- Visible Light Induced Reduction and Pinacol Coupling of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Core/Shell Quantum Dots
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We present an efficient and versatile visible light-driven methodology to transform aryl aldehydes and ketones chemoselectively either to alcohols or to pinacol products with CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots as photocatalysts. Thiophenols were used as proton and hydrogen atom donors and as hole traps for the excited quantum dots (QDs) in these reactions. The two products can be switched from one to the other simply by changing the amount of thiophenol in the reaction system. The core/shell QD catalysts are highly efficient with a turn over number (TON) larger than 4 × 104 and 4 × 105 for the reduction to alcohol and pinacol formation, respectively, and are very stable so that they can be recycled for at least 10 times in the reactions without significant loss of catalytic activity. The additional advantages of this method include good functional group tolerance, mild reaction conditions, the allowance of selectively reducing aldehydes in the presence of ketones, and easiness for large scale reactions. Reaction mechanisms were studied by quenching experiments and a radical capture experiment, and the reasons for the switchover of the reaction pathways upon the change of reaction conditions are provided.
- Xi, Zi-Wei,Yang, Lei,Wang, Dan-Yan,Feng, Chuan-Wei,Qin, Yufeng,Shen, Yong-Miao,Pu, Chaodan,Peng, Xiaogang
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p. 2474 - 2488
(2021/02/05)
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- Ambient-pressure highly active hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes catalyzed by a metal-ligand bifunctional iridium catalyst under base-free conditions in water
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A green, efficient, and high active catalytic system for the hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes to produce corresponding alcohols under atmospheric-pressure H2 gas and ambient temperature conditions was developed by a water-soluble metal–ligand bifunctional catalyst [Cp*Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(OH)][Na] in water without addition of a base. The catalyst exhibited high activity for the hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes. Furthermore, it was worth noting that many readily reducible or labile functional groups in the same molecule, such as cyan, nitro, and ester groups, remained unchanged. Interestingly, the unsaturated aldehydes can be also selectively hydrogenated to give corresponding unsaturated alcohols with remaining C=C bond in good yields. In addition, this reaction could be extended to gram levels and has a large potential of wide application in future industrial.
- Wang, Rongzhou,Yue, Yuancheng,Qi, Jipeng,Liu, Shiyuan,Song, Ao,Zhuo, Shuping,Xing, Ling-Bao
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- Method for synthesizing primary alcohol in water phase
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The invention discloses a method for synthesizing primary alcohol in a water phase. The method comprises the following steps: taking aldehyde as a raw material, selecting water as a solvent, and carrying out catalytic hydrogenation reaction on the aldehyde in the presence of a water-soluble catalyst to obtain the primary alcohol, wherein the catalyst is a metal iridium complex [Cp*Ir(2,2'-bpyO)(OH)][Na]. Water is used as the solvent, so that the use of an organic solvent is avoided, and the method is more environment-friendly; the reaction is carried out at relatively low temperature and normal pressure, and the reaction conditions are mild; alkali is not needed in the reaction, so that generation of byproducts is avoided; and the conversion rate of the raw materials is high, and the yield of the obtained product is high. The method not only has academic research value, but also has a certain industrialization prospect.
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- Ambient-pressure hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes by a metal-ligand bifunctional catalyst [Cp*Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(H2O)] without using base
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An efficient catalytic system for hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes using a Cp*Ir complex [Cp*Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(H2O)] bearing a bipyridine-based functional ligand as catalyst has been developed. A wide variety of secondary and primary alcohols were synthesized by the catalyzed hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes under facile atmospheric-pressure without a base. The catalyst also displays an excellent chemoselectivity towards other carbonyl functionalities and unsaturated motifs. This catalytic system exhibits high activity for hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes with H2 gas.
