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• 98-68-0 4-methoxy-phenyl-sulphonyl chloride 
• 618-36-0 rac-methylbenzylamine 
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• 1129-26-6 4-methoxybenzene sulfonamide 
• 181306-52-5 <(4-methoxyphenylsulfonyl)imino>phenyl-λ³-iodane 
• 368-91-2 4-methoxybenzene-1-sulfonyl fluoride 
• 492-37-5 hydratropic acid 
• 75-05-8 acetonitrile 

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• 66897-97-0 N-Allyl-4-methoxy-N-(1-phenyl-ethyl)-benzenesulfonamide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoexcitation of Cu(ii) carboxylates

Reactions that enable carbon–nitrogen, carbon–oxygen and carbon–carbon bond formation lie at the heart of synthetic chemistry. However, substrate prefunctionalization is often needed to effect such transformations without forcing reaction conditions. The development of direct coupling methods for abundant feedstock chemicals is therefore highly desirable for the rapid construction of complex molecular scaffolds. Here we report a copper-mediated, net-oxidative decarboxylative coupling of carboxylic acids with diverse nucleophiles under visible-light irradiation. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggest that the relevant chromophore in this reaction is a Cu(ii) carboxylate species assembled in situ. We propose that visible-light excitation to a ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) state results in a radical decarboxylation process that initiates the oxidative cross-coupling. The reaction is applicable to a wide variety of coupling partners, including complex drug molecules, suggesting that this strategy for cross-nucleophile coupling would facilitate rapid compound library synthesis for the discovery of new pharmaceutical agents. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Catalytic asymmetric oxidative carbonylation-induced kinetic resolution of sterically hindered benzylamines to chiral isoindolinones

A highly enantioselective kinetic resolution of sterically hindered benzylamines has been achieved for the first time through transition-metal-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation, in which the new KR strategy offered a new approach to afford chiral isoindolinones (er up to 97?:?3) and the origin of chemoselectivity and stereoselectivity was confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.

A Broad-Spectrum Catalytic Amidation of Sulfonyl Fluorides and Fluorosulfates**

A broad-spectrum, catalytic method has been developed for the synthesis of sulfonamides and sulfamates. With the activation by the combination of a catalytic amount of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) and silicon additives, amidations of sulfonyl fluorides and fluorosulfates proceeded smoothly and excellent yields were generally obtained (87–99 %). Noticeably, this protocol is particularly efficient for sterically hindered substrates. Catalyst loading is generally low and only 0.02 mol % of catalyst is required for the multidecagram-scale synthesis of an amantadine derivative. In addition, the potential of this method in medicinal chemistry has been demonstrated by the synthesis of the marketed drug Fedratinib via a key intermediate sulfonyl fluoride 13. Since a large number of amines are commercially available, this route provides a facile entry to access Fedratinib analogues for biological screening.

Halogen-Bond-Induced Consecutive Csp3-H Aminations via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Relay Strategy

The utilization of a halogen bond in a number of chemical fields is well-known. Surprisingly, the incorporation of this useful noncovalent interaction in chemical reaction engineering is rare. We disclose here an uncommon use of halogen bonding to induce intermolecular Csp3-H amination while enabling a hydrogen atom transfer relay strategy to access privileged pyrrolidine structures directly from alkanes. Mechanistic studies support the presence of multiple halogen bond interactions at distinct reaction stages.

Nonheme iron-mediated amination of C(sp3)-H bonds. Quinquepyridine-supported iron-imide/nitrene intermediates by experimental studies and DFT calculations

The 7-coordinate complex [Fe(qpy)(MeCN)2](ClO4) 2 (1, qpy = 2,2′:6′,2″:6″, 2′′′:6′′′,2′′′′- quinquepyridine) is a highly active nonheme iron catalyst for intra- and intermolecular amination of C(sp3)-H bonds. This complex effectively catalyzes the amination of limiting amounts of not only benzylic and allylic C(sp3)-H bonds of hydrocarbons but also the C(sp3)-H bonds of cyclic alkanes and cycloalkane/linear alkane moieties in sulfamate esters, such as those derived from menthane and steroids cholane and androstane, using PhI=NR or "PhI(OAc)2 + H2NR" [R = Ts (p-toluenesulfonyl), Ns (p-nitrobenzenesulfonyl)] as nitrogen source, with the amination products isolated in up to 93% yield. Iron imide/nitrene intermediates [Fe(qpy)(NR)(X)]n+ (CX, X = NR, solvent, or anion) are proposed in these amination reactions on the basis of experimental studies including ESI-MS analysis, crossover experiments, Hammett plots, and correlation with C-H bond dissociation energies and with support by DFT calculations. Species consistent with the formulations of [Fe(qpy)(NTs)2] 2+ (CNTs) and [Fe(qpy)(NTs)]2+ (C) were detected by high-resolution ESI-MS analysis of the reaction mixture of 1 with PhI=NTs (4 equiv). DFT calculations revealed that the reaction barriers for H-atom abstraction of cyclohexane by the ground state of 7-coordinate C NTs and ground state of C are 15.3 and 14.2 kcal/mol, respectively, in line with the observed high activity of 1 in catalyzing the C-H amination of alkanes under mild conditions.

Cobalt-catalyzed benzylic C-H amination via dehydrogenative-coupling reaction

An efficient direct benzylic C-H amination via dehydrogenative-coupling by using an inexpensive catalyst/oxidant (CoBr2/tBuOO tBu) system is described. Various unmodified amides including primary or secondary sulfonamides, carboxamides, and carbamates preformed well with benzylic hydrocarbons with moderate to good yields.

Imido transfer from bis(imido)ruthenium(VI) porphyrins to hydrocarbons: Effect of imido substituents, C-H bond dissociation energies, and Ru VI/V reduction potentials

[RuVI(TMP)(NSO2R)2] (SO2R = Ms, Ts, Bs, Cs, Ns; R = p-C6H4OMe, p-C6H 4Me, C6H5, p-C6H4-Cl, p-C6H4NO2, respectively) and [Ru VI(Por)(NTs)2] (Por = 2,6-Cl2TPP, F 20-TPP) were prepared by the reactions of [RuII(Por)(CO)] with Phl=NSO2R in CH2Cl2. These complexes exhibit reversible RuVI/V couple with E1/2 = -0.41 to -0.12 V vs Cp2Fe+/10 and undergo imido transfer reactions with styrenes, norbornene, cis-cyclooctene, indene, ethylbenzenes, cumene, 9,10-dihydroanthracene, xanthene, cyclohexene, toluene, and tetrahydrofuran to afford aziridines or amides in up to 85% yields. The second-order rate constants (k2) of the aziridination/amidation reactions at 298 K were determined to be (2.6 ± 0.1) × 10-5 to 14.4 ± 0.6 dm3 mol-1 s-1, which generally increase with increasing RuVI/V reduction potential of the imido complexes and decreasing C-H bond dissociation energy (BDE) of the hydrocarbons. A linear correlation was observed between log K (K is the k2 value divided by the number of reactive hydrogens) and BDE and between log k2 and E1/2(RuVI/V); the linearity in the former case supports a H-atom abstraction mechanism. The amidation by [RuVI(TMP)(NNs) 2] reverses the thermodynamic reactivity order cumene > ethylbenzene/toluene, with K(3° C-H)/K(2° C-H) = 0.2 and K(3° C-H)/K(1° C-H) = 0.8.