Highly efficient synthesis of linear pyrrole oligomers by twofold Heck reactions

The twofold Heck reaction of the vinylpyrroles 3a and 3b with the iodobenzenes 4a-c led to the linear pyrrole oligomers 5, 6, and 7. The synthesis of both symmetrical and unsymmetrical oligomers, such as 10a and 10b, was also accomplished by a Heck reaction of 8 and 9 and by a Heck reaction of 3a and 11 followed by a Wittig reaction and a second Heck reaction with 8. The pentacyclic oligomers 14 and 19 were prepared by a twofold Heck reaction of 13 with 4 and by a twofold Heck reaction of 15 with 16 followed by a Wittig reaction and a twofold Heck reaction with 8.     

The photo-dehydro-Diels-Alder (PDDA) reaction

The photo-dehydro-Diels-Alder (PDDA) reaction is a valuable extension of the classical Diels-Alder (DA) reaction. The PDDA reaction differs from the DA reaction by the replacement of one of the C-C-double bonds of the diene moiety by a C-C triple bond and by the photochemical triggering of the reaction. This entails that, in contrast to the DA reaction, the PDDA reaction proceeds according to a multistage mechanism with biradicals and cycloallenes as intermediates. The PDDA reaction provides access to a considerable variety of compound classes. For example, 1-phenylnaphthlenes, 1,1'-binaphthyls, N-heterocyclic biaryls, and naphthalenophanes could be obtained by this reaction.     

反应类等键反应方法及类反应热动力学参数计算

本文提出了反应类等键反应方法,将通常用于热力学性质计算的等键反应方法推广用于类反应中反应势垒和反应焓变的计算. 对碳氢燃料低温燃烧反应机理中的一类重要反应类：?烷基自由基过氧化氢裂解生成烯烃和HO2自由基的反应势垒和反应焓变进行了计算. 通过对该类16个反应中的5个代表反应分别在不同计算水平HF、DFT、MP2、CCSD(T)的比较计算发现,采用等键反应方法可在较低从头算级别计算得到类反应较高精度的反应势垒,提高了计算的效率和精度. 本文采用反应类等键反应方法在B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)计算水平对该类16个反应进行了反应势垒和反应焓变的计算,并建立了反应势垒和反应能的线性自由能关系：delta V=71.02+0.41?delta E.     

液态聚乙二醇作为绿色反应介质在有机反应中的应用*

低分子量的液态聚乙二醇（PEG）作为一种新型的绿色有机反应溶剂正受到人们的极大关注。PEG具有好的热稳定性、不挥发、不易燃、无毒、生物可降解、廉价易得,以及易于回收和循环使用。此外,PEG可以溶解众多的有机化合物和有机金属配合物。因此,PEG作为有机溶剂的替代品和作为均相催化剂的载体已经成功地应用到许多有机反应中,它们包括还原反应、氢化反应、氧化反应、不对称双羟基化反应、Heck反应、Suzuki交叉偶联反应、Michael加成反应、不对称Aldol反应、Baylis-Hillman反应、脂肪酶催化的反应和聚合反应等。本文对这一领域的研究进展作一综述。     

关于反应分子数定义的讨论

There are two different views on the definition of reaction molecularity in physical chemistry textbooks and related literatures so far. We give a deep discussion about this conception herein. Starting with the development of chemical kinetics and the definition of elementary reaction and state-state reaction, we clarify that elementary reaction and state-state reaction are the conceptions belonging to macro-and micro-systems, respectively, and reaction molecularity is also belonging to micro-conception. Based on this conclusion, we think that the more reasonable definition of reaction molecularity should be "the number of chemical particles that take part in a state-state reaction (or an elementary chemi-physical reaction) as a reactant".     