- Wang, Rongzhou,Qi, Jipeng,Yue, Yuancheng,Lian, Zhe,Xiao, Haibin,Zhuo, Shuping,Xing, Lingbao
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- A method of synthesis of primary alcohol (by machine translation)
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The invention discloses a method for synthesizing a primary alcohol, using transition metal catalysis, the use of isopropanol as a hydrogen source to synthesize primary alcohol, the reaction not only using a cheap, environmental protection of isopropanol as a hydrogen source and solvent, and has high yield, environmental protection and the like, so that the reaction has broad prospects for development. (by machine translation)
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(2019/03/17)
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- Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes and Ketones with Isopropanol under Neutral Conditions Catalyzed by a Metal-Ligand Bifunctional Catalyst [Cp?Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(H2O)]
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A Cp?Ir complex bearing a functional bipyridonate ligand [Cp?Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(H2O)] was found to be a highly efficient and general catalyst for transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes and chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of unsaturated aldehydes with isopropanol under neutral conditions. It was noteworthy that many readily reducible or labile functional groups such as nitro, cyano, ester, and halide did not undergo any change under the reaction conditions. Furthermore, this catalytic system exhibited high activity for transfer hydrogenation of ketones with isopropanol. Notably, this research exhibited new potential of metal-ligand bifunctional catalysts for transfer hydrogenation.
- Wang, Rongzhou,Tang, Yawen,Xu, Meng,Meng, Chong,Li, Feng
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p. 2274 - 2281
(2018/02/23)
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- Highly dispersed ultrafine palladium nanoparticles encapsulated in a triazinyl functionalized porous organic polymer as a highly efficient catalyst for transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes
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Fabrication of highly dispersed ultrafine noble metal nanoparticle (NMNP) based catalysts with high stability and excellent catalytic performance is a challenging issue for heterogeneous catalysis. As an alternative complement to existing solutions, herein, we designed and synthesized a stable triazinyl-pentaerythritol porous organic polymer (TP-POP) through a facile polycondensation between cyanuric chloride and pentaerythritol. The obtained TP-POP material has a three-dimensional folded structure, rich triazinyl groups, abundant hydrophobic pores and high thermal stability. Ultrafine Pd NPs with a narrow size distribution (1.4-2.8 nm) are then successfully confined in the organic pores of the TP-POP, through a reversed double solvent approach (RDSA). It is worth noting that the current strategy can effectively confine Pd NPs in the inner space of the TP-POP, and successfully avoids the agglomeration of Pd NPs as compared with the common impregnation-reduction method. The as-prepared Pd@TP-POP catalyst shows excellent catalytic activity in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and transfer hydrogenation of aromatic aldehydes under very mild conditions. The excellent performance of the Pd@TP-POP catalyst is attributed to the abundant mesopores of the TP-POP which can enhance the accessibility of the highly dispersed ultrafine Pd NP active sites that are confined in the organic pores. More importantly, the Pd@TP-POP catalyst is easily recycled and highly stable without loss of its catalytic activity even after ten reaction cycles. Therefore, this study provides a new platform for designing and fabricating stable POP materials to confine size-controlled NMNPs with superior catalytic performance for various potential catalysis applications.
- Yang, Jin,Yuan, Man,Xu, Dan,Zhao, Hong,Zhu, Yangyang,Fan, Menying,Zhang, Fengwei,Dong, Zhengping
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p. 18242 - 18251
(2018/10/02)
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- Nickel boride mediated chemoselective deprotection of 1,1-diacetates to aldehydes and deprotection with concomitant reduction to alcohols at ambient temperature
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A variety of 1,1-diacetates have been chemoselectively and efficiently deprotected to the corresponding aldehydes as well as deprotected and concomitantly reduced to the corresponding alcohols in high yields at ambient temperature with nickel boride generated in situ using different molar ratios of sodium borohydride and nickel (II) chloride in methanol at room temperature. Deprotection and reduction of a variety of aromatic, aliphatic and heterocyclic acylals have been achieved efficiently. Mild reaction conditions, easy work-up, high yields and chemoselectivity demonstrate the efficiency of this new method.
- Bartwal, Gaurav,Saroha, Mohit,Khurana, Jitender.M.
