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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
, p. 2868 - 2874 (2021)
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.
Carboxyboronate as a Versatile In Situ CO Surrogate in Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Transformations
Tien, Chieh-Hung,Trofimova, Alina,Holownia, Aleksandra,Kwak, Branden S.,Larson, Reed T.,Yudin, Andrei K.
supporting information, p. 4342 - 4349 (2020/12/25)
The application of carboxy-MIDA-boronate (MIDA=N-methyliminodiacetic acid) as an in situ CO surrogate for various palladium-catalyzed transformations is described. Carboxy-MIDA-boronate was previously shown to be a bench-stable boron-containing building block for the synthesis of borylated heterocycles. The present study demonstrates that, in addition to its utility as a precursor to heterocycle synthesis, carboxy-MIDA-boronate is an excellent in situ CO surrogate that is tolerant of reactive functionalities such as amines, alcohols, and carbon-based nucleophiles. Its wide functional-group compatibility is highlighted in the palladium-catalyzed aminocarbonylation, alkoxycarbonylation, carbonylative Sonogashira coupling, and carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of aryl halides. A variety of amides, esters, (hetero)aromatic ynones, and bis(hetero)aryl ketones were synthesized in good-to-excellent yields in a one-pot fashion.
Mild and selective Et2Zn-catalyzed reduction of tertiary amides under Hydrosilylation conditions
Kovalenko, Oleksandr O.,Volkov, Alexey,Adolfsson, Hans
supporting information, p. 446 - 449 (2015/03/05)
Diethylzinc (Et2Zn) can be used as an efficient and chemoselective catalyst for the reduction of tertiary amides under mild reaction conditions employing cost-effective polymeric silane (PMHS) as the hydride source. Crucial for the catalytic activity was the addition of a substoichiometric amount of lithium chloride to the reaction mixture. A series of amides containing different additional functional groups were reduced to their corresponding amines, and the products were isolated in good-to-excellent yields.
