98995-73-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Non-Cryogenic, Ammonia-Free Reduction of Aryl Compounds
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, (2022/03/31)
A method of reducing an aromatic ring or a cyclic, allylic ether in a compound includes preparing a reaction mixture including a compound including an aromatic moiety or a cyclic, allylic ether moiety, an alkali metal, and either ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, or a combination thereof, in an ether solvent; and reacting the reaction mixture at from ?20° C. to 30° C. for a time sufficient to reduce a double bond in the aromatic moiety to a single bond or to reduce the cyclic, allylic ether moiety.
Scalable and safe synthetic organic electroreduction inspired by Li-ion battery chemistry
Peters, Byron K.,Rodriguez, Kevin X.,Reisberg, Solomon H.,Beil, Sebastian B.,Kawamata, Yu,Baran, Phil S.,Hickey, David P.,Klunder, Kevin,Gorey, Timothy J.,Anderson, Scott L.,Minteer, Shelley D.,Collins, Michael,Starr, Jeremy,Chen, Longrui,Udyavara, Sagar,Neurock, Matthew
, p. 838 - 845 (2019/04/30)
Reductive electrosynthesis has faced long-standing challenges in applications to complex organic substrates at scale. Here, we show how decades of research in lithium-ion battery materials, electrolytes, and additives can serve as an inspiration for achieving practically scalable reductive electrosynthetic conditions for the Birch reduction. Specifically, we demonstrate that using a sacrificial anode material (magnesium or aluminum), combined with a cheap, nontoxic, and water-soluble proton source (dimethylurea), and an overcharge protectant inspired by battery technology [tris(pyrrolidino)phosphoramide] can allow for multigram-scale synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant building blocks. We show how these conditions have a very high level of functional-group tolerance relative to classical electrochemical and chemical dissolving-metal reductions. Finally, we demonstrate that the same electrochemical conditions can be applied to other dissolving metal-type reductive transformations, including McMurry couplings, reductive ketone deoxygenations, and epoxide openings.
Electroreduction of Bicyclic Heteroaromatics. Selective Product Formation
Kariv-Miller, Essie,Dedolph, Douglas F.,Ryan, Christopher M.,Mahachi, Tendai J.
, p. 1389 - 1393 (2007/10/02)
The electroreductions of 1-methylindole and several benzofurans were investigated and compared with the corresponding alkali-metal/liquid ammonia reductions.The cathodic reductions were performed using a simple apparatus with aqueous THF as the solvent and were found to be regioselective.Over-reduction and other side reactions were avoided.The possible mechanism of the electroreductions is discussed.