Implicit versus explicit solvent in free energy calculations of enzyme catalysis: Methyl transfer catalyzed by catechol O-methyltransferase

We compare free energy calculations for the methyl transfer reaction catalyzed by catechol O-methyltransferase using the quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical free energy method with implicit and explicit solvents. An analogous methylation reaction in a solution is also studied. For the explicit solvent model, we use the three-point transferable intermolecular potential model, and for the implicit model, we use the generalized Born molecular volume model as implemented in CHARMM. We find that activation and reaction free energies calculated with the two models are very similar, despite some structural differences that exist. A significant change in the polarization of the environment occurs as the reaction proceeds. This is more pronounced for the reaction in a solution than for the enzymatic reaction. For the enzymatic reaction, most of the changes take place in the protein rather than in the solvent, and, hence, the benefit of having an instantaneous relaxation of the solvent degrees of freedom is less pronounced for the enzymatic reaction than for the reaction in a solution. This is a likely reason why energies of the enzyme reaction are less sensitive to the choice of atomic radii than are energies of the reaction in a solution.     

手性磷酸催化剂在不对称合成中的应用

手性磷酸是2004年报道的一类具有新型结构的强酸性Bronsted酸催化剂,近几年来的研究取得了很大的进展,已经成为有机小分子催化剂的一个重要分支。手性磷酸在催化一系列亚胺的加成和还原反应比如Mannich、亚胺的氢转移、亚胺的膦酰化、Pictet-Spengler、 Strecker、aza-Diels-Alder、 Friedel-Craft和α-重氮酯的烷基化等反应时都表现出了非常好的催化活性和立体选择性。本文主要综述了手性磷酸催化剂应用于亚胺相关反应的研究进展。     

Recent advances in oxidative C–C coupling reaction of amides with carbon nucleophiles

The C–C coupling reaction of N-electron withdrawing group (EWG) protected amides with coupling partners is one of the most important methods for C–C bond formation at the α-position of amides to directly give α-substituted amides. Of the four reactions, namely, the reaction via the generation of carbanion with an electrophile, that via the generation of carbon radical with a radical donor, that via the generation of iminium ion species with a nucleophile (oxidative coupling reaction), and that using a transition metal carbenoid, the oxidative coupling reaction presents a challenge although the reaction products are very useful for the transformation of a wide range of nitrogen-containing derivatives. In this review, recent developments in the oxidative coupling reaction of N-EWG protected amides with nucleophiles are summarized with focus on the reaction using a transition metal, the transition-metal-free reaction, the enantioselective reaction using a chiral catalysts, and the organocatalyzed oxidative coupling reaction.     

A catalyst-free novel synthesis of diethyl carbonate from ethyl carbamate in supercritical ethanol

Diethyl carbonate has been synthesized via the alcoholysis of ethyl carbamate in supercritical ethanol under catalyst-free conditions.The influences of various parameters such as reaction temperature,reaction time,reaction pressure,ethanol/ethyl molar ratios and reaction loading volume on the yield of DEC were studied systematically.The experimental results indicated that the alcoholysis of ethyl carbamate was greatly improved in supercritical ethanol.The optimal reaction conditions were as follows：a reaction temperature of 573 K,a reaction time of 30 min,a reaction pressure of 13.2 MPa,an ethanol/ethyl carbamate molar ratio of 10 and a reactor loading volume of 285 μL respectively.The optimal yield of DEC was 22.9%.     

Chemoselective Schmidt reaction mediated by triflic acid: selective synthesis of nitriles from aldehydes

An excellent utility of Schmidt reaction of aldehydes to access corresponding nitriles in an instantaneous reaction is demonstrated. The reaction of aldehydes with NaN(3) and TfOH furnishes the corresponding nitriles in near quantitative yields and tolerates a variety of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents on the substrates. Formanilides, a common side product in Schmidt reaction, is not observed in this reaction. Besides these advantages, the salient feature of this reaction is that it exhibits a remarkable chemoselectivity, as acid and ketone functionalities are well tolerated under the reaction conditions. The reaction is easily scalable, high yielding, and nearly instantaneous.     

