Self-assembly of supra-amphiphile of azobenzenegalactopyranoside based on dynamic covalent bond and its dual responses

In this paper, dynamic covalent bond has been employed to construct supra-amphiphile of carbohydrate for the first time. In neutral environment, the molecule was fabricated by reacting a hydrophobic building block bearing benzoic aldehyde with a hydrophilic building block bearing hydrazine to form a sugar-containing supra-amphiphile based on acylhydrazone bond. The obtained azobenzenegalactopyranoside (Azo-Gal) supra-amphiphile self-assembled to fibrillar structure in water, which showed dual responses to UV light and pH.     

Snap Together Bonds for Amine Capturing – New Spectroscopic and Amperometric Sensors

Summary: A conjugated polymer ( P1 ) containing a pendant aldehyde was anodically prepared on ITO electrodes. Aminothiophenes could be captured by reacting with an aldehyde group located along the polymer backbone resulting in a robust azomethine bond. This was confirmed both spectroscopically and electrochromically. P1 undergoes absorbance and fluorescence bathochromic shifts when an aminothiophene is covalently linked to the aldehyde resulting from azomethine formation. Both the absorbance and fluorescence shifts are dependent on the aminothiophene used to form the azomethine bond.     

Direct observation of aldehyde insertion into rhodium-aryl and -alkoxide complexes

Several organorhodium(I) complexes of the general formula (PPh(3))(2)(CO)RhR (R = p-tolyl, o-tolyl, Me) were isolated and were shown to insert aryl aldehydes into the aryl-rhodium(I) bond. Under nonaqueous conditions, these reactions provided ketones in good yield. The stability of the arylrhodium(I) complexes allowed these reactions to be run also in mixtures of THF and water. In this solvent system, diarylmethanols were generated exclusively. Mechanistic studies support the formation of ketone and diarylmethanol by insertion of aldehyde into the rhodium-aryl bond and subsequent beta-hydride elimination or hydrolysis to form diaryl ketone or diarylmethanol products. Kinetic isotope effects and the formation of diarylmethanols in THF/water mixtures are inconsistent with oxidative addition of the acyl carbon-hydrogen bond and reductive elimination to form ketone. Moreover, the intermediate rhodium diarylmethoxide formed from insertion of aldehyde was observed directly during the reaction. Its structure was confirmed by independent synthesis. This complex undergoes beta-hydrogen elimination to form a ketone. This alkoxide also reacts with a second aldehyde to form esters by insertion and subsequent beta-hydrogen elimination. Thus, reactions of arylrhodium complexes with an excess of aldehyde formed esters by a double insertion and beta-hydrogen elimination sequence.     

Isochroman-3-ones via site-selective ring opening of benzocyclobutenones promoted by lithium tetramethylpiperidide and reaction with aromatic aldehydes

In the presence of Li-TMP and an aromatic aldehyde, benzocyclobutenone undergoes an unusual heterolytic C(1)---C(4) bond fission, and subsequent reaction with the aldehyde gives, after acidic workup, isochroman-3-one in high yield.     

Pentamethylcyclopentadienide in organic synthesis: nucleophilic addition of lithium pentamethylcyclopentadienide to carbonyl compounds and carbon-carbon bond cleavage of the adducts yielding the parent carbonyl compounds

Lithium pentamethylcyclopentadienide (C₅Me₅Li, Cp*Li) reacted with aromatic aldehyde to provide the corresponding carbinol in excellent yield. The carbinol returns to the parent aldehyde and pentamethylcyclopentadiene upon exposure to acid or due to heating. Chlorodimethylaluminum is essential as an additive to attain the nucleophilic addition of Cp*Li to aliphatic aldehyde. The carbinol derived from aliphatic aldehyde returns to the parent aldehyde and pentamethylcyclopentadiene by the action of a catalytic amount of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ). The reversible addition/elimination of the Cp* group can represent a protection of aldehyde. Mechanistic details of the carbon-carbon bond cleavage are also disclosed.     

