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Methanol as hydrogen source: Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with a rhodacycle
Aboo, Ahmed H.,Begum, Robina,Zhao, Liangliang,Farooqi, Zahoor H.,Xiao, Jianliang
, p. 1795 - 1799 (2019/11/11)
Methanol is a safe, economic and easy-to-handle hydrogen source. It has rarely been used in transfer hydrogenation reactions, however. We herein report that a cyclometalated rhodium complex, rhodacycle, catalyzes highly chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with methanol as the hydrogen source. A wide variety of chalcones, styryl methyl ketones and vinyl methyl ketones, including sterically demanding ones, were reduced to the saturated ketones in refluxing methanol in a short reaction time, with no need for inter gas protection, and no reduction of the carbonyl moieties was observed. The catalysis described provides a practically easy and operationally safe method for the reduction of olefinic bonds in α,β-unsaturated ketone compounds.
Simple Synthesis of Phytochemicals by Heterogeneous Pd- and Ir-Catalyzed Hydrogen-Borrowing C–C Bond Formation
Hori, Yoji,Suruga, Chiharu,Akabayashi, Yuta,Ishikawa, Tomoka,Saito, Marina,Myoda, Takao,Toeda, Kazuki,Maeda, Yuna,Yoshida, Yutaka
supporting information, p. 7295 - 7299 (2018/01/02)
Chitin-supported palladium and iridium catalysts (i.e., Pd/chitin, Ir/chitin) successfully promote the hydrogen borrowing C–C bond formation reaction to afford phytochemicals and aroma compounds in excellent yields.
Novel diarylheptanoids as inhibitors of TNF-α production
Dhuru, Sameer,Bhedi, Dilip,Gophane, Dnyaneshwar,Hirbhagat, Kiran,Nadar, Vijaya,More, Dattatray,Parikh, Sapna,Dalal, Roda,Fonseca, Lyle C.,Kharas, Firuza,Vadnal, Prashant Y.,Vishwakarma, Ram A.,Sivaramakrishnan
, p. 3784 - 3787 (2011/07/31)
Synthesis and anti-inflammatory activity of novel diarylheptanoids [5-hydroxy-1-phenyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl)-heptan-3-ones and 1-phenyl-7-(pyridin-3-yl) hept-4-en-3-ones] as inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) production is described in the present article. The key reactions involve the formation of a β-hydroxyketone by the reaction of substituted 4-phenyl butan-2-ones with pyridine-3-carboxaldehyde in presence of LDA and the subsequent dehydration of the same to obtain the α,β-unsaturated ketones. Compounds 4i, 5b, 5d, and 5g significantly inhibit lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TNF-α production from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a dose-dependent manner. Of note, the in vitro TNF-α inhibition potential of 5b and 5d is comparable to that of curcumin (a naturally occurring diarylheptanoid). Most importantly, oral administration of 4i, 5b, 5d, and 5g (each at 100 mg/kg) but not curcumin (at 100 mg/kg) significantly inhibits LPS-induced TNF-α production in BALB/c mice. Collectively, our findings indicate that these compounds may have potential therapeutic implications for TNF-α-mediated auto-immune/inflammatory disorders.