4794-04-1Relevant articles and documents
Simple Synthesis of γ-Spirolactams by Birch Reduction of Benzoic Acids
Krüger, Tobias,Kelling, Alexandra,Schilde, Uwe,Linker, Torsten
, p. 1074 - 1077 (2017/02/23)
A convenient synthesis of γ-spirolactams in only two steps was developed. Birch reduction of benzoic acids and immediate alkylation with chloroacetonitrile afforded cyclohexadienes in high yields. The products could be isolated by crystallization on a large scale in analytically pure form. Subsequent hydrogenation with platinum(IV) oxide as the catalyst reduced the nitrile functionality and the double bonds in the same step with excellent stereoselectivity. The relative configurations were determined unequivocally by X-ray analyses. Direct cyclization of the intermediary formed amino acids afforded the desired γ-spirolactams in excellent overall yields. The procedure is characterized by few steps, cheap reagents, and can be performed on a large scale, interesting for industrial processes.
Substituent effects on the dehydration of arene hydrates in aqueous solution
O'Mahony, Michelle J.,More O'Ferrall, Rory A.,Boyd, Derek R.,Lam, Casey M.,O'Donoghue, Annmarie C.
supporting information, p. 989 - 996 (2014/01/06)
Rate constants have been determined by UV spectrophotometry at 25 °C for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of different types of monocyclic arene hydrates including those substituted at the 1-, 2- or 3-positions. General acid catalysis was not observed, and linear plots of pseudo-first-order rate constants for dehydration against hydronium concentration were obtained. A Hammett plot of the second-order rate constants for acid-catalyzed dehydration, kH (M-1s-1), of unsubstituted- (8a), 3-substituted (8b, 8c, 8d, 8e) and 1-substituted-benzene hydrates (14f and 14h) shows an excellent correlation with σ+ values and yields a large negative ρ-value of -6.5. The results are consistent with rate-determining formation of a benzenium ion in which direct mesomeric interaction with the substituent occurs, presumably permitted by the coplanar arrangement of the diene and carbocation centre in the intermediate. Data points for 2-substituted arene hydrates (13f, 13g, 13h, 13i) deviate negatively from the Hammett plot as direct mesomeric interaction with the substituent is not possible in the corresponding benzenium intermediates. Copyright 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. A large negative ρ-value of -6.5 is obtained in a correlation of rate constants for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of arene hydrates with σ+ values. Copyright
An enantioselective approach to (-)-platencin via catalytic asymmetric intramolecular cyclopropanation
Hirai, Sho,Nakada, Masahisa
scheme or table, p. 5076 - 5079 (2011/01/04)
This Letter describes an enantioselective approach to (-)-platencin. A uniquely functionalized chiral intermediate, which was prepared via the highly enantioselective catalytic asymmetric intramolecular cyclopropanation (CAIMCP) that we have developed, was successfully transformed to Nicolaou's intermediate in his total synthesis of (-)-platencin.