Design of amino acid aldehydes as transition-state analogue inhibitors of arginase

Arginase is a binuclear manganese metalloenzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of l-arginine to form l-ornithine and urea. Chiral L-amino acids bearing aldehyde side chains have been synthesized in which the electrophilic aldehyde C=O bond is isosteric with the C=N bond of L-arginine. This substitution is intended to facilitate nucleophilic attack by the metal-bridging hydroxide ion upon binding to the arginase active site. Syntheses of the amino acid aldehydes have been accomplished by reduction, oxidation, and Wittig-type reaction with a commercially available derivative of L-glutamic acid. Amino acid aldehydes exhibit inhibition in the micromolar range, and the X-ray crystal structure of arginase I complexed with one of these inhibitors, (S)-2-amino-7-oxoheptanoic acid, has been determined at 2.2 A resolution. In the enzyme-inhibitor complex, the inhibitor aldehyde moiety is hydrated to form the gem-diol: one hydroxyl group bridges the Mn(2+)(2) cluster and donates a hydrogen bond to D128, and the second hydroxyl group donates a hydrogen bond to E277. The binding mode of the neutral gem-diol may mimic the binding of the neutral tetrahedral intermediate and its flanking transition states in arginase catalysis.     

o‐ and m‐Benzenedicarbaldehyde

o‐Benzene­dicarb­aldehyde (systematic name: benzene‐1,2‐dicarb­aldehyde), C₈H₆O₂, exhibits a weak intramolecular hydrogen bond between an aldehyde H atom and the O atom of the adjacent aldehyde group, with a C?O distance of 2.852 (2) Å. m‐Benzene­dicarb­aldehyde (systematic name: benzene‐1,3‐dicarb­aldehyde), C₈H₆O₂, occurs as two different isomorphs. In all three crystals, there are intermolecular C—­H?O contacts involving both aldehyde and ring H atoms.     

New method for high-performance liquid chromatographic separation and fluorescence detection of ginsenosides

A novel pre-column derivatization method for the quantitative determination of ginsenosides by HPLC with fluorescence detection was established. The double bond at the C₂₄–C₂₅ position of ginsenoside was converted into an aldehyde group by means of ozonolysis. Then the aldehyde group reacts with FMOC-hydrazine forming the ginsenoside FMOC-hydrazone. The derivatized products were separated by RP-HPLC with gradient elution. The detection limits of ginsenosides Rg₁ and Rb₁ were 2.0 ng (about 2.5 pmol) and 1.0 ng (about 0.9 pmol), respectively. This method can be used for all ginsenosides having the C₂₄–C₂₅ double bond.     

A hydroacylation-triggered carbon--carbon triple bond cleavage in alkynes via retro-Mannich type fragmentation

The carbon-carbon triple bond in alkyne is cleaved via hydroacylation followed by retro-Mannich type fragmentation in the presence of aldehyde, which triggers a successive C-C bond cleavage.     

Some conformational peculiarities of cardenolides and bufadienolides

Summary 1. The capacity of the cardenolides and bufadienolides of the A/B-trans series having an aldehyde group at C₁₀ for giving a semiacetal form is due to the conformational features of ring A, which may be present in a chairboat equilibrium.2. The aldehyde group of strophanthidin does not participate in the formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bond with the hydroxyl group at C₃ and C₅; an intramolecular hydrogen bond occurs between the hydroxyl groups at C₃ and C₅.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 179–184, 1966     

Organophotoredox-Mediated Amide Synthesis by Coupling Alcohol and Amine through Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohol

