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Mn(ii)-catalysed alkylation of methylene ketones with alcohols: Direct access to functionalised branched products
Kabadwal, Lalit Mohan,Das, Jagadish,Banerjee, Debasis
, p. 14069 - 14072 (2018)
Herein an operationally simple alkylation of methylene ketones with primary alcohols is reported. Use of an inexpensive and earth abundant Mn/1,10-phenanthroline system enables direct access to a series of functionalised branched ketones including one-pot sequential double alkylation and Alzheimer's drug donepezil. Preliminary mechanistic investigation, determination of the rate and order of reactions and deuterium labeling experiments support the participation of the hydrogen-borrowing strategy for the ketone alkylation.
Isolation and Characterization of Regioisomers of Pyrazole-Based Palladacycles and Their Use in α-Alkylation of Ketones Using Alcohols
Mamidala, Ramesh,Samser, Shaikh,Sharma, Nishant,Lourderaj, Upakarasamy,Venkatasubbaiah, Krishnan
supporting information, p. 3343 - 3351 (2017/09/18)
Regioisomers of 3,5-diphenyl-1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-pyrazole-based palladacycles (1 and 2) were synthesized by the aromatic C-H bond activation of N/3-aryl ring. The application of these regioisomers as catalysts to enable the formation of α-alkylated ketones or quinolines with alcohols using a hydrogen borrowing process is evaluated. Experimental results reveal that palladacycle 2 is superior over palladacycle 1 to catalyze the reaction under similar reaction conditions. The reaction mechanisms for the palladacycles 1 and 2 catalyzed α-alkylation of acetophenone were studied using density functional theoretical (DFT) methods. The DFT studies indicate that palladacycle 2 has an energy barrier lower than that of palladacycle 1 for the alkylation reaction, consistent with the better catalytic activity of palladacycle 2 seen in the experiments. The palladacycle-phosphine system was found to tolerate a wide range of functional groups and serves as an efficient protocol for the synthesis of α-alkylated products under solvent-free conditions. In addition, the synthetic protocol was successfully applied to prepare donepezil, a drug for Alzheimer's disease, from simple starting materials.
