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Photoredox-Enabled Chromium-Catalyzed Alkene Diacylations

Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are a powerful tool to construct carbon-carbon bonds in modern synthetic chemistry. Chromium catalysis is much less developed compared with the widely used palladium and nickel catalysis. Herein, we repo

Direct 1,2-Dicarbonylation of Alkenes towards 1,4-Diketones via Photocatalysis

1,4-Dicarbonyl compounds are intriguing motifs and versatile precursors in numerous pharmaceutical molecules and bioactive natural compounds. Direct incorporation of two carbonyl groups into a double bond at both ends is straightforward, but also challenging. Represented herein is the first example of 1,2-dicarbonylation of alkenes by photocatalysis. Key to success is that N(n-Bu)4+ not only associates with the alkyl anion to avoid protonation, but also activates the α-keto acid to undergo electrophilic addition. The α-keto acid is employed both for acyl generation and electrophilic addition. By tuning the reductive and electrophilic ability of the acyl precursor, unsymmetric 1,4-dicarbonylation is achieved for the first time. This metal-free, redox-neutral and regioselective 1,2-dicarbonylation of alkenes is executed by a photocatalyst for versatile substrates under extremely mild conditions and shows great potential in biomolecular and drug molecular derivatization.

Samarium-promoted michael addition between aroyl chlorides and chalcones

A novel Michael addition type reaction between aroyl chlorides and chalcones was realized in the presence of samarium metal when N,N-dimethylformamide was used as a solvent. A variety of 1,4-diketones were thereby synthesized in moderate to good yields. T

Thiazolium-catalyzed additions of acylsilanes: A general strategy for acyl anion addition reactions

A strategy utilizing N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) derived from thiazolium salts has been developed for the generation of carbonyl anions from acylsilanes. Synthetically useful 1,4-diketones and N-phosphinoyl-α- aminoketones have been prepared in good to excellent yields via NHC-catalyzed additions of acylsilanes to the corresponding α,β-unsaturated systems and N-phosphinoylimines. These organocatalytic reactions are air- and water-tolerant methods to execute robust carbonyl anion addition reactions. Additionally, polysubstituted aromatic furans and pyrroles have been efficiently synthesized in a one-pot process using this carbonyl anion methodology. The addition of alcohols to the reaction renders the process catalytic in thiazolium salt. In an effort to synthesize a potential intermediate along the proposed reaction pathway, silylated thiazolium carbinols have been identified to provide good yields of carbonyl anion addition products when subjected to the standard reaction conditions in the presence of suitable electrophiles.

The Thiazolium-Catalyzed Sila-Stetter Reaction: Conjugate Addition of Acylsilanes to Unsaturated Esters and Ketones

A new acyl anion addition reaction between acylsilanes and α,β-unsaturated conjugate acceptors promoted by a nucleophilic organic catalyst has been disclosed. The 1,4-dicarbonyl products produced in this reaction are highly useful synthons. Neutral carbenes (or zwitterions) generated in situ from commercial thiazolium salts are used as effective catalysts for the reaction which is in contrast to established anionic catalysts typically employed to promote the required Brook rearrangement (1,2-silyl shift from carbon to oxygen) involved in the reported reaction. This process successfully utilizes acylsilanes as tunable acyl anion progenitors and is tolerant of a wide range of structural diversity on the acylsilane or the conjugate acceptor. Copyright

The Diverse Carbenic and Cationic Chemistry of 3-Diazo-2,5-diphenylpyrrole

3-Diazo-2,5-diphenylpyrrole (1) thermolyzes and photolyzes to 2,5-diphenyl-3H-pyrrolylidene (3), which inserts into methylene hydrogen of cyclohexane and methyne hydrogen of cumene.Hydrogen abstraction to give 2,5-diphenylpyrrole (7) occurs competitively in these systems.Carbene 3 reacts with cyclohexene, allylbenzene, and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene to give 3-(allylically substituted)-2,5-diphenylpyrroles (15, 20, 21, and 29) as the only products of olefin incorporation along with 7.The initial position of the double bond in the olefin may be altered in the overall insertion process, and cyclopropanes are not isolable.The apparent behavior of 3 with saturated and olefinic hydrocarbons is as singlet 8s and triplet 9t.Reactions of 3 with anisole (31a) and with toluene (31b), benzenes substituted by electron-donor groups, result in selective ortho and/or para substitution to give 2,5-diphenyl-3-(substituted-phenyl)pyrroles (38a, 35, and 38b) and in hydrogen abstraction to 7.Insertion into the methyl groups and hydrogen abstraction also occur in reactions of 3 with 31b, yielding 3-benzyl-2,5-diphenylpyrrole (39) and 1,2-diphenylethane (40).Benzene (42a), however, reacts thermally or photolytically with 1 to form 1,3-diphenyl-2H-cyclooctapyrrole (46a), a member of a new heterocyclic system.Ring expansions to 4-, 5-, and 6-cyano-1,3-diphenyl-2H-cyclooctapyrroles (46b, 46b', and 46b'') and 4-, 5-, and 6-nitro-1,3-diphenyl-2H-cyclooctapyrroles (46c, 46c', and 46c'') are the principal reactions of 3 with benzonitrile (42b) and nitrobenzene (42c). 3-(m-Nitrophenyl)-2,5-diphenylpyrrole (47b) is also formed from 1 and 42c at 170 deg C.Thermolysis and photolysis of 1 to effect substitution and ringexpansion of benzenes may involve electrophilic attack of 8s to form spiropyrrolonorcaradienes (32).Directed heterolytic ring opening of 32 and (1,5 sigmatropic) rearrangements of hydrogen will rationalize the selective ortho and/or para substitution processes.Cyclooctapyrroles may arise from (electrocyclic) isomerization of 32 to spirocycloheptatrienes 44, (1,5 sigmatropic) rearrangement involving ring expansion to 45, and then hydrogen migration.Triplet photosensitization of 1 in 42a and 42b leads to 2,3,5-triphenylpyrrole (47a) and 3-(o-cyanophenyl)-2,5-diphenylpyrrole (47c), products of aromatic substitution rather than ring expansion.Such photolytic processes may involve generation and then addition of 9t to 42a and 42b, spin inversion of the triplet to singlet diradical intermediates, and successive hydrogen migrations.Aniline (59a), N-methylaniline (59b), and N,N-dimethylaniline are nucleophiles in that they are pyrrylated on nitrogen by 1 at 180 deg C.Primary and secondary alcohols and 1 undergo oxidation/reduction to carbonyls and 7; conversion to 3-alkoxy-2,5-diphenylpyrroles is minor except in the presence of ...