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Visible-Light-Enabled Carboxylation of Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives with CO2 Using a Palladium/Iridium Dual Catalyst
Iwasawa, Nobuharu,Jin, Yushu,Toriumi, Naoyuki
, (2021/12/14)
A highly efficient carboxylation of benzyl alcohol derivatives with CO2 using a palladium/iridium dual catalyst under visible-light irradiation was developed. A wide range of benzyl alcohol derivatives could be employed to provide benzylic carboxylic acids in moderate to high yields. Mechanistic studies indicated that the oxidative addition of benzyl alcohol derivatives was possibly the rate-determining-step. It was also found that a switchable site-selective carboxylation between benzylic C?O and aryl C?Cl moieties could be achieved simply by changing the palladium catalyst.
An improved method for the synthesis of phenylacetic acid derivatives via carbonylation
Li, He,Zhang, Yijun,Liu, Dinghua,Liu, Xiaoqin
, p. 548 - 552 (2019/11/13)
2,4-Dichlorophenylacetic acid is synthesized in high yield via the carbonylation of 2,4-dichlorobenzyl chloride, and various experimental conditions are evaluated. Xylene, bistriphenylphosphine palladium dichloride, tetraethylammonium chloride and sodium hydroxide in solution are added to the reaction system and held at 80 °C under a CO atmosphere. 2,4-Dichlorophenylacetic acid is obtained in a maximum yield of 95percent, and a mechanism for 2,4-dichlorobenzyl chloride carbonylation is proposed. The reaction system provides a mild, effective and novel means by which to prepare phenylacetic acid derivatives from their corresponding benzyl chloride derivatives.
Regio- and Stereoselective Oxidation of Styrene Derivatives to Arylalkanoic Acids via One-Pot Cascade Biotransformations
Wu, Shuke,Zhou, Yi,Seet, Daniel,Li, Zhi
, p. 2132 - 2141 (2017/06/23)
Green and selective oxidation methods are highly desired in chemical synthesis and manufacturing. In this work, we have developed a biocatalytic method for the regio- and stereoselective oxidation of styrene derivatives into arylacetic and (S)-2-arylpropionic acids via a one-pot epoxidation–isomerization–oxidation sequence. This was done via the engineering of Escherichia coli (StyABC-EcALDH) coexpressing styrene monooxygenase (SMO), styrene oxide isomerase (SOI) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (EcALDH) as an active and easily available whole-cell catalyst. Regioselective oxidation of styrene and 11 substituted styrenes using the E. coli cells was performed in a one-pot set-up, producing 12 phenylacetic acids in both high conversion and high yield. Engineering of E. coli (StyABC-ADH9v1) coexpressing SMO, SOI and ADH9v1 (a mutated alcohol dehydrogenase) led to biocatalysts capable of regio- and stereoselective oxidation of α-methylstyrene derivatives to the corresponding chiral acids. One-pot asymmetric synthesis of 4 (S)-2-arylpropionic acids was achieved in good conversion and excellent ee with the E. coli cells. This is a new type of asymmetric alkene oxidation to give chiral acids with no chemical counterpart thus far. The cascade bio-oxidation operates under mild conditions, uses molecular oxygen, exhibits very high regio- and enantioselectivity, and gives high conversion, thus providing a green and efficient method for the synthesis of arylacetic acids and (S)-2-arylpropionic acids directly from easily available styrenes. (Figure presented.).
