- Deoxygenation of Nitrous Oxide and Nitro Compounds Using Bis(N-Heterocyclic Silylene)Amido Iron Complexes as Catalysts
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Herein, we report the efficient degradation of N2O with a well-defined bis(silylene)amido iron complex as catalyst. The deoxygenation of N2O using the iron silanone complex 4 as a catalyst and pinacolborane (HBpin) as a sacrificial reagent proceeds smoothly at 50 °C to form N2, H2, and (pinB)2O. Mechanistic studies suggest that the iron–silicon cooperativity is the key to this catalytic transformation, which involves N2O activation, H atom transfer, H2 release and oxygenation of the boron sites. This approach has been further developed to enable catalytic reductions of nitro compounds, producing amino-boranes with good functional-group tolerance and excellent chemoselectivity.
- Chen, Xi,Driess, Matthias,Du, Shaozhi,Mo, Zhenbo,Wang, Hao
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supporting information
(2021/12/03)
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- Mild N-deacylation of secondary amides by alkylation with organocerium reagents
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Secondary amides are a class of highly stable compounds serving as versatile starting materials, intermediates and directing groups (amido groups) in organic synthesis. The direct deacylation of secondary amides to release amines is an important transformation in organic synthesis. Here, we report a protocol for the deacylation of secondary amides and isolation of amines. The method is based on the activation of amides with Tf2O, followed by addition of organocerium reagents, and acidic work-up. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions and afforded the corresponding amines, isolated as their hydrochloride salts, in good yields. In combination with the C-H activation functionalization methodology, the method is applicable to the functionalization of aniline as well as conversion of carboxylic derivatives to functionalized ketones.
- Wang, Ai-E.,Chang, Zong,Liu, Yong-Peng,Huang, Pei-Qiang
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p. 1055 - 1058
(2015/09/01)
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- The ortho effect on the acidic and alkaline hydrolysis of substituted formanilides
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The kinetics of formanilides hydrolysis were determined under first-order conditions in hydrochloric acid (0.01-8 M, 20-60°C) and in hydroxide solutions (0.01-3 M, 25 and 40°C). Under acidic conditions, second-order specific acid catalytic constants were used to construct Hammett plots. The ortho effect was analyzed using the Fujita-Nishioka method. In alkaline solutions, hydrolysis displayed both first- and second-order dependence in the hydroxide concentration. The specific base catalytic constants were used to construct Hammett plots. Ortho effects were evaluated for the first-order dependence on the hydroxide concentration. Formanilide hydrolyzes in acidic solutions by specific acid catalysis, and the kinetic study results were consistent with the AAC2 mechanism. Ortho substitution led to a decrease in the rates of reaction due to steric inhibition of resonance, retardation due to steric bulk, and through space interactions. The primary hydrolytic pathway in alkaline solutions was consistent with a modified BAC2 mechanism. The Hammett plots for hydrolysis of meta- and para-substituted formanilides in 0.10 M sodium hydroxide solutions did not show substituent effects; however, ortho substitution led to a decrease in rate constants proportional to the steric bulk of the substituent.
- Desai, Salil Dileep,Kirsch, Lee E.
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p. 471 - 488
(2015/06/30)
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- Synthesis of primary amines by the electrophilic amination of Grignard reagents with 1,3-dioxolan-2-one O-sulfonyloxime
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(Chemical equation presented) Primary amines are prepared by the electrophilic amination of Grignard reagents with 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3- dioxolan-2-one O-phenylsulfonyloxime and the acidic hydrolysis of the resulting imines.
- Kitamura, Mitsuru,Suga, Takahiro,Chiba, Shunsuke,Narasaka, Koichi
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p. 4619 - 4621
(2007/10/03)
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