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Upstream product

• 140-29-4 phenylacetonitrile 
• 154092-62-3 (+)-(S)-2-amino-4,4-dimethylpentanol 
• 112245-13-3 (S)-tert-leucinol 
• 5442-34-2 ethyl 2-phenylacetimidate hydrochloride 

Downstream Products

• 926647-43-0 (4S)-2-[3-(2-bromophenyl)-1-phenylpropyl]-4-tert-butyl-2-oxazoline 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis and structural characterization of enantiopure exo and endo six-membered oxazoline-derived palladacycles

Direct palladation of (S)-4-benzyl-2-methyl-2-oxazoline (1) and (S)-2-benzyl-4-tert-butyl-2-oxazoline (2) using Pd(OAc)2 in MeCN afforded the corresponding μ-acetato-dimeric complexes with six-membered exo and endo palladacycles, respectively. The same complexes were obtained by reacting coordination complexes Pd(1)2(OAc)2 and Pd(2)2(OAc)2 with Pd(OAc)2 in MeCN. Metalation of (S)-2,4-dibenzyl-2-oxazoline (3) with Pd(OAc)2 in AcOH, MeCN or CH2Cl2 resulted in the regiospecific formation of the six-membered endo palladacycle. The obtained μ-acetato-dimeric complexes were converted to the corresponding μ-chloro-dimeric derivatives 7, 11 and 13 by treatment with LiCl in acetone. The mononuclear PPh3 adducts 8, 12 and 14 were obtained by reacting dimers 7, 11 and 13 with PPh3 in benzene. NMR spectroscopy data supported the proposed structures of all complexes and suggested that exo and endo palladacycles in 8 and 12 have rigid boat conformations in CHCl3. The X-ray crystal structures of the μ-acetato dimer 6 with the exo palladacycle and the PPh3 adduct 14 with the endo metalacycle revealed boat conformation of both palladacycles and chiral twisted conformations δ(S) and λ(S), respectively, of the oxazoline rings in the solid state.

Effect of chain length on radical to carbanion cyclo-coupling of bromoaryl alkyl-linked oxazolines: 1,3-Areneotropic migration of oxazolines

(Chemical Equation Presented) 2-Halophenylalkyl-2-oxazolines with alkyl chain spacers of two to six C atoms (n = 0-4) were prepared and their S RN1-type reactions with several base systems examined. The best conditions to promote cyclocoupling to the corresponding benzocycloalkane derivatives involved use of LDA in THF. The precursors with 3-C-atom and 4-C-atom spacers gave good yields of 2-(1′-phenylindan-1′-yl)-2- oxazolines and 2-(1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-2-oxazoline, respectively. The major products from the precursor with a 5-C-atom spacer were derivatives of benzocycloheptane in which the oxazoline group had undergone a novel areneotropic migration from the end of the spacer to the benzo ring. The product from reaction of the corresponding 2-C-atom precursor was a 9-oxazolinophenanthrene derivative. EPR spectroscopy showed the intermediates of the LDA-promoted reactions to be radical anions of the product benzocycloalkanes. This supported an SRN1-type chain mechanism involving initial production of aryl radicals connected to azaenolate ions via the spacer groups. Intramolecular radical to carbanion coupling then generated ring-closed benzocycloalkane radical anions that transferred an electron to more precursor. Diastereoselective radical to carbanion cyclo-coupling reactions were carried out with 2-bromophenylpropyl precursors containing chiral 2-oxazolines. The diastereoselectivity achievable was modest, but the product diastereoisomeric Indane derivatives were easily separable by chromatography.

CATALYTICS ASYMMETRIC ACTIVATION OF UNACTIVATED C-H BONDS, AND COMPOUNDS RELATED THERETO

One aspect of the present invention is directed in part to catalytic and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated C-H bonds of simple organic substrates. The compounds and methods provided herein allow one to control the stereochemistry in a C-H activation step, activate substrates containing α-hydrogens next to the directing group, and remove a directing group under mild conditions. One aspect of the present invention relates to a transition-metal-catalyzed method for selective and asymmetric oxidation of carbons located in a β- or γ-position relative to an auxiliary. Another aspect of the invention relates to the enantiomerically-enriched substrates and the enantiomerically-enriched products formed via said method. In certain embodiments, oxazoline and oxazinone directing groups are used. In addition, the Boc protecting group has been identified as a directing group which does not necessitate removal.