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Upstream product

• 1885-38-7 cinnamic nitrile 
• 5720-07-0 4-methoxyphenylboronic acid 
• 186753-95-7 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenylacrylonitrile 
• 4360-47-8 cinnamonitrile 
• 14482-11-2 p-methoxycinnamonitrile 
• 71-43-2 benzene 
• 696-62-8 para-iodoanisole 
• 100-66-3 methoxybenzene 

Downstream Products

• 2605-18-7 1-methoxy-4-(1-phenylethyl)benzene 
• 51431-54-0 2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenylethylamine 
• 22101-03-7 3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenylpropionamide 
• 69549-79-7 3-(4-methoxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-propylamine 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Reactions of 3-arylpropenenitriles with arenes under superelectrophilic activation conditions: Hydroarylation of the carbon-carbon double bond followed by cyclization into 3-arylindanones

Reactions of 3-arylpropenenitriles [ArCH[dbnd]CHCN] with arenes [Ar'H] under the superelectrophilic activation conditions with Br?nsted superacid TfOH (CF3SO3H) or strong Lewis acid AlBr3 result, first, in the formation of products of hydroarylation of the carbon-carbon double bond, 3,3-diarylpropanenitriles [Ar(Ar’)CHCH2CN]. Reactions may go further in TfOH leading to 3-arylindanones, as products of intramolecular aromatic acylation by the electrophilically activated nitrile group. Intermediate cationic species, derived at the protonation of the starting 3-arylpropenenitriles onto the carbon of C[dbnd]C bond and the nitrile nitrogen, have been studied by DFT calculation. A plausible reaction mechanism including the formation of highly reactive dications [(Ar)HC+–CH2C+ = NH] has been proposed. The obtained 3,3-diarylpropanenitriles have been transformed into pharmaceutically valuable 5-(2,2-diarylethyl)-1H-tetrazoles [Ar(Ar’)CHCH2Tetr] and 3-diarylpropylamines [Ar(Ar’)CH(CH2)2NH2] by the reactions with NaN3 and LiAlH4 correspondingly.

Cinnamonitrile as a precursor of a bi-centered electrophile in reactions with arenes in triflic acid

The reaction of cinnamonitrile [PhCH = CHCN] with arenes in the superacid TfOH at room temperature for 1 h gave two types of compounds, 3-aryl-3-phenyl propionitriles [Ar(Ph)CHCH2CN] and/or 3-phenylindanones in 28–76% yield. The formation of these two reaction products depends on the nucleophilicity of the arene. In these reactions, carbocations generated upon the protonation of cinnamonitrile in TfOH behave as bi-centered electrophiles possessing reactive centers on the C3 carbon of the double bond and on the C1 carbon of the nitrile group.

Aqueous Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Enones Catalyzed by an Amphiphilic Resin-Supported Chiral Diene Rhodium Complex under Batch and Continuous-Flow Conditions

A rhodium-chiral diene complex immobilized on amphiphilic polystyrene-poly(ethylene glycol) (PS-PEG) resin (PS-PEG-diene?-Rh) has been developed. The immobilized rhodium-chiral diene complex (PS-PEG-diene?-Rh) efficiently catalyzed the asymmetric 1,4-addition of various arylboronic acids to cyclic or linear enones in water under batch conditions to give the corresponding β-arylated carbonyl compounds in excellent yields and with excellent enantioselectivity. The catalyst was readily recovered by simple filtration and reused 10 times without loss of its catalytic activity and enantioselectivity. Moreover, a continuous-flow asymmetric 1,4-addition in a flow reactor containing PS-PEG-diene?-Rh proceeded efficiently at 50 °C with retention of high enantioselectivity. Long-term continuous-flow asymmetric 1,4-addition during 12 h readily gave the desired product on a 10 g scale with high enantioselectivity.

Chiral sulfinyl-based olefin ligands for rhodium-catalysed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to cyanoalkenes

A rhodium/sulfinyl-based olefin ligand-catalysed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to cyanoalkenes without activation groups has been developed, where p-tolylsulfinyl-functionalised olefin ligands have been shown to be effective and with moderate enantioselectivities. This is the first example of applying chiral sulfinyl-based olefin ligands in the catalytic asymmetric addition to cyanoalkenes.

Copper-catalyzed 1,4-addition of organoboronates to alkylidene cyanoacetates: Mechanistic insight and application to asymmetric catalysis

In addition: A copper/N-heterocyclic carbene(NHC)-catalyzed 1,4-addition of organoboronates to alkylidene cyanoacetates was developed, in which the catalytic cycle is proposed to consist of a transmetalation/insertion/ligand exchange. An effective asymmetric variant has also been achieved by the use of a chiral NHC ligand (see scheme). Copyright

Rhodium/chiral diene-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to arylmethylene cyanoacetates

Asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to (￡)-methyl 2-cyano-3-arylpropenoates proceeded in the presence of a rhodium catalyst (3 mol %) coordinated with a chiral diene ligand, (R,R)-Ph-bod*, to give high yields of the corresponding methyl 3,3-diaryl-2-cyanopropanoates with high enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee). This catalytic asymmetric transformation was applied to the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-tolterodine. American Chemical Society.