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- An Enzymatic Route to α-Tocopherol Synthons: Aromatic Hydroxylation of Pseudocumene and Mesitylene with P450 BM3
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Aromatic hydroxylation of pseudocumene (1 a) and mesitylene (1 b) with P450 BM3 yields key phenolic building blocks for α-tocopherol synthesis. The P450 BM3 wild-type (WT) catalyzed selective aromatic hydroxylation of 1 b (94 %), whereas 1 a was hydroxylated to a large extent on benzylic positions (46–64 %). Site-saturation mutagenesis generated a new P450 BM3 mutant, herein named “variant M3” (R47S, Y51W, A330F, I401M), with significantly increased coupling efficiency (3- to 8-fold) and activity (75- to 230-fold) for the conversion of 1 a and 1 b. Additional π–π interactions introduced by mutation A330F improved not only productivity and coupling efficiency, but also selectivity toward aromatic hydroxylation of 1 a (61 to 75 %). Under continuous nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate recycling, the novel P450 BM3 variant M3 was able to produce the key tocopherol precursor trimethylhydroquinone (3 a; 35 % selectivity; 0.18 mg mL?1) directly from 1 a. In the case of 1 b, overoxidation leads to dearomatization and the formation of a valuable p-quinol synthon that can directly serve as an educt for the synthesis of 3 a. Detailed product pattern analysis, substrate docking, and mechanistic considerations support the hypothesis that 1 a binds in an inverted orientation in the active site of P450 BM3 WT, relative to P450 BM3 variant M3, to allow this change in chemoselectivity. This study provides an enzymatic route to key phenolic synthons for α-tocopherols and the first catalytic and mechanistic insights into direct aromatic hydroxylation and dearomatization of trimethylbenzenes with O2.
- Dennig, Alexander,Weingartner, Alexandra Maria,Kardashliev, Tsvetan,Müller, Christina Andrea,Tassano, Erika,Schürmann, Martin,Ruff, Anna Jo?lle,Schwaneberg, Ulrich
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p. 17981 - 17991
(2017/11/29)
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- Hydrogenation of esters to alcohols with a well-defined iron complex
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We present the first base-free Fe-catalyzed ester reduction applying molecular hydrogen. Without any additives, a variety of carboxylic acid esters and lactones were hydrogenated with high efficiency. Computations reveal an outer-sphere mechanism involving simultaneous hydrogen transfer from the iron center and the ligand. This assumption is supported by NMR experiments.
- Werkmeister, Svenja,Junge, Kathrin,Wendt, Bianca,Alberico, Elisabetta,Jiao, Haijun,Baumann, Wolfgang,Junge, Henrik,Gallou, Fabrice,Beller, Matthias
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supporting information
p. 8722 - 8726
(2014/08/18)
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- Iron-catalyzed reduction of carboxylic esters to alcohols
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A novel catalytic system formed from Fe(stearate)2/NH 2CH2CH2NH2 and polymethylhydrosiloxane was directly developed for the hydrosilylation of carboxylic acid esters to alcohols. The catalytic method exhibits broad substrate scope, including 20 aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic esters. The corresponding alcohols are obtained in moderate to very good yields. The first iron-catalyzed hydrosilylation of carboxylic acid esters to alcohols is described. A catalytic system formed by Fe(stearate)2/NH 2CH2CH2NH2 and polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) is used for this transformation, which has a broad substrate scope, including 20 aliphatic, aromatic, and heterocyclic esters. The corresponding alcohols are obtained in moderate to very good yields. Copyright
- Junge, Kathrin,Wendt, Bianca,Zhou, Shaolin,Beller, Matthias
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p. 2061 - 2065
(2013/05/09)
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- Ruthenium catalysts for hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic esters: Make use of bidentate carbene ligands
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Committed carbenes: The convenient application of bidentate carbene ligands is described for the hydrogenation of carboxylic acid esters. The ligand precursors are easily synthesized through the dimerization of N-substituted imidazoles with diiodomethane. The catalyst is generated in situ and exhibits good activity and functional group tolerance for the hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acid esters. Copyright
- Westerhaus, Felix A.,Wendt, Bianca,Dumrath, Andreas,Wienhoefer, Gerrit,Junge, Kathrin,Beller, Matthias
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p. 1001 - 1005
(2013/07/27)
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- Synthesis and in vitro antibacterial activity of gemifloxacin derivatives containing a substituted benzyloxime moiety
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A series of novel gemifloxacin (GMFX) derivatives containing a substituted benzyloxime moiety with remarkable improvement in lipophilicity were synthesized. The target compounds evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activity against representative strains. Our results reveal that most of the target compounds have considerable potency against all of the tested Gram-positive strains including MRSA and MRSE (MIC: 90: 1 μg/mL) is 8-fold more active than GMFX, and 2-fold more active than GMFX and moxifloxacin against MRSE clinical isolates (MIC90: 4 μg/mL). Crown Copyright
- Feng, Lianshun,Lv, Kai,Liu, Mingliang,Wang, Shuo,Zhao, Jing,You, Xuefu,Li, Sujie,Cao, Jue,Guo, Huiyuan
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p. 125 - 136
(2012/11/07)
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- Phosphine-imidazolyl ligands for the efficient ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogenation of carboxylic esters
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The synthesis of phosphine-imidazolyl ligands 1 and 2 in good yields is presented. In combination with [{Ru(benzene)Cl2}2], ligands 1 c and 1 e formed efficient catalyst systems for the selective hydrogenation of various carboxylic esters into their corresponding primary alcohols. Furthermore, the structures of four ruthenium complexes with ligands 1 b, 1 c, 1 d, and 1 e were determined by X-ray crystallography, which showed the formation of different coordination modes depending on the ligand structure.
