3389-54-6Relevant articles and documents
Direct synthesis of N-acylpyrrolidines from tetrahydrofuran and nitriles of aliphatic and aromatic acids on zeolite catalysts under supercritical conditions
Usachev,Kalinin,Udal'Tsova,Davydov,Chizhov
, p. 94 - 98 (2009)
The tetrahydrofuran-nitrile (CH3CN, n-C4H 9CN, C6H5CN)-zeolite (faujasites, mordenite, beta, pentasils) system and its transformations under supercritical conditions were studied. The feasibility of d
Direct Amidation of Esters by Ball Milling**
Barreteau, Fabien,Battilocchio, Claudio,Browne, Duncan L.,Godineau, Edouard,Leitch, Jamie A.,Nicholson, William I.,Payne, Riley,Priestley, Ian
supporting information, p. 21868 - 21874 (2021/09/02)
The direct mechanochemical amidation of esters by ball milling is described. The operationally simple procedure requires an ester, an amine, and substoichiometric KOtBu and was used to prepare a large and diverse library of 78 amide structures with modest to excellent efficiency. Heteroaromatic and heterocyclic components are specifically shown to be amenable to this mechanochemical protocol. This direct synthesis platform has been applied to the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and agrochemicals as well as the gram-scale synthesis of an active pharmaceutical, all in the absence of a reaction solvent.
A Fast and General Route to Ketones from Amides and Organolithium Compounds under Aerobic Conditions: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects
Ghinato, Simone,Territo, Davide,Maranzana, Andrea,Capriati, Vito,Blangetti, Marco,Prandi, Cristina
supporting information, p. 2868 - 2874 (2021/01/21)
We report that the nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction of aliphatic and (hetero)aromatic amides by organolithium reagents proceeds quickly (20 s reaction time), efficiently, and chemoselectively with a broad substrate scope in the environmentally responsible cyclopentyl methyl ether, at ambient temperature and under air, to provide ketones in up to 93 % yield with an effective suppression of the notorious over-addition reaction. Detailed DFT calculations and NMR investigations support the experimental results. The described methodology was proven to be amenable to scale-up and recyclability protocols. Contrasting classical procedures carried out under inert atmospheres, this work lays the foundation for a profound paradigm shift of the reactivity of carboxylic acid amides with organolithiums, with ketones being straightforwardly obtained by simply combining the reagents under aerobic conditions and with no need of using previously modified or pre-activated amides, as recommended.
