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Electrochemical oxidation-induced benzyl C–H carbonylation for the synthesis of aromatic α-diketones
Tan, Yu-Fang,Chen, Yuan,Li, Rui-Xue,Guan, Zhi,He, Yan-Hong
supporting information, (2021/12/21)
Electrochemical oxidation-induced direct carbonylation of benzyl C–H bond for the synthesis of aromatic α-diketones is described. In this process, tetrabutylammonium iodide (nBu4NI) not only acts as an electrolyte, but its iodine anion is oxidized to an iodine radical at the anode, acting as a hydrogen atom transfer agent. The iodine radical extracts the benzyl hydrogen atom and causes the carbonylation of the benzyl position, where O2 in the air is used as an oxygen source.
Catalyst-Free and Transition-Metal-Free Approach to 1,2-Diketones via Aerobic Alkyne Oxidation
Shen, Duyi,Wang, Hongyan,Zheng, Yanan,Zhu, Xinjing,Gong, Peiwei,Wang, Bin,You, Jinmao,Zhao, Yulei,Chao, Mianran
, p. 5354 - 5361 (2021/05/05)
A catalyst-free and transition-metal-free method for the synthesis of 1,2-diketones from aerobic alkyne oxidation was reported. The oxidation of various internal alkynes, especially more challenging aryl-alkyl acetylenes, proceeded smoothly with inexpensive, easily handled, and commercially available potassium persulfate and an ambient air balloon, achieving the corresponding 1,2-diketones with up to 85% yields. Meanwhile, mechanistic studies indicated a radical process, and the two oxygen atoms in the 1,2-diketons were most likely from persulfate salts and molecular oxygen, respectively, rather than water.
Structural insights into the desymmetrization of bulky 1,2-dicarbonyls through enzymatic monoreduction
Rabuffetti, Marco,Cannazza, Pietro,Contente, Martina Letizia,Pinto, Andrea,Romano, Diego,Hoyos, Pilar,Alcantara, Andres R.,Eberini, Ivano,Laurenzi, Tommaso,Gourlay, Louise,Di Pisa, Flavio,Molinari, Francesco
supporting information, (2021/01/25)
Benzil reductases are dehydrogenases preferentially active on aromatic 1,2-diketones, but the reasons for this peculiar substrate recognition have not yet been clarified. The benzil reductase (KRED1-Pglu) from the non-conventional yeast Pichia glucozyma showed excellent activity and stereoselectivity in the monoreduction of space-demanding aromatic 1,2-dicarbonyls, making this enzyme attractive as biocatalyst in organic chemistry. Structural insights into the stereoselective monoreduction of 1,2-diketones catalyzed by KRED1-Pglu were investigated starting from its 1.77 ? resolution crystal structure, followed by QM and classical calculations; this study allowed for the identification and characterization of the KRED1-Pglu reactive site. Once identified the recognition elements involved in the stereoselective desymmetrization of bulky 1,2-dicarbonyls mediated by KRED1-Pglu, a mechanism was proposed together with an in silico prediction of substrates reactivity.