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Isothiourea-Catalyzed Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Tertiary α-Hydroxy Esters
Greenhalgh, Mark D.,Laina-Martín, Víctor,Neyyappadath, Rifahath M.,Qu, Shen,Smith, Andrew D.,Smith, Samuel M.
, p. 16572 - 16578 (2020/09/09)
A highly enantioselective isothiourea-catalyzed acylative kinetic resolution (KR) of acyclic tertiary alcohols has been developed. Selectivity factors of up to 200 were achieved for the KR of tertiary alcohols bearing an adjacent ester substituent, with both reaction conversion and enantioselectivity found to be sensitive to the steric and electronic environment at the stereogenic tertiary carbinol centre. For more sterically congested alcohols, the use of a recently-developed isoselenourea catalyst was optimal, with equivalent enantioselectivity but higher conversion achieved in comparison to the isothiourea HyperBTM. Diastereomeric acylation transition state models are proposed to rationalize the origins of enantiodiscrimination in this process. This KR procedure was also translated to a continuous-flow process using a polymer-supported variant of the catalyst.
Imidazole derivatives as accelerators for ruthenium-catalyzed hydroesterification and hydrocarbamoylation of alkenes: Extensive ligand screening and mechanistic study
Konishi, Hideyuki,Muto, Takashi,Ueda, Tsuyoshi,Yamada, Yayoi,Yamaguchi, Miyuki,Manabe, Kei
, p. 836 - 845 (2015/03/14)
Imidazole derivatives are effective ligands for promoting the [Ru3(CO)12]-catalyzed hydroesterification of alkenes using formates. Extensive ligand screening was performed to identify 2-hydroxymethylated imidazole as the optimal ligand. Neither carbon monoxide gas nor a directing group was required, and the reaction also showed a wide substrate generality. The Ru-imidazole catalyst system also promoted intramolecular hydrocarbamoylation to afford lactams. A Ru-imidazole complex was unambiguously analyzed by X-ray crystallography, and it had a trinuclear structure derived from one [Ru3(CO)12] and two ligands. This complex was also successfully used for hydroesterification. The mechanism was examined in detail by using D- and 13C-labeled formates, indicating that the hydroesterification reaction proceeds by a decarbonylation-recarbonylation pathway. Effective imidazole assistant: [Ru3(CO)12]-catalyzed hydroesterification of alkenes by using formates is drastically accelerated by imidazole derivatives and exhibits a broad substrate scope for both alkenes and formates. The Ru-imidazole complex also catalyzes the intramolecular hydrocarbamoylation of alkenes.
The use of dialkyl carbonates for safe and highly selective alkylations of methylene-active compounds. A process without waste production
Bomben, Andrea,Selva, Maurizio,Tundo, Pietro
, p. 256 - 260 (2007/10/03)
The non-toxic compound dimethyl carbonate (DMC) can be used as a methylating and a methoxycarbonylating agent in place of methyl chloride and phosgene, respectively. We report here that DMC and other dialkyl carbonates (DAlkCs: dimethyl, diethyl and dibenzyl carbonates) allow very selective alkylations of a variety of CH2-acidic compounds. Both arylacetonitriles and alkyl arylacetates react with DAIkCs to yield the mono-C-alkylated derivatives (α-alkyl-α-arylacetonitriles and alkyl α-alkyl-α-arylacetates) with a selectivity of up to 99%, at complete conversion. Likewise, the mono-C-methylation by DMC proceeds selectively also on (aryloxy)acetonitriles and methyl (aryloxy)acetates. The reactions are carried out at temperature of 180-220°C in the presence of weak bases (usually K2CO3); under such conditions, DAlkCs efficiently replace the common and very toxic alkylating agents (dialkyl sulfates and alkyl halides). In addition to the high selectivity obtained and the intrinsic safety of the dialkyl carbonates, the reported reactions give rise to neither organic nor inorganic waste products.
Selective mono-benzylation of methylene active compounds with dibenzyl carbonate: benzylation of phenol
Selva, Maurizio,Marques, Carlos Alberto,Tundo, Pietro
, p. 1889 - 1894 (2007/10/02)
Dibenzyl carbonate (DBzlC) has been used to benzylate phenylacetonitrile, benzyl phenylacetate and phenol.In refluxing N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent, and in the presence of K2CO3 phenol yielded benzyl phenyl ether and phenylacetonitrile the monobenzylated compound 2,3-diphenylpropionitrile.Likewise, in refluixing N,N-diethylformamide (DEF), benzyl phenyl acetate gave the benzyl 2,3-diphenylpropionate.Selectivity in mono-C-benzyl derivatives was 98-99percent at a conversion up to 90percent.Such unusually high selectivity is explained in terms of a mechanism involving, initially, carboxybenzylation followed by benzylation, rather than direct benzylation
