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Iridium-catalyzed dehydrogenative decarbonylation of primary alcohols with the liberation of syngas
Olsen, Esben P. K.,Madsen, Robert
, p. 16023 - 16029 (2013/02/22)
A new iridium-catalyzed reaction in which molecular hydrogen and carbon monoxide are cleaved from primary alcohols in the absence of any stoichiometric additives has been developed. The dehydrogenative decarbonylation was achieved with a catalyst generated in situ from [Ir(coe)2Cl]2 (coe=cyclooctene) and racemic 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl (rac-BINAP) in a mesitylene solution saturated with water. A catalytic amount of lithium chloride was also added to improve the catalyst turnover. The reaction has been applied to a variety of primary alcohols and gives rise to products in good to excellent yields. Ethers, esters, imides, and aryl halides are stable under the reaction conditions, whereas olefins are partially saturated. The reaction is believed to proceed by two consecutive organometallic transformations that are catalyzed by the same iridium(I)-BINAP species. First, dehydrogenation of the primary alcohol to the corresponding aldehyde takes place, which is then followed by decarbonylation to the product with one less carbon atom.
COMPOUNDS AND KITS FOR PREPARING IMAGING AGENTS AND METHODS OF IMAGING
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, (2008/06/13)
Compounds that include a targeting moiety bound to a regioselective leaving group are useful for preparing imaging agents. The imaging agents can be isolated from by-products derived from the leaving group based on differences in the chemical attributes (e.g., net charge or polarity) of the molecules or physical attributes of the molecules through the use of a solid support. Methods of producing an imaging agent include the steps of providing a compound that includes a targeting moiety bound to a support via a linker group that contains a site for regioselective substitution of a detectable species, contacting the compound with a solution containing the detectable species, and recovering the imaging agent. Kits which include a first container (5) having therein a solution (31) containing a detectable species and a second container (2) having therein a compound that includes a targeting moiety bound to a support (30) via a leaving group that contains a site for regioselective substitution of the detectable species are also useful for preparing imaging agents.
The Photochemistry of Methoxy-Substituted Benzyl Acetates and Benzyl Pivalates: Homolytic vs Heterolytic Cleavage
Pincock, J. A.,Wedge, P. J.
, p. 5587 - 5595 (2007/10/02)
The multiple methoxy-substituted benzyl acetates (3g-i) and benzyl pivalates (4g-i) have been photolyzed in methanol solution.The products of these reactions are derived from two critical intermediates; the benzyl radical/acyloxy radical pair and the benzyl cation/carboxylate anion pair.As predicted by the meta effect, the yield of ion-derived product, the methyl ether in this case, was enhanced by the presence of the m-methoxy groups.The yield of ether, for the acetate esters, varied from 2percent for the 4-methoxy-substituted ester to 66percent for the 3,4,5-trimethoxy-substituted ester.In contrast, the yield of ether, for the pivalate esters, varied from 1percent for the 4-methoxy-substituted ester to 20percent for the 3,4,5-trimethoxy-substituted one.The meta effect does not explain these differences; electron transfer converting the radical pair to the ion pair is still an important pathway in the mechanism for ion formation.A quantitative analysis of the yield of the ethers was done in order to obtain the electron-transfer rate constants.This analysis revealed that the yield of the ethers was higher than expected based on previous results for other substituted benzyl acetates.A possible explanation for this discrepancy is that internal return of the radical pair to starting material for the acetate esters is more efficient than for the pivalate esters.Also, the esters 3k and 3l, were prepared to study the effect of electron-withdrawing groups in the meta position.For these esters, the benzylic cleavage reactions were inefficient and an isomerization reaction, the benzvalene rearrangement, was competitive.
Reaction of Aryl and Vinyl Halides with Zerovalent Nickel-Preparative Aspects and the Synthesis of Alnusone
Semmelhack, M.F.,Helquist, Paul,Jones, L.D.,Keller, Leonard,Mendelson L.,et al.
, p. 6460 - 6471 (2007/10/02)
Zerovalent nickel complexes such as bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)nickel react rapidly with aryl and vinyl halides to produce the symmetrical coupling products, a low-temperature analogue of the Ullman reaction.The reaction proceeds through oxidative addition of the organic halide to Ni(0), and the reactivity of the Ni(II)intermediates has been examined.Arylnickel halide complexes decompose rapidly to biaryls in DMF.The coupling of simple vinyl halides proceeds with isomerization of the double bond but 3-haloacrylates give efficient co upling with retention of geometry.Cyclizations to form ortho-bridged biaryls are efficient in simple cases (6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, and 14-membered rings) but fail with an ortho-disubstituted case.The 13-membered meta-bridged cyclic biphenyl, alnusone, is prepared efficiently with the crucial aryl halide coupling to form the ring proceeding in 50percent yield.A side reaction promoted by the presence of protons and with certain ortho-substituted aryl halides is reduction of the aryl halide to the arene.This process can be enhanced by deliberate addition of acid during reaction with Ni(0) and a series of aryl halides underwent succesful reduction.