The combination of an organic photocatalyst [4CzIPN (1,2,3,5-tetrakis(carbazol-9-yl)-4,6 dicyanobenzene) or 5MeOCzBN (2,3,4,5,6-pentakis(3,6-dimethoxy-9 H-carbazol-9-yl)benzonitrile)], quinuclidine, and tetra-n-butylammonium phosphate (hydrogen-bonding catalyst) was employed for amide bond formations. The hydrogen-bonded OH group activated the adjacent C−H bond of alcohols towards hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) by a radical species. The quinuclidinium radical cation, generated through single-electron oxidation of quinuclidine by the photocatalyst, employed to abstract a hydrogen atom from the α-C−H bond of alcohols selectively due to a polarity effect-produced α-hydroxyalkyl radical, which subsequently converted to the corresponding aldehyde under aerobic conditions. Then the coupling of the aldehyde and an amine formed a hemiaminal intermediate that upon photocatalytic oxidation produced the amide.     

Abnormal and regioselective Wacker oxidation of 1,5-dienes

The presence of an additional double bond can change the regioselectivity of the Wacker oxidation of a 1-alkene moiety to give the aldehyde product.     

Synthesis and characterization of a novel series of unsymmetrical porphyrins

A novel series of unsymmetrical porphyrins with aldehyde group at the terminal of the linkage which connected to meso-phenyl through acylamide bond have been synthesized and structurally characterized by IR,~1H NMR,MS,UV-vis,fluorescence.     

Enantioselective recognition of 1,2-amino alcohols by reversible formation of imines with resonance-assisted hydrogen bonds

A chiral aldehyde with three H-bond donating groups (2) has been synthesized. This aldehyde binds a variety of chiral 1,2-amino alcohols in benzene with the same sense of stereoselectivity. Computational and experimental data indicate that one imine bond, one resonance-assisted H-bond to the imine nitrogen, and two H-bonds to the alcoholic oxygen all play an important role in the stereoselective recognition. [structure: see text]     

Baylis-Hillman反应机理研究进展

介绍了一种形成碳—碳键的方法——Baylis-Hillman反应, 综述了单分子醛、双分子醛反应机理、TiCl₄催化机理、不对称诱导机理以及低温效应、溶剂效应、离子液体反应机理的研究进展.     

Comparative analysis of 13C shielding constants stereospecificity in the silicon and germanium derivatives of acetylenic aldehyde and ketone oximes based on the 13C NMR spectroscopy and GIAO calculations

In the acetylenic aldehyde oximes with substituents containing silicon and germanium, the ¹³C NMR signal of the C‐2 carbon of triple bond is shifted by 3.5 ppm to lower frequency and that of the C‐3 carbon is moved by 7 ppm to higher frequency on going from E to Z isomer. A greater low‐frequency effect of 5.5 ppm on the C‐2 carbon signal and a greater high‐frequency effect of 11 ppm on the C‐3 carbon signal are observed in the analogous acetylenic ketone oximes. The carbon chemical shift of the C?N bond is larger by 4 ppm in E isomer relative to Z isomer for the aldehyde and ketone oximes. The ²⁹Si chemical shifts in the silicon containing acetylenic aldehyde and ketone oximes are almost the same for the diverse isomers. The trends in changes of the measured chemical shifts are well reproduced by the gauge‐including atomic orbital (GIAO) calculations of the ¹³C and ²⁹Si shielding constants. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Lewis acid promoted carbon-carbon bond cleavage of gamma-silyloxy-beta-hydroxy-alpha-diazoesters

Cyclic gamma-silyloxy-beta-hydroxy-alpha-diazoesters undergo efficient rupture of the Cbeta-Cgamma bond when treated with tin tetrachloride to provide tethered aldehyde ynoate products in high yield.     

Transition metal-catalyzed conversion of aldehydes to ketones

Ketones are one of the most important classes of organic compounds, and widely present in various pharmacological compounds, biologically active molecules and functional materials. Over the past few decades, transition metal-catalyzed conversion of aldehydes has been found to be a powerful method. With the continuous development in recent years, it has become an efficient and uncomplicated strategy for constructing ketones. There are four major mechanisms for transition metal-catalyzed ketone synthesis from aldehyde: (1) carbonyl-Heck reaction, that is 1,2-insertion of organometal species to aldehydic C=O double bond, (2) direct insertion of transition metal catalysts to aldehydic C-H bond, (3) aldehyde as acyl radical, (4) aldehyde as carbon radical acceptor. This article summarizes related reports on the transformations of aldehydes to generate corresponding ketones under different reaction conditions.     

