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Chemo- and diastereoselective cyclopropanation of allylic amines and carbamates
Csatayová, Kristína,Davies, Stephen G.,Lee, James A.,Ling, Kenneth B.,Roberts, Paul M.,Russell, Angela J.,Thomson, James E.
, p. 8420 - 8440 (2010/12/20)
A highly chemo- and diastereoselective protocol for the cyclopropanation of tertiary allylic amines with Shi's carbenoid [CF3CO 2ZnCH2I] is described. The high levels of diastereoselectivity observed in these reactions may be attributed to chelation of the nitrogen atom to the zinc reagent, which then transfers a methylene unit to the syn-face of the olefin. Furthermore, a stereodivergent protocol for the cyclopropanation of a range of allylic carbamates has been developed, which provides access to both diastereoisomers of the corresponding cyclopropanes with very high levels of diastereoselectivity: cyclopropanation with the Wittig-Furukawa reagent [Zn(CH2I)2] proceeds under chelation control to give the corresponding syn-product, whilst reaction with Shi's carbenoid proceeds under steric control to give the corresponding anti-cyclopropane, in >95:5 dr in both cases.
Quantitative cavities and reactivity in stages of crystal lattices: Mechanistic and exploratory organic photochemistry
Zimmerman, Howard E.,Nesterov, Evgueni E.
, p. 2818 - 2830 (2007/10/03)
In continuing our research on solid-state organic photochemistry, we have been investigating the phenomenon of reactivity in stages. In this study we present new examples where the photochemical reactivity changes discontinuously at some point in the conversion. In these instances, the reaction course of the solid differs from that in solution. One example is the reaction of 2-methyl-4,4-diphenylcyclohexenone, where an unusual reaction course was encountered in the solid state; and, of two possible mechanisms, one was established by isotopic labeling. A second case is that of 4,5,5-triphenylcyclohexenone. The solid-state reaction of this enone was found to give a new photochemical transformation, the Type C rearrangement, a process that involves a δ to α aryl migration. In the case of 3-tert-butyl-5,5-diphenylcyclohexenone the Type C rearrangement occurred even in solution. The stage behavior was investigated using X-ray analysis and Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics computations. This permitted us to determine the sources and details of the stage phenomenon. The analysis revealed how a product molecule as a neighbor affects reactivity. The computations were employed to follow the course of a solid-state reaction from reactant through the succeeding stages. Additionally, the Delta-Density Analysis was utilized to ascertain the electronic nature of molecular changes. Besides product composition changing with extent of conversion, the reaction quantum yield was found to change as one stage gave way to a succeeding one.
