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A Modular, Argon-Driven Flow Platform for Natural Product Synthesis and Late-Stage Transformations
Kleoff, Merlin,Schwan, Johannes,Christmann, Mathias,Heretsch, Philipp
, p. 2370 - 2374 (2021)
A modular flow platform for natural product synthesis was designed. To access different reaction setups with a maximum of flexibility, interchangeable 3D-printed components serve as backbone. By switching from liquid- to gas-driven flow, reagent and solvent waste is minimized, which translates into an advantageous sustainability profile. To enable inert conditions, Schlenk-in-flow techniques for the safe handling of oxygen- and moisture sensitive reagents were developed. Adopting these techniques, reproducible transformations in natural product synthesis were achieved.
N -Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed amidation of aldehydes with amines via the tandem N -hydroxysuccinimide ester formation
Singh, Ashmita,Narula
supporting information, p. 7486 - 7490 (2021/05/13)
A facile method for the amidation of aldehydes by a cascade approach was developed. This methodology, reported for the first time, uses a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) as the catalyst, and N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) mediated synthesis of amides utilising TBHP as the oxidant. Various substituted aldehydes reacted smoothly with NHS giving the corresponding active esters in moderate to good yields, which facilely converted into amides in one pot. In addition, the drug moclobemide was synthesized to represent the practical utility of the developed methodology. This journal is
Well-defined N-heterocyclic carbene/ruthenium complexes for the alcohol amidation with amines: The dual role of cesium carbonate and improved activities applying an added ligand
Wang, Wan-Qiang,Yuan, Ye,Miao, Yang,Yu, Bao-Yi,Wang, Hua-Jing,Wang, Zhi-Qin,Sang, Wei,Chen, Cheng,Verpoort, Francis
, (2019/12/24)
Dehydrogenative amide bond formation from alcohols and amines has been regarded as an atom-economic and sustainable process. Among various catalytic systems, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-based Ru catalytic systems have attracted growing interest due to the outstanding properties of NHCs as ligands. Herein, an NHC/Ru complex (1) was prepared and its structure was further confirmed with X-ray crystallography. In the presence of Cs2CO3, two NHC/Ru-based catalytic systems were disclosed to be active for this amide synthesis. System A, which did not contain any added ligand, required a catalyst loading of 1.00 mol%. Interestingly, improved catalytic performance was realized by the addition of an NHC precursor (L). Optimization of the amounts of L and other conditions gave rise to system B, a much more potent system with the Ru loading as low as 0.25 mol%. Moreover, an NHC-Ru-carbonate complex 6 was identified from the refluxing toluene of 1 and Cs2CO3, and further investigations revealed that 6 was an important intermediate for this catalytic reaction. Based on the above results, we claimed that the role of Cs2CO3 was to facilitate the formation of key intermediate 6. On the other hand, it provided the optimized basicity for the selective amide formation.
A solid-supported arylboronic acid catalyst for direct amidation
Du, Yihao,Barber, Thomas,Lim, Sol Ee,Rzepa, Henry S.,Baxendale, Ian R.,Whiting, Andrew
supporting information, p. 2916 - 2919 (2019/03/27)
An efficient heterogeneous amidation catalyst has been prepared by co-polymerisation of styrene, DVB with 4-styreneboronic acid, which shows wide substrate applicability and higher reactivity than the equivalent homogeneous phenylboronic acid, suggesting potential cooperative catalytic effects. The catalyst can be easily recovered and reused; suitable for use in packed bed flow reactors.
Graphene Oxide: A Metal-Free Carbocatalyst for the Synthesis of Diverse Amides under Solvent-Free Conditions
Patel, Khushbu P.,Gayakwad, Eknath M.,Patil, Vilas V.,Shankarling, Ganapati S.
supporting information, p. 2107 - 2116 (2019/03/26)
An environmentally friendly, inexpensive, carbocatalyst, graphene oxide (GO) promoted efficient, metal-free transamidation of various carboxamides with aliphatic, cyclic, and aromatic amines is demonstrated. The protocol is equally applicable to phthalimide, urea, and thioamide determining its adaptability. The oxygenated functionalities such as carbonyl (?C=O), epoxy (?O?), carboxyl (?COOH) and hydroxyl (?OH), present on graphene oxide surface impart acidic properties to the catalyst. The graphene oxide being heterogeneous in nature, work efficiently under solvent-free reaction conditions providing desired products in good to excellent yields. The one-pot synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-5H-benzo[b]-1,4-thiazepin-4-one moiety by GO catalyzed Aza Michael addition followed by intramolecular transamidation is also described. A plausible reaction mechanistic pathway involving H-bonding is discussed. The graphene oxide can be recycled and reused up to five cycles without much loss in catalytic activity. (Figure presented.).
