93-96-9Relevant articles and documents
Gold(i)-catalysed dehydrative formation of ethers from benzylic alcohols and phenols
Veenboer, Richard M. P.,Nolan, Steven P.
, p. 3819 - 3825 (2015)
We report the cross-dehydrative reaction of two alcohols to form unsymmetrical ethers using NHC-gold(i) complexes (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene). Our progress in developing this reaction into a straightforward procedure is discussed in detail. The optimised methodology proceeds under mild reaction conditions and produces water as the sole by-product. The synthetic utility of this environmentally benign methodology is exemplified by the formation of a range of new ethers from readily available phenols bearing electron withdrawing substituents and secondary benzylic alcohols with various substituents. Finally, we present experimental results to account for the chemoselectivity obtained in these reactions.
An expedient, efficient and solvent-free synthesis of T3P-mediated amidation of benzhydrols with poorly reactive N-nucleophiles under MW irradiation
Cheruku, Srinivas,Manikyanally, Kumara N.,Mantelingu, Kempegowda,Nagarakere, Sandhya C.,Narayana, Yatheesh,Rangappa, Kanchugarakoppal S.,Sunilkumar, Makanahalli P.
, p. 4421 - 4426 (2022/03/14)
An expedient, efficient, economical, environmentally benign, and solvent free amidation protocol of benzhydrols with less reactive nitrogen nucleophiles assisted by propylphosphonic anhydride (T3P) under microwave irradiation has been developed. The methodology has been deployed for a wide range of heterocycles and electron-withdrawing & electron-donating groups. The protocol resulted in good to excellent yields under the given conditions (26 examples, 68-93% yield).
Synthetic method of borane-catalyzed symmetric ether
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Paragraph 0033-0042, (2021/07/28)
The invention provides a borane-catalyzed symmetric ether synthesis method, which is characterized in that alcohol is used as a raw material, and under the catalysis of B(2,6-Cl2C6H3) (p-HC6F4) 2, etherification reaction is carried out through intermolecular dehydration to generate ether. The reaction process is simple, mild, pollution-free and efficient.
Cascade Reductive Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Catalyzed by Robust Iridium(III) Hydride Complexes Containing a Protic Triazolylidene Ligand
Albrecht, Martin,Alshakova, Iryna D.
, p. 8999 - 9007 (2021/07/31)
The synthesis of complex molecules like active pharmaceutical ingredients typically requires multiple single-step reactions, in series or in a modular fashion, with laborious purification and potentially unstable intermediates. Cascade processes offer attractive synthetic remediation as they reduce time, energy, and waste associated with multistep syntheses. For example, triarylmethanes are traditionally prepared via several synthetic steps, and only a handful of cascade routes are known with limitations due to high catalyst loadings. Here, we present an expedient catalytic cascade process to produce triarylmethanes. For this purpose, we have developed a bifunctional iridium system as the efficient catalyst to build heterotriaryl synthons via reductive Friedel-Crafts alkylation from ketones, arenes, and hydrogen. The catalytically active species were generated in situ from a robust triazolyl iridium(III) hydride complex and acid and is composed of a metal-bound hydride and a proximal ligand-bound proton for reversible dihydrogen release. These complexes catalyze the direct hydrogenation of ketones at slow rates followed by dehydration. Appropriate adjustment of the conditions successfully intercepts this dehydration and leads instead to efficient C-C coupling and Friedel-Crafts alkylation. The scope of this cascade process includes a variety of carbonyl substrates such as aldehydes, (alkyl)(aryl)ketones, and diaryl ketones as precursor electrophiles with arenes and heteroarenes for Friedel-Crafts coupling. The reported method has been validated in a swift one-step synthesis of the core structure of a potent antibacterial agent. Excellent yields and exquisite selectivities were achieved for this cascade process with unprecedentedly low iridium loadings (0.02 mol %). Moreover, the catalytic activity of the protic system is significantly higher than that of an N-methylated analogue, confirming the benefit of the Ir-H/N-H hydride-proton system for high catalytic performance.
