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• 768-60-5 4-methoxyphenylacetylen 

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• 835890-11-4 trans-bis(triphenylphosphine)(η2-(O,C1)-1-phenylbut-1-en-3-on-1-yl)(1,4-di-p-methoxyphenylbuta-1,4-dien-2-yl)iridium(III) hexafluoroantimonate 
• 60052-90-6 C₉H₉⁽²⁾HO 
• 1401715-73-8 1-methoxy-4-[(E)-2-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfanyl]ethenyl]benzene 
• 19486-71-6 p-methoxybenzaldehyde-d1 
• 123-11-5 4-methoxy-benzaldehyde 
• 23786-14-3 4-methoxy-phenyl acetic acid methyl ester 
• 1451360-22-7 C₂₃H₁₇⁽²⁾HN₂O 
• 1451359-33-3 (E)-4-(4-methoxystyryl)-2-phenylquinazoline 
• 1394290-71-1 1-methoxy-4-(4,4,4-trifluorobut-1-yn-1-yl)benzene 
• 1394290-94-8 C₁₁H₈⁽²⁾HF₃O 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Palladium-catalyzed hydroformylation of terminal arylacetylenes with glyoxylic acid

A simple, practical and governable palladium-catalyzed hydroformylation of terminal arylacetylenes has been disclosed. The reaction proceeds under syngas-free conditions, using readily available glyoxylic acid as the formyl source, under mild conditions, giving rise to a broad range of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.

Creating Dynamic Nanospaces in Solution by Cationic Cages as Multirole Catalytic Platform for Unconventional C(sp)?H Activation Beyond Enzyme Mimics

Herein we demonstrate that, based on the creation of dynamic nanospaces in solution by highly charged positive coordination cage of [Pd6(RuL3)8]28+, multirole and multi-way cage-confined catalysis is accomplisha

A practical and efficient method for late-stage deuteration of terminal alkynes with silver salt as catalyst

A practical and efficient H/D exchange method for selective deuteration of terminal alkynes was disclosed. The reaction was simply performed with CF3COOAg as catalyst at room temperature, affording products with high level of deuterium incorporation. The excellent site-selectivity and promising functional group tolerance of this protocol enabled deuteration of pharmaceuticals and nature product derivatives.

Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with H2O (D2O) as the H (D) Source over a Pd-P Cathode

We reported a selective semihydrogenation (deuteration) of numerous terminal and internal alkynes using H2O (D2O) as the H (D) source over a Pd-P alloy cathode at a lower potential. P-doping caused the enhanced specific adsorption of alkynes and the promoted intrinsic activity for producing adsorbed atomic hydrogen (H*ads) from water electrolysis. The semihydrogenation of alkynes could be accomplished at a lower potential with up to 99 % selectivity and 78 % Faraday efficiency of alkene products, outperforming pure Pd and commercial Pd/C. This electrochemical semihydrogenation of alkynes might proceed via a H*ads addition pathway rather than a proton-coupled electron transfer process. The decreased amount of H*ads at a lower potential and the more preferential adsorption of the Pd-P to C≡C π bond than C=C moiety resulted in the excellent alkene selectivity. This method was capable of producing mono-, di-, and tri-deuterated alkenes with up to 99 % deuterium incorporation.

Mild deuteration method of terminal alkynes in heavy water using reusable basic resin

The mild and efficient deuteration of terminal alkynes (mono-substituted alkynes) proceeded in the presence of a basic anion exchange resin, WA30, which is a polystyrene polymer bearing a tertiary amine residue on the aromatic nuclei, in heavy water (D2O) at room temperature. WA30 could be easily removed by a simple filtration and repeatedly reused.