纳米金催化肉桂醛选择加氢制肉桂醇

α,β-不饱和醛/酮选择加氢生成不饱和醇是化学工业中一类重要反应,在精细化工生产中具有广泛应用,近年来吸引了研究者的广泛关注.该类反应因涉及不饱和官能团和碳氧双键的选择加氢而颇具挑战性:以肉桂醛选择加氢生成肉桂醇反应为例,肉桂醛分子中同时含有共轭的C=C双键和C=O双键,从热力学角度上看, C=O双键键能比C=C双键键能大,因而碳碳双键比碳氧双键更容易被活化从而加氢得到饱和醛;从动力学角度上看, C=C双键也比C=O双键更容易加氢.对于传统的铂族贵金属催化剂,其应用于该类反应时往往存在选择性低,容易深度加氢等问题.负载型金催化剂此前被报道在该类反应中表现出高选择性,然而在反应物接近完全转化时,目标产物也容易发生过度加氢生成饱和醇.前期的研究结果发现用锌铝水滑石作载体,硫醇稳定的金原子团簇(Au25)作为金的前驱体制备负载型金催化剂时,其在不饱和芳香硝基化合物的选择加氢反应中表现出很高的选择性.考虑到在肉桂醛分子中C=O双键的加氢相比于C=C双键更加困难,因此,本工作尝试将上述催化剂应用于以肉桂醛为代表的不饱和醛/酮选择加氢反应中.考察了反应温度、氢气压力以及溶剂效应对反应活性的影响,结果发现升高温度或提高压力都能明显提升反应速率,然而不同的溶剂对催化性能影响很大,当以具备氢转移能力的异丙醇和乙醇作为反应溶剂时,催化活性和选择性最优,在反应温度为130 ℃,氢气压力为15 atm,异丙醇为溶剂时反应5 h,肉桂醛的转化率和肉桂醇的选择性可以达到98.3%和95.4%,并且延长反应时间至15h,目标产物也不会发生过度加氢生成苯丙醇,其选择性可以维持在95%以上.为了研究该催化剂高活性和高选择性的原因,制备了不同粒径大小和不同载体负载的金催化剂,结果发现相比于其它负载型金催化剂,以锌铝水滑石负载的Au25团簇作为催化剂前体制得的催化剂在肉桂醛选择加氢制肉桂醇反应中表现出最优的活性和选择性.对照实验和原位漫反射红外光谱测试表明上述催化剂对碳碳双键的加氢表现为惰性,对目标产物的吸附也相对较弱.27Al固体核磁共振结果表明配位不饱和的五配位Alp物种可能为C=O双键的优先吸附提供所需的氧空位,这可能是该催化剂具有较高选择性的原因.综上,推测小尺寸的金颗粒具有较多低配位的金原子,可以活化氢气,而反应物和产物的吸脱附性质与载体密切相关,在以锌铝水滑石为前驱体制备的金催化剂表面, C=C双键吸附较弱, C=O双键优先吸附,产物较容易脱附,不容易发生过度加氢反应,因此该催化剂在肉桂醛选择加氢反应中表现出高活性和高选择性.上述工作可以为设计制备高选择性的负载型金催化剂提供参考.     

Borrowing hydrogen: iridium-catalysed reactions for the formation of C-C bonds from alcohols

Alcohols have been employed as substrates for C-C bond-forming reactions which involve initial activation by the temporary removal of hydrogen to form an aldehyde. The intermediate aldehyde is converted into an alkene via a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction, nitroaldol and aldol reactions. The 'borrowed hydrogen' is then returned to the alkene to form a C-C bond.