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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Photocatalyzed Tricomponent Regioselective 1,2-Diacylation of Alkenes Illuminates the Mechanistic Details of the Electron Donor-Acceptor Complex-Mediated Radical Relay Processes

Progress in the development of photocatalytic reactions requires a detailed understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the observed reactivity, yet mechanistic details of many photocatalytic systems, especially those that involve electron donor-acceptor complexes, have remained elusive. We report herein the development and a combined mechanistic and computational study of photocatalytic alkene 1,2-diacylation that enables a regioselective installation of two different acyl groups, establishing direct, tricomponent access to 1,4-diketones, key intermediates in heterocyclic and medicinal chemistry. The studies revealed the central role of the electron donor-acceptor complex formed from an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyst-derived intermediate and an acyl transfer reagent, providing a detailed description of the structural and electronic factors determining the characteristics of the photoinduced charge-transfer process that mediates photocatalytic transformation. The in-depth investigation also illuminated the roles of other radical intermediates and electron donors relevant to the catalytic activities of N-heterocyclic carbenes in radical reactions.

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Acyl Anion Organocatalysis by Ball-Milling

The ability to conduct N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed acyl anion chemistry under ball-milling conditions is reported for the first time. This process has been exemplified through applications to intermolecular-benzoin, intramolecular-benzoin, intermolecular-Stetter and intramolecular-Stetter reactions including asymmetric examples and demonstrates that this mode of mechanistically complex organocatalytic reaction can operate under solvent-minimised conditions.

Design, synthesis and anti-mycobacterial activity of 1,2,3,5- tetrasubstituted pyrrolyl-N-acetic acid derivatives

A novel synthesis of highly substituted pyrrole-N-acetic derivatives is described through the coupling of 1,4-diketones with amino acids following Paal-Knorr's approach. These pyrrole-N-acetic acid derivatives are found to exhibit potent anti-mycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv. In particular, 5n, 5q & 5r are found to display excellent anti-mycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv with MIC values in the range of 2.97 μM. Conversely, these compounds showed low cytotoxicity (selectivity index: >16.83) against HEK-293T cell line.

An efficient synthesis of 2-aryl-1,4-diketones via hydroacylation of enones

An improved method has been developed for the hydroacylation of enones with aldehydes employing bis-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,3-thiazolium bromide/Et 3N system to afford the corresponding 1,4-diketones in good yields. This method is effective for the preparation of 1,4-diketones from both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes.

Thiazolium-catalyzed additions of acylsilanes: A general strategy for acyl anion addition reactions

A strategy utilizing N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) derived from thiazolium salts has been developed for the generation of carbonyl anions from acylsilanes. Synthetically useful 1,4-diketones and N-phosphinoyl-α- aminoketones have been prepared in good to excellent yields via NHC-catalyzed additions of acylsilanes to the corresponding α,β-unsaturated systems and N-phosphinoylimines. These organocatalytic reactions are air- and water-tolerant methods to execute robust carbonyl anion addition reactions. Additionally, polysubstituted aromatic furans and pyrroles have been efficiently synthesized in a one-pot process using this carbonyl anion methodology. The addition of alcohols to the reaction renders the process catalytic in thiazolium salt. In an effort to synthesize a potential intermediate along the proposed reaction pathway, silylated thiazolium carbinols have been identified to provide good yields of carbonyl anion addition products when subjected to the standard reaction conditions in the presence of suitable electrophiles.

The Thiazolium-Catalyzed Sila-Stetter Reaction: Conjugate Addition of Acylsilanes to Unsaturated Esters and Ketones

A new acyl anion addition reaction between acylsilanes and α,β-unsaturated conjugate acceptors promoted by a nucleophilic organic catalyst has been disclosed. The 1,4-dicarbonyl products produced in this reaction are highly useful synthons. Neutral carbenes (or zwitterions) generated in situ from commercial thiazolium salts are used as effective catalysts for the reaction which is in contrast to established anionic catalysts typically employed to promote the required Brook rearrangement (1,2-silyl shift from carbon to oxygen) involved in the reported reaction. This process successfully utilizes acylsilanes as tunable acyl anion progenitors and is tolerant of a wide range of structural diversity on the acylsilane or the conjugate acceptor. Copyright

Process for preparing ketones

Ketones are prepared by reacting an aromatic or heterocyclic aldehyde in the presence of a cyanide ion with an unsaturated compound having the formula (I): STR1 wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and are selected from the group of hydrogen, optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic, heterocyclic and carboxylic acid ester and R4 is nitrile (CN), --CO--R5 or --CO--OR5 wherein R5 is selected from the group of optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic, aromatic and heterocyclic and R1 and R2 and/or R1 and R3 and/or R2 and R5 or R3 and R5 together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached as substituents may also form a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring. Ketones prepared according to the process of the invention have the formula: STR2 wherein R1 ' and R3 ' are identical or different and are selected from the group of hydrogen, lower alkyl having up to 3 C-atoms and optionally substituted phenyl; and R6 ' is optionally substituted phenyl or a pyridyl.