99-90-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Stepwise benzylic oxygenation via uranyl-photocatalysis
Hu, Deqing,Jiang, Xuefeng
supporting information, p. 124 - 129 (2022/01/19)
Stepwise oxygenation at the benzylic position (1°, 2°, 3°) of aromatic molecules was comprehensively established under ambient conditions via uranyl photocatalysis to produce carboxylic acids, ketones, and alcohols, respectively. The accuracy of the stepwise oxygenation was ensured by the tunability of catalytic activity in uranyl photocatalysis, which was adjusted by solvents and additives demonstrated through Stern–Volmer analysis. Hydrogen atom transfer between the benzylic position and the uranyl catalyst facilitated oxygenation, further confirmed by kinetic studies. Considerably improved efficiency of flow operation demonstrated the potential for industrial synthetic application.
Visible light-mediated, high-efficiency oxidation of benzyl to acetophenone catalyzed by fluorescein
Geng, Haoxing,Liu, Xin,Zhu, Qing
supporting information, (2021/12/20)
An environmentally friendly aerobic oxidation of benzyl C(sp3)-H bonds to ketones via selective oxidation catalysis was developed. Fluorescein is an efficient photocatalyst with excellent chemical selectivity. The reaction has a wide substrate scope, and a successful gram-scale experiment demonstrated its potential industrial utility.
Selective Activation of Unstrained C(O)-C Bond in Ketone Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction Enabled by Hydride-Transfer Strategy
Zhong, Jing,Zhou, Wuxin,Yan, Xufei,Xia, Ying,Xiang, Haifeng,Zhou, Xiangge
supporting information, p. 1372 - 1377 (2022/02/23)
A Rh(I)-catalyzed ketone Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of benzylacetone with arylboronic acid is developed. Selective C(O)-C bond activation, which employs aminopyridine as a temporary directing group and ethyl vinyl ketone as a hydride acceptor, occurs on the alkyl chain containing a β-position hydrogen. A series of acetophenone products were obtained in yields up to 75%.
One-Dimensional Organic Conjugated Polymers as Recyclable Heterogeneous Photocatalysts
Lei, Zhexuan,Liu, Yiming,Ma, Yuguo,Mo, Yitian,Tong, Yujie
supporting information, (2022/03/18)
Organic conjugated polymers with long-range conjugation generally have strong light absorption capacity in the visible light region and impressive performance in charge transfer, which endows them great application potential in the field of opto-electronic materials. However, there are few reports on their use in photocatalytic reactions. At present, it has been reported that a variety of donor-acceptor (D?A) type organic dyes can be used in efficient organic photocatalytic transformations. We designed and synthesized one-dimensional organic conjugated polymers pPhCzBP-Th and pPhCzBP-DTh with D?A structure, and proved that they are good heterogeneous photo-redox catalysts, which can photocatalyze hydrodehalogenation reduction of α-bromoacetophenone and its derivatives. Due to the strong reducibility of the excited state, pPhCzBP-Th can also efficiently reduce α-chloroacetophenone. Furthermore, by simply wrapping the catalyst powder, high-efficient separation of products and catalysts recycling can be achieved.
Iron-Catalyzed Wacker-type Oxidation of Olefins at Room Temperature with 1,3-Diketones or Neocuproine as Ligands**
Kataeva, Olga,Kn?lker, Hans-Joachim,Linke, Philipp,Puls, Florian
supporting information, p. 14083 - 14090 (2021/05/24)
Herein, we describe a convenient and general method for the oxidation of olefins to ketones using either tris(dibenzoylmethanato)iron(III) [Fe(dbm)3] or a combination of iron(II) chloride and neocuproine (2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) as catalysts and phenylsilane (PhSiH3) as additive. All reactions proceed efficiently at room temperature using air as sole oxidant. This transformation has been applied to a variety of substrates, is operationally simple, proceeds under mild reaction conditions, and shows a high functional-group tolerance. The ketones are formed smoothly in up to 97 % yield and with 100 % regioselectivity, while the corresponding alcohols were observed as by-products. Labeling experiments showed that an incorporated hydrogen atom originates from the phenylsilane. The oxygen atom of the ketone as well as of the alcohol derives from the ambient atmosphere.
Exploration of highly electron-rich manganese complexes in enantioselective oxidation catalysis; A focus on enantioselective benzylic oxidation
Klein Gebbink, Robertus J. M.,Li, Fanshi,Lutz, Martin,Masferrer-Rius, Eduard
, p. 7751 - 7763 (2021/12/13)
The direct enantioselective hydroxylation of benzylic C-H bonds to form chiral benzylic alcohols represents a challenging transformation. Herein, we report on the exploration of new biologically inspired manganese and iron complexes bearing highly electron-rich aminopyridine ligands containing 4-pyrrolidinopyridine moieties ((S,S)-1, (R,R)-1, 2 and 5) in combination with chiral bis-pyrrolidine and N,N-cyclohexanediamine backbones in enantioselective oxidation catalysis with aqueous H2O2. The current manganese complexes outperform the analogous manganese complexes containing 4-dimethylaminopyridine moieties (3 and 4) in benzylic oxidation reactions in terms of alcohol yield while keeping similar ee values (~60% ee), which is attributed to the higher basicity of the 4-pyrrolidinopyridine group. A detailed investigation of different carboxylic acid additives in enantioselective benzylic oxidation provides new insights into how to rationally enhance enantioselectivities by means of proper tuning of the environment around the catalytic active site, and has resulted in the selection of Boc-l-Tert-leucine as the preferred additive. Using these optimized conditions, manganese complex 2 was shown to be effective in the enantioselective benzylic oxidation of a series of arylalkane substrates with up to 50% alcohol yield and 62% product ee. A final set of experiments also highlights the use of the new 4-pyrrolidinopyridine-based complexes in the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins (up to 98% epoxide yield and >99% ee).
