52457-04-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Catalytic Enantioselective Birch–Heck Sequence for the Synthesis of Phenanthridinone Derivatives with an All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenter
Sexton, Mary,Malachowski, William P.,Yap, Glenn P. A.,Rachii, Diana,Feldman, Greg,Krasley, Andrew T.,Chen, Zhilin,Tran, My Anh,Wiley, Kalyn,Matei, Alexandra,Petersen, Samantha,Tien, Sabrina Tran
, p. 1154 - 1172 (2022/01/20)
Novel phenanthridinone analogues with an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter have been enantioselectively synthesized using the Birch–Heck sequence. Flat phenanthridinone structures have extensive bioactivity but consequently also suffer from poor therapeutic selectivity. The addition of a quaternary center to the phenanthridinone skeleton has the potential to generate more complex analogues with improved selectivity. Unfortunately, no general synthetic pathway to such derivatives exists. Herein we report a four-step process that transforms inexpensive benzoic acid into 22 different quaternary carbon-containing phenanthridinone analogues with a variety of substituents on all three rings: alkyl groups at the quaternary center; methyl, methoxymethyl, or para-methoxybenzyl on the amide nitrogen; and halogen and methyl substituents on the aryl ring. Good to very good enantioselectivity was demonstrated in the key intramolecular desymmetrizing Mizoroki–Heck reaction. Transformations of the Heck reaction products into molecules with potentially greater therapeutic relevance were also accomplished.
Rapid Access to Ortho-Alkylated Vinylarenes from Aromatic Acids by Dearomatization and Tandem Decarboxylative C-H Olefination/Rearomatization
Tsai, Hung-Chang,Huang, Yen-Hsiang,Chou, Chih-Ming
supporting information, p. 1328 - 1332 (2018/03/09)
A two-step straightforward method for the preparation of ortho-alkylated vinylarenes from readily available benzoic acids is described. The synthetic route involves the dearomatization of benzoic acids by Birch reduction providing alkylated cyclohexa-2,5-dienyl-1-carboxylic acids. The diene subsequently undergoes a decarboxylative C-H olefination followed by rearomatization to deliver ortho-alkylated vinylarene. Mechanistic studies suggest that a Pd/Ag bimetallic catalytic system is important in the tandem decarboxylative C-H olefination/rearomatization step.
Diastereoselective hydroformylation of 2,5-cyclohexadienyl-1-carbinols with catalytic amounts of a reversibly bound directing group
Usui, Ippei,Nomura, Kenichi,Breit, Bernhard
supporting information; experimental part, p. 612 - 615 (2011/04/26)
A phosphinite plays a role as a reversibly bound directing group for the regio-and diastereoselective hydroformylation of 2,5-cyclohexadienyl-1- carbinols. Of the two alkene functions only one was functionalized through hydroformylation to form a syntheti
Homolytic dissociation of 1-substituted cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids: An EPR spectroscopic study of chain propagation
Jackson, Leon V.,Walton, John C.
, p. 1758 - 1764 (2007/10/03)
Hydrogen abstraction from 1-substituted cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids containing linear, branched and cyclic alkyl substituents, as well as allyl, propargyl (prop-2-ynyl), cyanomethyl and benzyl substituents, has been studied by EPR spectroscopy. For each carboxylic acid, EPR spectra of the corresponding cyclohexadienyl radicals were observed at lower temperatures, followed by spectra due to ejected carbon-centred radicals at higher temperatures. Rate constants, for release of the carbon-centred radicals from the cyclohexadienyl radicals, were determined from radical concentration measurements for the above range of substituents. The rate of cyclohexadienyl radical dissociation increased with branching in the 1-alkyl substituent and with electron delocalisation in the ejected carbon-centred radical; 3,5-and 2,6-dimethyl-substitution of the cyclohexadienyl ring led to reductions in the dissociation rate constants. Rate data for abstraction of bisallylic hydrogens from the cyclohexadienyl acids were also obtained for ethyl, n-propyl and isopropyl radicals. These results indicated a sharp drop in the rate of hydrogen abstraction as the degree of branching in the attacking radical increased. Small decreases in the hydrogen abstraction rate constants were observed for cyclohexadienes containing CO2R substituents.
Reductive free-radical alkylations and cyclisations mediated by 1-alkylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids
Baguley, Paul A.,Walton, John C.
, p. 2073 - 2082 (2007/10/03)
A range of 1-alkylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acids were prepared by Birch reduction-alkylation of benzoic acid and their efficiency as mediators of alkyl radical chain addition and cyclisation processes was investigated. Reductive alkylations were respectably successful, even with only one or two equivalents of alkene, for secondary, tertiary and benzylic radicals. Reaction of 1-[2-(cyclohex-2-enyloxy)ethyl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acid yielded the product of exo-trig-cyclisation, i.e. 7-oxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane, in a yield comparable to that obtained from the tributyltin hydride induced cyclisation of 3-(2′-iodoethoxy)-cyclohexene. This, together with the isolation of both exo- and endo-cyclisation products from 1-[2-(6,6-dimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-en-2-ylmethoxy)ethyl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene- 1-carboxylic acid established that ring closures could also be satisfactorily mediated with these reagents. Preparations were completely free of metal contaminants and direct reduction of the alkyl radicals, prior to addition or cyclisation, was completely absent. However, the desired products were accompanied by alkylbenzenes, together with by-products from the initiator decompositions, and this complicated work-up. Failure to obtain 1-[2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)cyclohexyl]cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1-carboxylic acid in Birch reductive alkylations with trans-1-iodo-2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)cyclohexane (and the corresponding bromide) indicated a limitation on precursor synthesis. The Birch reduction-alkylation was not of universal applicability and was suppressed for alkyl halides having β-substituents.
