1402743-25-2Relevant articles and documents
Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroesterification of α-Aryl Acrylic Acids to Chiral Substituted Succinates
Ji, Xiaolei,Shen, Chaoren,Tian, Xinxin,Dong, Kaiwu
supporting information, p. 8645 - 8649 (2021/10/25)
A palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydroesterification of α-aryl acrylic acids with CO and alcohol was developed, preparing a variety of chiral α-substituted succinates in moderate yields with high ee values. The kinetic profile of the reaction progress revealed that the alkene substrate first underwent the hydroesterification followed by esterification with alcohol. The origin of the enantioselectivity was elucidated by density functional theory computation.
Efficient Synthesis of Spirooxindole Pyrrolones by a Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C?H Activation/Carbene Insertion/Lossen Rearrangement Sequence
Ma, Biao,Wu, Peng,Wang, Xing,Wang, Zhengyu,Lin, Hai-Xia,Dai, Hui-Xiong
supporting information, p. 13335 - 13339 (2019/08/20)
A rhodium(III)-catalyzed domino annulation of simple olefins with diazo oxindoles to give spirooxindole pyrrolone products is described. This reaction can be formally viewed as the result of an anomalous tandem C?H activation, carbene insertion, Lossen rearrangement, and a nucleophilic addition process. The potential utility of this reaction was further demonstrated by the late-stage diversification of drug molecules.
Dehydroxymethylation of Alcohols Enabled by Cerium Photocatalysis
Zhang, Kaining,Chang, Liang,An, Qing,Wang, Xin,Zuo, Zhiwei
supporting information, p. 10556 - 10564 (2019/08/28)
Dehydroxymethylation, the direct conversion of alcohol feedstocks as alkyl synthons containing one less carbon atom, is an unconventional and underexplored strategy to exploit the ubiquity and robustness of alcohol materials. Under mild and redox-neutral reaction conditions, utilizing inexpensive cerium catalyst, the photocatalytic dehydroxymethylation platform has been furnished. Enabled by ligand-to-metal charge transfer catalysis, an alcohol functionality has been reliably transferred into nucleophilic radicals with the loss of one molecule of formaldehyde. Intriguingly, we found that the dehydroxymethylation process can be significantly promoted by the cerium catalyst, and the stabilization effect of the fragmented radicals also plays a significant role. This operationally simple protocol has enabled the direct utilization of primary alcohols as unconventional alkyl nucleophiles for radical-mediated 1,4-conjugate additions with Michael acceptors. A broad range of alcohols, from simple ethanol to complex nucleosides and steroids, have been successfully applied to this fragment coupling transformation. Furthermore, the modularity of this catalytic system has been demonstrated in diversified radical-mediated transformations including hydrogenation, amination, alkenylation, and oxidation.
