20062-23-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Combined Photoredox/Enzymatic C?H Benzylic Hydroxylations
Betori, Rick C.,May, Catherine M.,Scheidt, Karl A.
, p. 16490 - 16494 (2019)
Chemical transformations that install heteroatoms into C?H bonds are of significant interest because they streamline the construction of value-added small molecules. Direct C?H oxyfunctionalization, or the one step conversion of a C?H bond to a C?O bond, could be a highly enabling transformation due to the prevalence of the resulting enantioenriched alcohols in pharmaceuticals and natural products,. Here we report a single-flask photoredox/enzymatic process for direct C?H hydroxylation that proceeds with broad reactivity, chemoselectivity and enantioselectivity. This unified strategy advances general photoredox and enzymatic catalysis synergy and enables chemoenzymatic processes for powerful and selective oxidative transformations.
Synthesis of condensed tetrahydroisoquinoline class of alkaloids by employing TfOH-mediated imide carbonyl activation
Selvakumar, Jayaraman,Rao, Ramana Sreenivasa,Srinivasapriyan, Vijayan,Marutheeswaran, Srinivasan,Ramanathan, Chinnasamy Ramaraj
supporting information, p. 2175 - 2188 (2015/04/14)
Isoquinoline-based polycyclic lactams such as isoindoloisoquinolinones, pyrroloisoquinolinones, and benzo[a]quinolizinones were successfully assembled from the corresponding imides by using a TfOH-mediated (TfOH = trifluoromethanesulfonic acid) imide carbonyl activation and cyclization strategy. By employing this simple method, the isoquinoline alkaloids crispine A, trolline/oleracein E, and erythrinarbine were successfully synthesized in racemic form. The reaction of unsymmetrical N-phenethylphthalimides with TfOH displayed excellent regioselectivity, which was rationalized by DFT calculations.
