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Catalytic Hydroetherification of Unactivated Alkenes Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
Knowles, Robert R.,Metrano, Anthony J.,Tsuchiya, Yuto,Tsui, Elaine
, p. 11845 - 11849 (2020/05/22)
We report a catalytic, light-driven method for the intramolecular hydroetherification of unactivated alkenols to furnish cyclic ether products. These reactions occur under visible-light irradiation in the presence of an IrIII-based photoredox catalyst, a Br?nsted base catalyst, and a hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) co-catalyst. Reactive alkoxy radicals are proposed as key intermediates, generated by direct homolytic activation of alcohol O?H bonds through a proton-coupled electron-transfer mechanism. This method exhibits a broad substrate scope and high functional-group tolerance, and it accommodates a diverse range of alkene substitution patterns. Results demonstrating the extension of this catalytic system to carboetherification reactions are also presented.
Highly deoxygenated sugars. I. C2-branched glucose derivatives and carbon linked deoxygenated disaccharides
Krohn, Karsten,Floerke, Ulrich,Gehle, Dietmar
, p. 431 - 443 (2007/10/03)
Triacetylglucal (1) is converted with high α-selectivity (>9:1) to the corresponding 2,3-unsaturated allyl and benzyl glycosides 2 and 3 using ferric chloride as the catalyst. The 6-O-silyl-protected allylic alcohol 5 is transformed to the 3,4-unsaturated C2-branched ester 6 or the amide 7 by Claisen rearrangement. The highly deoxygenated iodo lactone 8, resulting from the amide 6 by iodolactonization, is a versatile starting material for chiral building blocks 9-12. The 3,4-unsaturated C2-branched ester 6 is reduced to the aldehyde 14 and converted to a carbon linked disaccharide analogue 16 via cycloaddition with Danishefky's diene.
