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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Visible-Light-Promoted Photocatalyst-Free Hydroacylation and Diacylation of Alkenes Tuned by NiCl2·DME

Herein, we describe a visible light-promoted hydroacylation strategy that facilitates the preparation of ketones from alkenes and 4-acyl-1,4-dihydropyridines via an acyl radical addition and hydrogen atom transfer pathway under photocatalyst-free conditions. The efficiency was highlighted by wide substrate scope, good to high yields, successful scale-up experiments, and expedient preparation of highly functionalized ketone derivatives. In addition, this protocol allows for the synthesis of 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds through alkene diacylation in the presence of NiCl2·DME.

Uncatalyzed conjugate addition of organozinc halides to enones in DME: A combined experimental/computational study on the role of the solvent and the reaction mechanism

Both aryl and alkylzinc halides prepared by direct insertion of zinc into organic halides in the presence of LiCl underwent the conjugate addition reaction to nonenolizable unsaturated ketones in excellent yield, provided that DME was used instead of THF as the solvent. Diffusion NMR measurements highlighted that the species undergo considerable aggregation under the experimental conditions used in the synthetic procedure, but no substantial differences have been found between the two solvents. Density functional theory calculations, prompted by the experimental aggregation study, revealed an unexpected reaction mechanism, where the coordinating capabilities of DME stabilize a transition state involving two organozinc moieties, lowering the activation energy of the reaction with respect to that seen for THF, enough to explain the fast and quantitative reactions observed experimentally and the different behaviors of the two solvents.

Effect of InCl3 on the addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Control of 1,2- versus 1,4-addition of organometallic reagents to enones remains a long-standing problem. There is still no satisfactory 1,2-directing agent comparable to the 1,4-directing effect of copper salts. We report that the presence of just 5 mol% indium(III) chloride can significantly alter the amount of 1,2-product formed in these reactions.

Reductive alkylation of electronegatively-substituted alkenes by alkylmercury halides

Photolysis of alkylmercury halides in the presence of electronegatively-substituted 1-alkenes yields adduct radicals [RCH2CH(EWG).] that in some cases react with RHgX to form RCH2CH(HgX)(EWG), e.g., EWG = (EtO)2PO or PhSO2. When the EWG is carbonyl or cyano, the resonance stabilized adduct radicals fail to react with the alkyl mercury halide. In these cases photolysis with RHgCl/KI in Me2SO leads to the adduct mercurial via reaction of the adduct radicals with RHgI2-. The reactions of tertiary-enolyl adduct radicals are inefficient with RHgX/KI, and disproportionation of the adduct radicals is the major reaction pathway. For secondary- or tertiary-adduct radicals the reductive alkylation products are formed in excellent yield by reaction with RHgCl and silyl hydrides in Me2SO solution in a process postulated to involve RHgH as an intermediate. The relative reactivities of a number of α,β-unsaturated systems toward t-Bu. have been measured by competitive techniques. The results demonstrate a high reactivity of s-cis enones relative to the s-trans conformers.

Mechanism of the Grignard Adddition Reaction. XVI. Homolytic and Concerted Mechanisms in the Reaction of α,β-Unsatureted Carbonyl Compounds with Grignard Reagents

Kinetic measurements have shown that the addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds takes place either by a concerted mechanism or by a homolytic mechanism.Phenylmagnesium bromide, which is incapable of homolysis, reacts rapidly in a 1,4-fashion if an s-cis conformation exists between the C=C and the C=O bonds, but only 1,2-addition takes place if the conformation is s-trans.tert-Butylmagnesium bromide is unsuited to the concerted reaction, but 1,4-addition takes place via homolysis.Primary and secondary Grignard reagents, like phenyl, react rapidly in a concerted manner with s-cis substrates, but unlike phenyl, these Grignard reagents may, with s-trans substrates, produce some 1,4-adduct via the homolytic mechanism.

Amphiphilic Reactions by Means of Exceptionally Bulky Organoaluminum Reagents. Rational Approach for Obtaining Unusual Equatorial, Anti-Cram, and 1,4 Selectivity in Carbonyl Alkylation

Exceptionally bulky, oxygenophilic organoaluminum reagents, methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-4-alkylphenoxide) (MAD and MAT), have been successfully utilized for stereoselective activation of carbonyl moiety.Combination of MAD or MAT with carbon nucleophiles such as organolithiums or Grignard reagents generates a new amphiphilic reaction system in which the alkylation may be interpreted as the nucleophilic addition of a reactive organometallic compound to an electrophilically activated carbonyl substrate in order to account for the regio- and stereochemical consequences.In contrast to the ordinary alkylations, the amphilic alkylation disclosed herein would be categorized into the new, yet unexplored class of alkylation that exhibits high chemoselectivity to carbonyl compounds, and more significantly it allows excellent equatorial and anti-Cram selectivity in carbonyl alkylations, hitherto difficult by the existing methodologies.Further, unusual conjugate addition of organolithium reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been accomplished by using the amphiphilic reaction system.

UNUSUAL CONJUGATE ADDITION OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENT TO α,β-UNSATURATED KETONE

The conjugate addition of organolithium reagent to α,β-unsaturated ketone has been accomplished with methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-alkylphenoxide) (MAD and MAT).Here combination of alkyllithium and MAD (or MAT) constitutes an amphiphilic system that allows to exhibit unusual selectivity in the alkylation of enones with alkyllithium.