56430-94-5

Upstream product

• 623-26-7 terephthalonitrile 
• 93-55-0 1-phenyl-propan-1-one 
• 925-90-6 ethylmagnesium bromide 
• 1503-49-7 p-cyanobenzophenone 

Downstream Products

• 56431-17-5 4-aminomethyl-α-ethyl-benzhydrol 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Visible-Light-Triggered Directly Reductive Arylation of Carbonyl/Iminyl Derivatives through Photocatalytic PCET

The first visible-light-mediated radical-radical cross-coupling strategy that enables the direct arylation of carbonyl/iminyl derivatives in the presence of Et3N has been realized. Such an atom-economical protocol furnishes a broad scope of arylation products such as secondary/tertiary alcohols and amines via a PCET process that facilitates the challenging reduction of C-X (X = O, N). Mechanistic investigation indicates two photocatalytic redox cycles were involved in the process, and Et3N was proved to serve as a dual reductant and proton donor. Moreover, the isolated byproducts and controlled experiments could be considered as powerful supporting evidence for our hypothesis.

Electrochemical Arylation of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Alcohols: from Cathodic Reduction to Convergent Paired Electrolysis

Arylation of carbonyls, one of the most common approaches toward alcohols, has received tremendous attention, as alcohols are important feedstocks and building blocks in organic synthesis. Despite great progress, there is still a great gap to develop an ideal arylation method featuring mild conditions, good functional group tolerance, and readily available starting materials. We now show that electrochemical arylation can fill the gap. By taking advantage of synthetic electrochemistry, commercially available aldehydes (ketones) and benzylic alcohols can be readily arylated to provide a general and scalable access to structurally diverse alcohols (97 examples, >10 gram-scale). More importantly, convergent paired electrolysis, the ideal but challenging electrochemical technology, was employed to transform low-value alcohols into more useful alcohols. Detailed mechanism study suggests that two plausible pathways are involved in the redox neutral α-arylation of benzylic alcohols.

Alpha-substituted benzhydrol derivatives

The invention relates to new α-substituted benzhydrols and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts or quaternary ammonium salts thereof with enzyme promoting or inhibiting effects;

α-Substituted benzhydrol derivatives and a process for the preparation thereof

A compound of the formula: STR1 wherein Z is ethyl or vinyl, R1 and R2 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or trihalomethyl, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, trihalomethyl, cyclopentyl, benzyl or phenyl, and R5 is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, trihalomethyl, cyclopentyl, benzyl, or phenyl with the proviso that where R1, R2, R3 and R4 each is hydrogen, R5 is not methyl attached to the 4-position of the benzene ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition or quaternary ammonium salt thereof is disclosed as effective in the regulation of the liver microsomal enzyme system.