脯氨酸催化的不对称有机反应

脯氨酸作为一种结构简单、商品化的、廉价小分子手性催化剂,在多种不对称催化反应中表现出非常好的催化性能,本文综述了近年来脯氨酸直接催化的不对称有机反应涉及Aldol反应,Mannich反应,Michael反应,Diels-Alder反应,直接α-胺化反应,α-氧胺化反应,Baylis-Hillman反应,还原反应和氧化反应的进展并展望了其应用前景。     

质谱实时监测有机化学反应的研究进展

质谱法是一种能够提供物质丰富结构信息的谱学方法,广泛应用于有机物的测定、有机化学反应的监测以及有机化学反应机理的研究中。本文综述了质谱实时监测缩合反应、取代反应、氧化反应、环化反应、加成反应、偶联反应、自由基反应等有机化学反应的研究进展。     

High‐Yielding Synthesis of the Anti‐Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitor (−)‐Oseltamivir by Two “One‐Pot” Sequences

The efficient asymmetric total synthesis of (?)‐oseltamivir, an antiviral reagent, has been accomplished by using two “one‐pot” reaction sequences, with excellent overall yield (60 %) and only one required purification by column chromatography. The first one‐pot reaction sequence consists of a diphenylprolinol silyl ether mediated asymmetric Michael reaction, a domino Michael reaction/Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction combined with retro‐aldol/Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction and retro Michael reactions, a thiol Michael reaction, and a base‐catalyzed isomerization. Six reactions can be successfully conducted in the second one‐pot reaction sequence; these are deprotection of a tert‐butyl ester and its conversion into an acyl chloride then an acyl azide, Curtius rearrangement, amide formation, reduction of a nitro group into an amine, and a retro Michael reaction of a thiol moiety. A column‐free synthesis of (?)‐oseltamivir has also been established.     

负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究进展

Heck反应是一类重要的C-C偶联反应,传统的均相Heck反应催化剂存在分离和回收困难等问题;近年来负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究引起了人们的广泛关注.本文综述了钯基和非钯基负载型Heck反应催化剂的研究进展,评述了不同载体上催化活性组分对Heck反应的特点,并展望了其发展趋势.     

对化学反应数据分类获取反应知识的新方法

尽管已有大量化学反应数据可供使用,但化学家仍常常感到很难便捷地从中得到所需的信息.这主要是由于反应数据库基于结构的检索方法与化学家解决问题的方法相去甚远.为解决这一问题而发展了一种通过对反应进行二级分类得到精细描述反应知识的层次模型的方法.第一次分类时不同的同类反应都在由一组普适性好的称作反应结构一级描述符构成的空间中进行.在第一次分类结果的基础上,得到每一类反应的公共结构特征作为第二次分类的结构描述符,利用它们进行更精细的分类,即可从原始反应数据中得到所需的基核反应.由特定反应、基核反应和基型反应就可将反应知识更合理地组织在同类反应知识库中,使它们得到更好的利用.     

Effect of phase transfer chemistry, segmented fluid flow, and sonication on the synthesis of cinnamic esters

Wittig reaction under Phase Transfer conditions was performed in a flow reaction system. Different bases, aldehydes, phosphonium salts, and flow reaction parameters were investigated, in absence of a phase transfert catalyst. An improvement of the reaction outcome (yield and reaction time) was achieved through the immersion of the reactor into an ultrasound bath.     

2,4,4-三甲基-2-氯戊烷与1,1一二苯基乙烯的正碳离子反应(Ⅰ)──反应的主要特点

我们曾报道了合成异丁烯（PIB）类的遥爪聚合物及嵌段共聚物的新方法[1]．该方法的关键步骤——活性中心转化实际上是一可逆平衡反应．Faust等[2]以几乎同样的方法合成了异丁烯嵌段共聚物,但他们尚未意识到该反应是一可逆的平衡反应,相当于先增加一个单体单元,然后终止的聚合反应,在阳离子聚合反应中,这种典型、理想的反应极为少见,因此该反应有可能成为研究阳离子聚合的一个极好的模型反应．本文通过分析聚异丁烯端基的2,4,4-三甲基-2-氯戊烷（TMPCl）与DPE的反应产物,研究该反应的规律．1实验1．1试剂的纯化及合成CH2Cl2经…     

