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Elemental Sulfur as Reaction Medium for the Synthesis of Fused Nitrogen Heterocycles by Oxidative Coupling between Cycloalkanones and Nitrogen Nucleophiles
Nguyen, Thanh Binh,Retailleau, Pascal
, p. 3843 - 3847 (2017)
Molten elemental sulfur was found to be an excellent reaction medium for oxidative coupling between bis-aza nucleophiles and cycloalkanones to the fused diaza heterocycles. No extensive aromatization was observed when cyclohexanone was used. These reaction conditions tolerate a wide range of functional groups and are applicable to oxidation sensitive o-phenylenediamines. (Figure presented.).
One-pot production of phenazine from lignin-derived catechol
He, Zhimin,Qi, Wei,Ren, Tianyu,Yan, Ning
, p. 1224 - 1230 (2022/02/17)
Upgrading lignin-derived monomeric products is crucial in bio-refineries to effectively utilize lignin. Herein, we report a simple strategy to convert catechol to phenazine, a useful N-heterocycle three-aromatic-ring compound, whose current synthetic procedure is complex via a petroleum-derived feedstock. The reaction uses catechol as the sole carbon source and aqueous ammonia as reaction media and a nitrogen source. Without additional solvents, phenazine was obtained in 67% yield in the form of high purity crystals (>97%) over a Pd/C catalyst after a one-pot-two-stage reaction. When cyclohexane was used as a co-solvent in the first step, a higher yield (81%) and purity (>99%) were achieved. Mechanistic investigations involving control experiments and an isotope labeling study reveal that hydrogenation, amination, coupling and dehydrogenation reactions are the key steps leading to phenazine formation. The conversion of other lignin-derived catechols highlights that the protocol is extendable to produce substituted phenazines.
Radical chain reactions of α-azido ketones with tributyltin hydride: Reduction vs nitrogen insertion and 1,2-hydrogen shift in the intermediate N-stannylaminyl radicals
Benati, Luisa,Leardini, Rino,Minozzi, Matteo,Nanni, Daniele,Spagnolo, Piero,Strazzari, Samantha,Zanardi, Giuseppe,Calestani, Gianluca
, p. 3485 - 3492 (2007/10/03)
The radical chain reactions of a variety of acyclic and cyclic α-azido ketones with tributyltin hydride have been investigated. The derived N-(tributylstannyl)aminyl radicals normally undergo H-abstraction reaction yielding corresponding amines, and thence symmetrical pyrazines by subsequent self-condensation, in competition with 1,2-H-migration from the α-carbon to nitrogen leading to α-imino ketone decomposition products with loss of the chain-carrying tributyltin radical. The noteworthy occurrence of a quite uncommon radical 1,2-hydrogen-atom shift is considered to be largely due to consequent formation of a highly stable, captodative carbon-centred radical. In contrast with our previous N-stannylaminyl radicals produced from α-azido-β-keto esters, the present aminyl congeners give poor amounts (or even none) of nitrogen-inserted amides/lactams, which are envisaged to arise from intramolecular three-membered cyclisation onto the ketone moiety followed by β-scission of the resultant alkoxyl radical. It is inferred that adequate stabilisation of the eventual ring-opened carbon radical be a major factor for the successful outcome of the regiospecific nitrogen insertion process. Evidence is also presented that chemoselective attack of tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl radical to the ketone oxygen of an α-azido ketone gives rise to deazidation as a likely consequence of β-elimination of azidyl radical by the ensuing α-silyloxyalkyl radical. X-Ray crystal structure analyses of the bromo ketone 5a, the azido ketone 5b, the caprolactam 22, and the pyrazine 26 have been performed.