Site-selective deuterated-alkene synthesis with palladium on boron nitride

Heavy stuff: A triethylamine-mediated H-D exchange reaction for the conversion of unlabeled alkynes (1) into [D1]alkynes ([D 1]-1) in a mixture of D2O/THF has been developed. Furthermore, the efficient preparation of site-

KOtBu-mediated stereoselective addition of quinazolines to alkynes under mild conditions

A facile alkenylation of quinazolines with unactivated terminal alkynes has been achieved in the presence of KOtBu without the aid of any transition metal catalysts. The reaction is carried out under very mild conditions and shows a high stereoselectivity

Synthetic and mechanistic investigations on the rearrangement of 2,3-unsaturated 1,4-bis(alkylidene)carbenes to enediynes

The synthesis of 3,4-ene-1,5-diynes, the key structural moiety present in several naturally occurring antitumor antibiotics, from 1,2-enedialdehydes under two different experimental conditions is reported. One method involves the dibromomethylenation of dialdehydes under Corey-Fuchs conditions (CBr 4, Ph3P, and Zn) and treatment of the resulting tetrabromides with nBuLi or LDA to afford enediynes. The second method involves a base-mediated reaction of enedialdehydes with diethyl (1-diazo-2-oxopropyl) phosphonate (Bestmann-Ohira reagent) and subsequent transformation of the bis(diazo) compounds generated in situ to enediynes. While the transformation of bis(diazo) compounds to enediynes could take place exclusively through alkylidene-carbenes, generated in situ by geminal elimination of N2, an alternative pathway, involving the vicinal elimination of HBr to afford an intermediate bromoalkyne and its subsequent metal-halogen exchange and protonation during workup, exists for the bis(dibromoalkylidenes). However, our deuterium-labeling experiments with a model substrate, deuterated p-methoxybenzylidene dibromide, established the predominance of the alkylidenecarbenes, generated in situ by metal-halogen exchange and elimination, for this substrate and, by analogy, for the tetrabromides as well. The scope of this novel methodology was extended to the synthesis of various heteroatom-based (S, Se, and P) enediynes by quenching the acetylides with suitable electrophiles. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2007.

Vinylborane formation in rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration of vinylarenes. Mechanism versus borane structure and relationship to silation

Attempted catalytic hydroboration of (4-methoxyphenyl)ethene 1 with R,R-3-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaborolidine 6 proceeded extremely slowly relative to the 3-methyl analog 2 derived from φ-ephedrine when diphosphinerhodium complexes were employed. With phosphine-free rhodium catalysts, especially the 4-methoxy-phenylethene complex 7, the reaction proceeded rapidly and quantitatively to give only the corresponding (E)-vinylborane 9 and 4-methoxyethylbenzene 8 in equimolar amounts. Isotopic labeling and kinetic studies demonstrated that this reaction pathway is initiated by the formation of a rhodium hydride with subsequent reversible and regiospecific H-transfer to the terminal carbon, giving an intermediate which adds the borane and then eliminates the hydrocarbon product. Further migration of the secondary borane fragment from rhodium to the β-carbon of the coordinated olefin occurs, followed by Rh-H β-elimination which produces the vinylborane product and regenerates the initial catalytic species. When the same catalytic reaction is carried out employing catecholborane in place of the oxazaborolidine, an exceedingly rapid turnover occurs. The products are again 4-methoxyethylbenzene and the (E)-vinylborane 23 but accompanied by the primary borane 24 in proportions which vary with the experimental conditions. None of the secondary borane, which is the exclusive product when pure ClRh(PPh3)3 is employed as catalyst, is formed. The product variation as a function of initial reactant concentration was fitted to a model in which the rhodium-borane intermediate in the catalytic cycle undergoes two competing reactions-β-elimination of Rh-H versus addition of a further molecule of catecholborane. The model demonstrates that a kinetic isotope effect of 3.4 operates in the β-elimination step, but none is evident in the addition of catecholborane B-D to rhodium. A similar analysis was successfully applied to the catalytic hydrosilylation of 4-methoxystyrene, with HSiEt3, again employing the phosphine-free rhodium catalyst 7; the product distribution between primary silane 29 and vinylsilane 28 was successfully predicted. The results intimate that silation (i.e., the formation of vinylsilanes under the conditions of catalytic hydrosilylation) can best be explained by a Rh-H based mechanistic model rather than the commonly assumed variant on the Chalk-Harrod catalytic cycle. They provide an explanation for the "oxygen effect" on the rate of Rh-catalyzed hydrosilylations.