Effect of stoichiometry and diffusion on an epoxy/amine reaction mechanism

The bulk phase kinetics of an epoxy (DGEBA) /amine (DDS) thermoset have been studied using DSC, FTIR, and ¹³C-NMR. In the absence of catalyst, the reaction was found to involve a main exothermic reaction between epoxide and amine hydrogen and a side reaction between tertiary amine formed in the main reaction and epoxide. The main reaction was exothermic while the side reaction had no discernable exotherm. Etherification did not occur to any significant extent. Since only the main reaction is exothermic, DSC was very useful for studying the main reaction kinetics. FTIR was used for determining whether epoxide and amine hydrogen were consumed at different rates as a way of following the side reaction. An IR band previously unused by other investigators was used to monitor the amine hydrogen concentration. NMR confirmed the above mechanism by identifying the formation of a quaternary ammonium ion/alkoxide ion pair as a reaction product of tertiary amine and epoxide. This mechanism has been successfully fit to a rate law valid over the entire extent of reaction. The rate constant for the epoxy/amine addition reaction was found to depend on hydroxide concentration (extent), reaction temperature, and glass transition temperature and included contributions from uncatalyzed and autocatalyzed parts. The side reaction (quaternary ammonium ion formation) formed weak bonds which did not affect the overall system T_g. Both reactions were second order. The rate constants for the main reaction first increase with increasing extent due to autocatalysis by hydroxide before decreasing due to the diffusion limit caused by gelation and vitrification. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Understanding the physics and chemistry of reaction mechanisms from atomic contributions: a reaction force perspective

Studying chemical reactions involves the knowledge of the reaction mechanism. Despite activation barriers describing the kinetics or reaction energies reflecting thermodynamic aspects, identifying the underlying physics and chemistry along the reaction path contributes essentially to the overall understanding of reaction mechanisms, especially for catalysis. In the past years the reaction force has evolved as a valuable tool to discern between structural changes and electrons' rearrangement in chemical reactions. It provides a framework to analyze chemical reactions and additionally a rational partition of activation and reaction energies. Here, we propose to separate these energies further in atomic contributions, which will shed new insights in the underlying reaction mechanism. As first case studies we analyze two intramolecular proton transfer reactions. Despite the atom based separation of activation barriers and reaction energies, we also assign the participation of each atom in structural changes or electrons' rearrangement along the intrinsic reaction coordinate. These participations allow us to identify the role of each atom in the two reactions and therfore the underlying chemistry. The knowledge of the reaction chemistry immediately leads us to suggest replacements with other atom types that would facilitate certain processes in the reaction. The characterization of the contribution of each atom to the reaction energetics, additionally, identifies the reactive center of a molecular system that unites the main atoms contributing to the potential energy change along the reaction path.     

Study on the reaction kinetics between PBT and epoxy by a novel rheological method

In the present study, the reaction kinetics of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and epoxy system was studied by a novel rheological method. The reaction process was determined by rheological test and the results showed that there were three stages in the reaction between PBT and epoxy, which were reaction-controlling stage (stage I), reaction-stagnation stage (stage II) and diffusion-controlling stage (stage III). In addition, the stage I was selected to study the reaction kinetics by the rheological method. The results showed that the reaction between PBT and epoxy could be classified as a pseudo-first-order reaction due to the excessive amount of epoxy group. Furthermore, the reaction apparent activation energy of the stage I determined by the rheological method was 143 kJ/mol. To confirm these results, the reaction kinetics was also evaluated by the endgroup determination method, and the results showed that the reaction could also be classified as a pseudo-first-order reaction. Moreover, the apparent activation energy of the reaction was 116 kJ/mol, which was similar to that of the value obtained by the rheological method.