- Junge, Kathrin,Wendt, Bianca,Westerhaus, Felix Alexander,Spannenberg, Anke,Jiao, Haijun,Beller, Matthias
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scheme or table
p. 9011 - 9018
(2012/10/08)
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- Dynamic path bifurcation in the Beckmann reaction: Support from kinetic analyses
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The reactions of oximes to amides, known as the Beckmann rearrangement, may undergo fragmentation to form carbocations + nitriles when the migrating groups have reasonable stability as cations. The reactions of oxime sulfonates of 1-substituted-phenyl-2-propanone derivatives (7-X) and related substrates (8-X, 9a-X) in aqueous CH3CN gave both rearrangement products (amides) and fragmentation products (alcohols), the ratio of which depends on the system; the reactions of 7-X gave amides predominantly, whereas 9a-X yielded alcohols as the major product. The logk-logk plots between the systems gave excellent linear correlations with slopes of near unity. The results support the occurrence of path bifurcation after the rate-determining TS of the Beckmann rearrangement/fragmentation reaction, which has previously been proposed on the basis of molecular dynamics simulations. It was concluded that path-bifurcation phenomenon could be more common than thought and that a reactivity-selectivity argument based on the traditional TS theory may not always be applicable even to a well-known textbook organic reaction.
- Yamamoto, Yutaro,Hasegawa, Hiroto,Yamataka, Hiroshi
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experimental part
p. 4652 - 4660
(2011/07/29)
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- Paracyclophanes. Part 58 [1]. On the use of the stilbene-phenanthrene photocyclization in [2.2]paracyclophane chemistry
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The application of the stilbene→phenanthrene photocyclization to [2.2]paracyclophane chemistry has been investigated. For the model system 4-styryl[2.2]paracyclophane (2) to [2.2]phenanthrenoparacyclophane (3) the reaction allows the introduction of alkyl substituants in the 6-, 7-, 8- and 9-position of the phenanthrene moiety. However, when the substituent in the 9-position (bay area of phenanthrene nucleus) becomes too large, viz. tert-butyl, no ring closure is observed anymore. The side products of the process (ring cleavage products of the cyclophane core such as 9 and 10) have been characterized for the first time. Extension of the condensed deck is possible leading to PAH-phanes as demonstrated by the preparation of the chrysenophanes 45 and 60; the cyclization to novel helicenophanes such as 50 also takes place without difficulties. In the case of 1,2-di(4-[2.2] paracyclophanyl)ethene (63) the triply-layered hydrocarbon 65 is produced on irradiation in small amounts.
- Hopf,Hucker,Ernst
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p. 947 - 969
(2008/09/17)
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- The reaction of carbonyldiimidazole with alcohols to form carbamates and N-alkylimidazoles
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The reactions of non-benzylic primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) afford the corresponding carbamates but not N-alkylimidazoles. For benzylic primary alcohols, formation of N-alkylimidazoles proceeds reasonably at 170 °C in several different solvents and occurs by way of the initially formed carbamate. However, under these rather forcing conditions, or even at lower reaction temperatures, elimination is a significant side reaction for benzylic secondary alcohols with β-hydrogen atoms. With one exception, reactions of six N,N-disubstituted β-aminoalcohols with CDI to form N-alkylimidazoles proceed under relatively mild conditions and may occur by way of an aziridinium intermediate.
- Tang, Yuanqing,Dong, Yuxiang,Vennerstrom, Jonathan L.
