- Unsymmetrical photodimerization of a 9-aminomethylanthracene in the crystalline salt
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By the salt formation with particular nonaromatic dicarboxylic acids, rapid and selective photodimerization of 9-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)anthracene (1) was accomplished in the solid state. For instance, the salt with trans,trans-muconic acid or acetylenedicarboxylic acid was led quantitatively to the 9,10:4′,1′ photodimer usy-ht-2, the first example of the unsymmetrical [4+4] photodimerization of anthracene in the solid state. The reactions were rationalized by the relevant C...C distances between the reacting carbons.
- Horiguchi, Masahiro,Ito, Yoshikatsu
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- Synthesis of tertiary amines by direct Br?nsted acid catalyzed reductive amination
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Tertiary amines are ubiquitous and valuable compounds in synthetic chemistry, with a wide range of applications in organocatalysis, organometallic complexes, biological processes and pharmaceutical chemistry. One of the most frequently used pathways to synthesize tertiary amines is the reductive amination reaction of carbonyl compounds. Despite developments of numerous new reductive amination methods in the past few decades, this reaction generally requires non-atom-economic processes with harsh conditions and toxic transition-metal catalysts. Herein, we report simple yet practical protocols using triflic acid as a catalyst to efficiently promote the direct reductive amination reactions of carbonyl compounds on a broad range of substrates. Applications of this new method to generate valuable heterocyclic frameworks and polyamines are also included.
- Hussein, Mohanad A.,Dinh, An H.,Huynh, Vien T.,Nguyen, Thanh Vinh
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p. 8691 - 8694
(2020/08/21)
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- Palladium-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Aromatic Substitution of Benzylic Ammonium Salts with Amines
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An unprecedented aromatic substitution reaction of benzylic ammonium salts has been developed through palladium-catalyzed C-N bond cleavage. A range of primary and secondary amines participated in a palladium-catalyzed aromatic substitution reaction of benzylic ammonium salts, delivering sterically hindered aromatic amines in moderate to excellent yields with extremely high regioselectivity. Preliminary mechanistic studies permitted successful identification of Π-benzylpalladium complexes and Γ-vinyl allylic amines as key intermediates. This study paves the way for the use of benzylic ammonium salts in the aromatic substitution reactions.
- Xu, Ya-Nan,Zhu, Meng-Zeng,Lin, Yu-Kun,Tian, Shi-Kai
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p. 7169 - 7173
(2019/09/13)
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- 1-[(E)-2-arylethenyl]-2,2-diphenylcyclopropanes: Kinetics and mechanism of rearrangement to cyclopentenes
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Kinetic measurements for the thermal rearrangement of 2,2-diphenyl-1-[(E)- styryl]cyclopropane (22a) to 3,4,4-triphenylcyclopent-1-ene (23a) in decalin furnished ΔHρm{{-{isom}^{ne }}}$=31.0±1.2kcal mol-1 and ΔSρm{{-{isom}^{ne }}}$=-6. 0±2.6e.u. The lowering of ΔHa‰ by 20kcal mol-1, compared with the rearrangement of the vinylcyclopropane parent, is ascribed to the stabilization of a transition structure (TS) with allylic diradical character. The racemization of (+)-(S)-22a proceeds with ΔHρm{{-{rac}^{ne }}}$=28.2±0.8kcal mol -1 and ΔSρm{{-{rac}^{ne }}}$=-5±2e.u., and is at 150° 106 times faster than the rearrangement. Seven further 1-(2-arylethenyl)-2,2-diphenylcyclopropanes 22, (E)- and (Z)-isomers, were synthesized and characterized. The (E)-compounds showed only modest substituent influence in their krac (at 119.4°) and kisom (at 159.3°) values. The lack of solvent dependence of rate opposes charge separation in the TS, but a linear relation of log krac with log p.r.f., i.e., partial rate factors of radical phenylations of ArH, agrees with a diradical TS. The ring-opening of the preponderant s-trans-conformation of 22 gives rise to the 1-exo-phenylallyl radical 26 that bears the diphenylethyl radical in 3-exo-position, and is responsible for racemization. The 1-exo-3-endo-substituted allylic diradical 27 arises from the minor s-gauche-conformation of 22 and is capable of closing the three- or the five-membered ring, 22 or 23, respectively. The discussion centers on the question whether the allylic diradical is an intermediate or merely a TS. Quantum-chemical calculations by Houk etal. (1997) for the parent vinylcyclopropane reveal the lack of an intermediate. Can the conjugation of the allylic diradical with three Ph groups carve the well of an intermediate? Copyright
- Mulzer, Johann,Huisgen, Rolf,Arion, Vladimir,Sustmann, Reiner
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p. 1359 - 1388
(2011/10/09)
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