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Reusable, homogeneous water soluble photoredox catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles in a biphasic system: Application to the synthesis of biologically active natural products

Herein, a simple and efficient method for the oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of tetrahydro-β-carbolines, indolines and tetrahydro-(iso)quinolines is described using a reusable, homogeneous cobalt-phthalocyanine photoredox catalyst in a biphasic medium. A biphasic system offers an advantage of easy separation of the product and an efficient reusability of the homogeneous photoredox catalyst. Also, the current system significantly helps to overcome the solubility issue of the substrate and catalyst at room temperature. Its potential applications to organic transformations are demonstrated by the synthesis of various biologically active N-heterocycles such as indoles, (iso)quinolines and β-carbolines and natural products such as eudistomin U, norharmane, and harmane and precursors to perlolyrine and flazin. Without isolation and purification, the catalyst solution can be reused up to 5 times with almost comparable reactivity. Furthermore, the efficiency of the reaction was demonstrated on a gram scale. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on ODH reactions using a non noble, reusable and homogeneous cobalt photoredox catalyst under environmentally friendly conditions.

Method for solvent accelerated selective dehydrogenation of tetrahydroisoquinoline type compound

The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 1-substituted-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline through the solvent accelerated selective partial dehydrogenation of a 1-substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline compound. For a simple and easily obtained cyclic amine type compound such as a tetrahydroisoquinoline compound, a corresponding imine compound can be obtained through selective dehydrogenation; the conversion ratio of the cyclic amine type compound is higher; further, the proportion of a partially dehydrogenated product to a fully dehydrogenated product is more than 20 to 1. The method is simple and convenient to operate, is practical, easy and feasible, and is mild in reaction condition; the actual cost is greatly reduced. In addition, a method for synthesizing 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline through the direct dehydrogenation of tetrahydroisoquinoline has the advantages of atom economy and environmental friendliness.

Cerium Chloride Catalyzed, 2-Iodoxybenzoic Acid Mediated Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Multiple Heterocycles at Room Temperature

Catalytic cerium chloride was found to activate 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) for the oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydroisoquinolines, tetrahydro-β-carbolines, and thiazolidines to their dehydrogenated and aromatic forms at room temperature in moderate to excellent yields. The robustness of the protocol was demonstrated by scaling up the reactions to multigram quantities.