provided that support the involvement of small kinetically activated aggregates that can react rapidly with the organic substrates, favouring the C-O bond cleavage/C-N bond formation processes over competing hydrolysis/degradation of the lithium amides by moisture or air.

Directed: Ortho-metalation-nucleophilic acyl substitution strategies in deep eutectic solvents: The organolithium base dictates the chemoselectivity

Directed ortho metalation (DoM) or nucleophilic acyl substitution (SNAc) can be efficiently programmed on the same aromatic carboxylic acid amide, in a choline chloride-based eutectic mixture, by simply switching the nature of the organolithium reagent. Telescoped, one-pot ortho-lithiation/Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings have also been demonstrated for the first time in Deep Eutectic Solvents.

Synthesis of Functionalized Ketones from Acid Chlorides and Organolithiums by Extremely Fast Micromixing

Synthesis of ketones containing various functional groups from acid chlorides bearing electrophilic functional groups and functionalized organolithiums was achieved using a flow microreactor system. Extremely fast mixing is important for high chemoselectivity.

Reactions of organoboranes with carbanions bearing three potential leaving groups: unusual processes, products and mechanisms

Known reagents that transfer three alkyl groups of a trialkylborane intramolecularly to a single carbon atom lack features to influence stereochemistry. We have investigated four reagents of type LiCCl2X, where X might be amenable to variation. All behaved differently. With X=OR (R=cyclohexyl, menthyl), the reagent decomposed, leading to only low yields of triple migration products. With X=S(O)Ph, a single migration occurred, followed by isomerisation to boron enolate-like species that hydrolysed to α-chloroalkyl phenyl sulfoxides or reacted with aldehydes to aldol-like products. With X=SO2Ph, the major product was the corresponding α,α-dichloroalkyl phenyl sulfone, apparently formed through a redox reaction. With X=S(O)(NMe)Ph, products of three intramolecular alkyl migrations were obtained with unhindered trialkylboranes. Attempts have been made to gain understanding of the sulfoxide process by investigating proportions of aldol-like products, using X-ray crystallography and ab initio calculations.

Continuous flow synthesis of ketones from carbon dioxide and organolithium or grignard reagents

We describe an efficient continuous flow synthesis of ketones from CO 2 and organolithium or Grignard reagents that exhibits significant advantages over conventional batch conditions in suppressing undesired symmetric ketone and tertiary alcohol byproducts. We observed an unprecedented solvent-dependence of the organolithium reactivity, the key factor in governing selectivity during the flow process. A facile, telescoped three-step-one-flow process for the preparation of ketones in a modular fashion through the in-line generation of organometallic reagents is also established.

The convenient and useful esterification of bulky tertiary alcohols using strontium compounds

Various esters reacted with metallic strontium and alkyl iodides to give dialkylated products, followed by adding acid chlorides or acid anhydrides to afford the corresponding bulky tert-alcohol esters in good yields.

Novel alkylidenating agents of iron(III) derivatives by base-mediated α,μ-dehydrohalogenation and their chemical trapping by cycloaddition

Studies of the reactions between group 4 metal, chlorides (M = Ti, Zr, Hf) and methyllithium at -78 °C in toluene can lead to methylidene-metal complexes, H2C=MCl2, by a sequence of monomethylation, α-carbon lithiation and α,μ-elimination of LiCl. Here study of the preparation of alkylidene derivatives of iron was attempted by the interaction of FeCl3 with n-butyllithium in various ratios at -78 °C. The presence of any resulting butylidene-iron(III) derivative, nPrCH=FeE (E = Cl, nBu), was probed by adding chemical trapping agents, such as diphenylacetylene, benzonitrile, methyl benzoate and benzophenone. In each experiment the hydrolyzed products were consistent with a cycloaddition reaction of nPrCH=FeE with the trapping agent. The products from, di-phenylacetylene and from, benzonitrile with D2O workup are uniquely in accord with such a carbene precursor. A 3:1 ratio of nBuLi/FeCl3 gave the optimal yield of nPrCH=FenBu, ca. 80%, from, the MBu2FeCl precursor. When a 3:1. reaction mixture was simply brought to 25 °C and hydrolyzed, the purple alkylidene-iron complex decomposed completely to iron metal. A study of a 3:1 interaction of PhCH2MgCl and FeCl3 under similar conditions and trapping with diphenylacetylene provided evidence for the formation of PhCH=FeCH2Ph in ca. 40%. These results support; the hope that alkylidene-iron(III) analogs of the Grubbs reagents may be accessible by this process.