Transition metal-free, chemoselective arylation of thioamides yielding aryl thioimidates or N-aryl thioamides
Villo, Piret,Kervefors, Gabriella,Olofsson, Berit
supporting information, p. 8810 - 8813 (2018/08/17)
Reactions of secondary thioamides with diaryliodonium salts under basic, transition metal-free conditions resulted in chemoselective S-arylation to provide aryl thioimidates in good to excellent yields. Equimolar amounts of thioamide, base and diaryliodonium salt were sufficient to obtain a diverse selection of products within short reaction times. Reactions with thiolactams delivered N-arylated thioamides in good yield at room temperature.
Ruthenium-based catalytic systems incorporating a labile cyclooctadiene ligand with N-heterocyclic carbene precursors for the atom-economic alcohol amidation using amines
Chen, Cheng,Miao, Yang,De Winter, Kimmy,Wang, Hua-Jing,Demeyere, Patrick,Yuan, Ye,Verpoort, Francis
, (2018/09/29)
Transition-metal-catalyzed amide-bond formation from alcohols and amines is an atom-economic and eco-friendly route. Herein, we identified a highly active in situ N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)/ruthenium (Ru) catalytic system for this amide synthesis. Various substrates, including sterically hindered ones, could be directly transformed into the corresponding amides with the catalyst loading as low as 0.25 mol.%. In this system, we replaced the p-cymene ligand of the Ru source with a relatively labile cyclooctadiene (cod) ligand so as to more efficiently obtain the corresponding poly-carbene Ru species. Expectedly, the weaker cod ligand could be more easily substituted with multiple mono-NHC ligands. Further high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analyses revealed that two tetra-carbene complexes were probably generated from the in situ catalytic system.
Efficient N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Ruthenium Catalytic Systems for the Alcohol Amidation with Amines: Involvement of Poly-Carbene Complexes?
Cheng, Hua,Xiong, Mao-Qian,Zhang, Ni,Wang, Hua-Jing,Miao, Yang,Su, Wei,Yuan, Ye,Chen, Cheng,Verpoort, Francis
, p. 4338 - 4345 (2018/09/06)
The atom-economic direct amidation of alcohols with amines has been recently highlighted as an attractive and promising transformation. Among the versatile reported catalytic systems, in situ generated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)/ruthenium (Ru) catalytic systems have demonstrated their advantages such as easy operation and use of commercial Ru compounds. However, the existing catalyst loadings are relatively high, and additional insights for the in situ catalyst generation are still not well-documented. In this work, a variety of benzimidazole-based NHC precursors were initially synthesized. Through the screening of various NHC precursors and other reaction conditions, active in situ catalytic systems were discovered for the efficient amide synthesis. Notably, the catalyst loading is as low as 0.5 mol %. Furthermore, additional experiments were performed to validate the rationale for the superiority of the current catalytic systems over our previous system. It was observed that the ligand structure is one of the reasons for the higher activity. In addition, the higher ratio of the NHC precursor/[Ru] is another important factor for the improvement. Further HR-MS analysis identified the formation of two mono-NHC-Ru species as major species and two Ru species bearing multiple NHC ligands as minor species. Hopefully, the efficient and readily-accessible catalytic systems reported herein could demonstrate great potential for further practical applications.
A Practical and General Amidation Method from Isocyanates Enabled by Flow Technology
Williams, Jason D.,Kerr, William J.,Leach, Stuart G.,Lindsay, David M.
supporting information, p. 12126 - 12130 (2018/09/11)
The addition of carbon nucleophiles to isocyanates represents a conceptually flexible and efficient approach to the preparation of amides. This general synthetic strategy has, however, been relatively underutilized owing to narrow substrate tolerance and the requirement for less favourable reaction conditions. Herein, we disclose a high-yielding, mass-efficient, and scalable method with appreciable functional group tolerance for the formation of amides by reaction of Grignard reagents with isocyanates. Through the application of flow chemistry and the use of substoichiometric amounts of CuBr2, this process has been developed to encompass a broad range of substrates, including reactants found to be incompatible with previously published procedures.
Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Olefins to Branched Amides
Liu, Jie,Li, Haoquan,Spannenberg, Anke,Franke, Robert,Jackstell, Ralf,Beller, Matthias
supporting information, p. 13544 - 13548 (2016/10/21)
A general and efficient protocol for iso-selective aminocarbonylation of olefins with aliphatic amines has been developed for the first time. Key to the success for this process is the use of a specific 2-phosphino-substituted pyrrole ligand in the presence of PdX2(X=halide) as a pre-catalyst. Bulk industrial and functionalized olefins react with various aliphatic amines, including amino-acid derivatives, to give the corresponding branched amides generally in good yields (up to 99 %) and regioselectivities (b/l up to 99:1).
