3306-05-6Relevant articles and documents
Direct catalytic synthesis of unprotected 2-amino-1-phenylethanols from alkenes by using iron(II) phthalocyanine
Legnani, Luca,Morandi, Bill
, p. 2248 - 2251 (2016/02/18)
Aryl-substituted amino alcohols are privileged scaffolds in medicinal chemistry and natural products. Herein, we report that an exceptionally simple and inexpensive FeII complex efficiently catalyzes the direct transformation of simple alkenes into unprotected amino alcohols in good yield and perfect regioselectivity. This new catalytic method was applied in the expedient synthesis of bioactive molecules and could be extended to aminoetherification.
Green synthesis of benzamides in solvent- and activation-free conditions
Alalla, Affef,Merabet-Khelassi, Mounia,Aribi-Zouioueche, Louisa,Riant, Olivier
supporting information, p. 2364 - 2376 (2014/07/22)
Herein, we describe a clean and ecocompatible pathway for both N-benzoylation and N-acetylation of anilines, amines, diamines, and aminoalcohols using three enol esters with good yields. We have improved the use of vinyl benzoate for the direct introduction of a benzamido-moiety under solvent- and activation-free conditions. The recovered amides are easily isolated by crystallization. Copyright
Steric vs. electronic effects in the Lactobacillus brevis ADH-catalyzed bioreduction of ketones
Rodriguez, Cristina,Borzecka, Wioleta,Sattler, Johann H.,Kroutil, Wolfgang,Lavandera, Ivan,Gotor, Vicente
supporting information, p. 673 - 681 (2014/01/06)
Lactobacillus brevis ADH (LBADH) is an alcohol dehydrogenase that is commonly employed to reduce alkyl or aryl ketones usually bearing a methyl, an ethyl or a chloromethyl as a small ketone substituent to the corresponding (R)-alcohols. Herein we have tested a series of 24 acetophenone derivatives differing in their size and electronic properties for their reduction employing LBADH. After plotting the relative activity against the measured substrate volumes we observed that apart from the substrate size other effects must be responsible for the activity obtained. Compared to acetophenone (100% relative activity), other small substrates such as propiophenone, α,α, α-trifluoroacetophenone, α-hydroxyacetophenone, and benzoylacetonitrile had relative activities lower than 30%, while medium-sized ketones such as α-bromo-, α,α-dichloro-, and α,α-dibromoacetophenone presented relative activities between 70% and 550%. Moreover, the comparison between the enzymatic activity and the obtained final conversions using an excess or just 2.5 equiv. of the hydrogen donor 2-propanol, denoted again deviations between them. These data supported that these hydrogen transfer (HT) transformations are mainly thermodynamically controlled. For instance, bulky α-halogenated derivatives could be quantitatively reduced by LBADH even employing 2.5 equiv. of 2-propanol independently of their kinetic values. Finally, we found good correlations between the IR absorption band of the carbonyl groups and the degrees of conversion obtained in these HT processes, making this simple method a convenient tool to predict the success of these transformations. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