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p. 2540 - 2544
(2007/10/03)
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- Process for producing cyclopropanecarboxylates
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There is disclosed a process process for producing a cyclopropanecarboxylate of formula (1): 1which process comprises reacting cyclopropanecarboxylic acid of formula (2): 2with a monohydroxy compound of formula (3): R6OH??(3),in the presence of a catalyst compound comprising an element of to Group 4 of the Periodic Table of Elements.
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- Inhibitors of phenylalanine ammonialyase: 1-aminobenzylphosphonic acids substituted in the benzene ring
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Dextrorotatory 1-amino-3′,4′-dichlorobenzylphosphonic acid was found to be a potent inhibitor of the plant enzyme phenylalanine ammonia-lyase both in vitro and in vivo from among the ring-substituted 1-aminobenzylphosphonic acids and other analogues of phenylglycine. A structure activity relationship analysis of the results obtained permits predictions on the geometry of the pocket of the enzyme and is a basis in the strategy of better inhibitor synthesis.
- Zoń, Jerzy,Amrhein, Nikolaus,Gancarz, Roman
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- Binding activity of substituted benzyl derivatives of chloronicotinyl insecticides to housefly-head membranes, and its relationship to insecticidal activity against the housefly Musca domestica
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Variously substituted benzyl derivatives of chloronlcotinyl insecticides were synthesized with a wide range of substituents including halogens, NO2, CN, CF3 and small alkyl and alkoxy groups at the ortho, meta and para positions, as well as multiple-substituted benzyl analogues. Their binding activity to the α-bungarotoxin binding site in housefly (Musca domestica) head membrane preparations was measured. Among the compounds tested, the activity of the meta-CN derivative was the highest, being 20-100 times higher than those of imidacloprid, acetamiprid and nitenpyram. The synergized insecticidal activity against houseflies was also measured for selected compounds with the metabolic inhibitor, NIA16388 (propargyl propyl phenylphosphonate). For the nitromethylene analogues, including both benzyl and pyridylmethyl analogues, higher binding activity usually resulted in higher insecticidal activity. (C) 2000 Society of Chemical Industry.
- Nishiwaki, Hisashi,Nakagawa, Yoshiaki,Takeda, David Y.,Okazawa, Atsushi,Akamatsu, Miki,Miyagawa, Hisashi,Ueno, Tamio,Nishimura, Keiichiro
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p. 875 - 881
(2007/10/03)
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- Aromatic Spiranes XX [1]: Syntheses of Dimethylsubstituted 2-Carboxymethyl-indan-1-ones and Benzylchlorides as Synthones for Syntheses of di- to tetramethylsubstituted Spirobiindandiones
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The isomeric dimethyl methylbenzoates 5, obtained from the bromides via Grignard reactions with dimethylcarbonate, were reduced with LiAlH4 to the hydroxymethyl derivatives 6. The latter were then transformed both to the benzylchlorides 7 (with SOCl2) and to the aldehydes 8 (with pyridinium chlorochromate). Knoevenagel-Doebner reaction of 8 afforded the acrylic acids 9 which (after hydrogenation to 11) were cyclized to the desired indanones 12 with polyphosphoric acid. On the other hand, 12c and 12e were prepared from dimethyl 3-chloropropiophenone (14) by warming with sulfuric acid. After NaH-catalyzed reaction with dimethylcarbonate, the indanones 12 gave the ketoesters 15 which then could be hydrogenated to the indanes 16. All reactions proceeded with satisfactory to excellent yields (60-90%).
- Neudeck
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p. 185 - 200
(2007/10/03)
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- NMR studies of bond order in distorted aromatic systems
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The 4JH-C=C-Me coupling constant has been previously established1,2 as a probe of bond order. This has now been used to examine the bond orders of compounds containing severely distorted benzene nuclei. In the case of 3,4-di-tert-butyltoluene, no electronic distortions in the aromatic ring can be detected by this method. A series of moderately to severely distorted paracyclophanes show no perturbation of electronic structure, with the possible exception of 8-methyl[6]paracyclophane, which exhibits a barely significant deviation from unstrained values. These conclusions are supported by the results of SCF-MO calculations.
- Gready, Jill E.,Hambley, Trevor W.,Kakiuchi, Kiyomi,Kobiro, Kazuya,Sternhell, Sever,Tansey, Charles W.,Tobe, Yoshito
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p. 7537 - 7540
(2007/10/02)
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