Promoting charge separation in donor-acceptor conjugated microporous polymers: Via cyanation for the photocatalytic reductive dehalogenation of chlorides
Deng, Jiyong,Fang, Zhengjun,Lan, Donghui,Liao, Yunfeng,Liu, Qingquan,Zhang, Weijie,Zhou, Xiang
, p. 7151 - 7159 (2021/11/17)
Conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) have emerged as promising heterogeneous photocatalysts for organic transformations owing to their structural designability and functional versatility. However, limited by the insufficient separation of the photo-generated excitons, their photocatalytic efficiency falls far short of expectations. Herein, we demonstrate a cyanation strategy to promote charge carrier separation in CMPs by selectively incorporating carbazole and cyano groups as electron-donating and electron-withdrawing units, respectively. The resulting CMPs feature π-extended donor (D)-acceptor (A) conjugation structures endowing them with distinct semiconducting properties, in which the efficient charge separation and transfer and wide visible-light absorption are facilitated. Compared to the cyano-free counterpart, the cyano-functionalized CMPs showed superior photocatalytic efficiency as exemplified by photocatalytic reductive dehalogenation of chlorides. More prominently, full recyclability of the designed CMPs as well as catalytic activity for at least ten runs without the loss of catalytic performance in photocatalytic reductive dehalogenation of chlorides demonstrated their robustness and sustainability. This journal is
The Reactivity of α-Fluoroketones with PLP Dependent Enzymes: Transaminases as Hydrodefluorinases
García-Ramos, Marina,Cuetos, Aníbal,Kroutil, Wolfgang,Grogan, Gideon,Lavandera, Iván
, p. 3967 - 3972 (2021/08/09)
A chemical method for the treatment of harmful halogenated compounds that has recently become of interest is the reductive dehalogenation of carbon-halogen bonds. In the case of a fluorine atom, this process is called hydrodefluorination. While many transition metal-based approaches now exist to reductively defluorinate aromatic fluoroarenes, the cleavage of C?F bonds in aliphatic compounds is not so well-developed. Here we propose a biocatalytic approach exploiting a promiscuous activity exhibited by transaminases (TAs). Hence, a series of α-fluoroketones have been defluorinated with excellent conversions using Chromobacterium violaceum and Arthrobacter sp. TAs under mild conditions and in aqueous medium, using a stoichiometric amount of an amine (e. g. 2-propylamine) as reagent and formally releasing its oxidized form (e. g. acetone), with ammonia and hydrogen fluoride as by-products. It is also demonstrated that this process can be performed in a regio- or stereoselective fashion.
Rapid, chemoselective and mild oxidation protocol for alcohols and ethers with recyclable N-chloro-N-(phenylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonamide
Badani, Purav,Chaturbhuj, Ganesh,Ganwir, Prerna,Misal, Balu,Palav, Amey
supporting information, (2021/06/03)
Chlorine is the 20th most abundant element on the earth compared to bromine, iodine, and fluorine, a sulfonimide reagent, N-chloro-N-(phenylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonamide (NCBSI) was identified as a mild and selective oxidant. Without activation, the reagent was proved to oxidize primary and secondary alcohols as well as their symmetrical and mixed ethers to corresponding aldehydes and ketones. With recoverable PS-TEMPO catalyst, selective oxidation over chlorination of primary and secondary alcohols and their ethers with electron-donating substituents was achieved. The reagent precursor of NCBSI was recovered quantitatively and can be reused for synthesizing NCBSI.
o-Quinone methide with overcrowded olefin component as a dehydridation catalyst under aerobic photoirradiation conditions
Uraguchi, Daisuke,Kato, Kohsuke,Ooi, Takashi
, p. 2778 - 2783 (2021/03/14)
Ano-quinone methide (o-QM) featuring an overcrowded olefinic framework is introduced, which exhibits dehydridation activity owing to its enhanced zwitterionic character, particularly through photoexcitation. The characteristics of thiso-QM enable the operation of dehydridative catalysis in the oxidation of benzylic secondary alcohols under aerobic photoirradiation conditions. An experimental analysis and density functional theory calculations provide mechanistic insights; the ground-state zwitterionic intermediate abstracts a hydride and proton simultaneously, and the active oxygen species facilitate catalyst regeneration.

