120790-93-4Relevant articles and documents
Addition of malonic esters to azoalkenes generated in situ from α-bromo- and α-chlorohydrazones
Kokuev, Aleksandr O.,Ioffe, Sema L.,Sukhorukov, Alexey Yu.
, (2021/10/04)
Michael addition of malonic esters to azoalkenes generated in situ from α-bromo- and α-chlorohydrazones was accomplished. Both aliphatic and aromatic substrates bearing different functional groups are tolerated. The use of a strong base (sodium hydride) for generation of azoalkenes and deprotonation of malonate was found to be essential for a successful coupling. Synthetic potential of the obtained β-hydrazonoalkylmalonates was demonstrated by their smooth conversion into five- and six-membered N-heterocycles, functionalized hydrazides, 2-(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)malonates and 2-arylethylmalonates.
Radical-Mediated Strategies for the Functionalization of Alkenes with Diazo Compounds
Su, Yong-Liang,Liu, Geng-Xin,Liu, Jun-Wen,Tram, Linh,Qiu, Huang,Doyle, Michael P.
supporting information, p. 13846 - 13855 (2020/09/21)
One of the most common reactions of diazo compounds with alkenes is cyclopropanation, which occurs through metal carbene or free carbene intermediates. Alternative functionalization of alkenes with diazo compounds is limited, and a methodology for the addition of the elements of Z-CHR2 (with Z = H or heteroatom, and CHR2 originates from N2 CR2) across a carbon-carbon double bond has not been reported. Here we report a novel reaction of diazo compounds utilizing a radical-mediated addition strategy to achieve difunctionalization of diverse alkenes. Diazo compounds are transformed to carbon radicals with a photocatalyst or an iron catalyst through PCET processes. The carbon radical selectively adds to diverse alkenes, delivering new carbon radical species, and then forms products through hydroalkylation by thiol-assisted hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), or forms azidoalkylation products through an iron catalytic cycle. These two processes are highly complementary, proceed under mild reaction conditions, and show high functional group tolerance. Furthermore, both transformations are successfully performed on a gram-scale, and diverse γ-amino esters, γ-amino alcohols, and complex spirolactams are easily prepared with commercially available reagents. Mechanistic studies reveal the plausible pathways that link the two processes and explain the unique advantages of each.
Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Enantioenriched Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes Using H2 and Palladium on Charcoal
Sone, Yoshitomo,Kimura, Yumi,Ota, Ryotaro,Mochizuki, Takehito,Ito, Junki,Nishii, Yoshinori
supporting information, p. 2842 - 2847 (2017/05/29)
The hydrogenolysis of enantioenriched donor–acceptor (D–A) cyclopropanes using H2 (1 atm) and a catalytic amount of palladium on charcoal gave trans-α-alkoxycarbonyl-β-benzyl-γ-lactones or β-substituted γ-aryl-α,α-diesters with high enantiomeric excess. The reaction was also used as a key step in the asymmetric total synthesis of yatein with high ee and excellent dr. This demonstrates the utility of this new protocol for the asymmetric synthesis of trans-α,β-disubstituted γ-butyrolactones. D–A cyclopropanes containing electron-withdrawing groups at the β-position were not susceptible to hydrogenolysis under these conditions. The reductive ring-opening of a D–A cyclopropane using D2 instead of H2 generated the corresponding monodeuterated product.
