Facile Synthesis of (S,S)‐1,2‐Diacylamides and (S,S)‐1,2‐Diamines with C 2‐Symmetry

A series of chiral vicinal tertiary diacylamides with C ₂‐symmetry was synthesized from (S)‐α‐phenylethylamine, different aromatic aldehydes, and oxalyl chloride. The diacylamides obtained were then reduced to afford chiral vicinal diamines with C ₂‐symmetry. We propose that the diacylamides existed in four stable conformational isomers in solution because of the dihedral angle between acylamide bonds.     

Versatile Approach for the Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)‐ and (S)‐Massoialactones

A general synthetic approach to both enantiomers, (R)‐ and (S)‐massoialactones, has been devised from commercially available (S)‐butane‐1,2,4‐triol.     

Synthesis of (R)‐Japonilure and (4R,9Z)‐9‐Octadecen‐4‐olide,Pheromones of the Japanese Beetle and Currant Stem Girdler

Asymmetric total synthesis of the sex pheromones of Japanese beetle and currant stem girdler, (R)‐japonilure (1) and (4R,9Z)‐9‐octadecen‐4‐olide (2), has been achieved.     

Facile Synthesis and Unusual Methanesulfonylation Reaction of (2R,3R)‐1,4‐Dimethoxy‐1,1,4,4‐tetrasubstituted‐2,3‐butanediols

A facile method for the synthesis of (2R,3R)‐1,4‐dimethoxy‐1,1,4,4‐tetrasubstituted‐2,3‐butanediols involving oxidative cleavage of benzylidene acetal as a key step is described. These sterically hindered diols unusually formed cyclic sulfites as the major product under methanesulfonylation reaction conditions.     

Raman study of a liquid crystalline gel consisting of photochromic 4‐methyl‐N‐(4‐n‐heptyloxysalicylidene)aniline and a gelling agent (R,R′)‐1,2‐bis(dodecanoylamino)cyclohexane

A liquid crystalline physical gel has been prepared from the mixture of a nematic liquid crystal and a low molecular mass gelling agent containing a hydrogen‐bonding moiety. The newly synthesized liquid crystalline compound exhibited photochromism in the crystalline solid phase. Although photochromism was not observed in the nematic gel state of the mixture, the lifetime of photochromism in the solid phase became longer, compared with that of a single liquid crystalline compound. Some Raman bands of the mixture showed a marked change in both intensity and frequency through the phase transitions. These bands have been assigned to the vibrational modes related to the core part of molecule.     

From Tri‐O‐Acetyl‐D‐Glucal to (2R,3R,5R)‐2,3‐Diazido‐5‐Hydroxycyclohexanone Oxime

Abstract

Methyl 3‐azido‐2,3‐dideoxy‐α/β‐D‐arabino‐ and ‐α/β‐D‐ribo‐hexopyranosides were transformed into 6‐iodo analogues via p‐tolylsulfonyl compounds. Elimination of hydrogen iodide from 6‐iodo glycosides provided methyl 4‐O‐acetyl‐3‐azido‐2,3,6‐trideoxy‐α‐ and ‐β‐D‐threo‐hex‐5‐eno‐pyranosides or 3‐azido‐4‐O‐p‐tolylsulfonyl‐2,3,6‐trideoxy‐α‐D‐threo‐ and ‐β‐D‐erythro‐hex‐5‐eno‐pyranosides. Ferrier's carbocyclization of 4‐O‐acetyl‐3‐azido‐2,3,6‐trideoxy‐α‐ and ‐β‐D‐threo‐hex‐5‐eno‐pyranosides gave (2S,3R,5R)‐2‐acetoxy‐3‐azido‐5‐hydroxycyclohexanone, which was converted into oxime. The 2‐OAc group in oxime was substituted by azide ion to yield (2R,3R,5R)‐2,3‐diazido‐5‐hydroxycyclohexanone oxime. The configuration and conformation of all products are widely discussed on the basis of the ¹H and ¹³C NMR.     

Regioselective Endocyclic Oxidation of Enantiopure 3‐Alkylpiperidines: Synthesis of (3S,5S)‐(‐)‐3‐Ethyl‐5‐Methylpiperidine

An efficient regioselective endocyclic oxidation of enantiopure 3‐alkylpiperidines 1(a–c) with bromine in acetic acid to generate the corresponding 5‐alkylpiperidin‐2‐ones 3(a–c) as main product is described. In addition, starting from 3a or 3b, the synthesis of (3S,5S)‐(‐)‐3‐ethyl‐5‐methylpiperidine 6 · HCl was achieved. Finally, the X‐ray single‐crystal analysis of compound 4 is reported.     

Synthesis and ferroelectric properties of chiral liquid crystals derived from (S)‐1‐propyloxy‐2‐propanol

A new optically active chiral moiety, (S)‐1‐propyloxy‐2‐propanol, was designed and synthesized by the treatment of 1‐propanol with (S)‐propylene oxide under basic conditions. Its derivatives, the (R)‐1‐propyloxy‐2‐propyl 4‐[4‐(4‐alkoxyphenyl)phenoyloxy]benzoates, PPmPPB (m = 8–12), were prepared for the investigation of mesomorphic properties. All of the chiral materials displayed enantiotropic SmA? and SmC? phases, and the shorter alkyl chain members (m = 8–11) displayed an additional unidentified SmX? phase. The switching current, spontaneous polarization, tilt angle, dielectric constant and electro‐optical response for the materials in the ferroelectric SmC? phase were measured. The electro‐optic responses in polyimide film‐coated homogeneously aligned cells exhibit thresholdless, V‐shaped switching in the ferroelectric phase.     

Asymmetric Synthesis of (2S)‐1‐(3,4‐Dihydroxyphenoxy)‐3‐(3,′4′‐Dimethoxyphenoxy) Ethylamino‐2‐propanol hydrochloride (RO363)

Enantiomerically pure (S)‐RO363 was synthesized by using (R,R) Salen Co(III) complex for the resolution of terminal epoxide. The hydrolytic kinetic resolution process was carried out at room temperature in excellent enantioselectivity. The method can be applied for large‐scale preparation of (S) RO363.     

Enantioselective synthesis of (S)- and (R)-α-methylserines: application to the synthesis of (S)- and (R)-N-Boc-N,O-isopropylidene-α-methylserinals

This report describes the synthesis of enantiomerically pure (S)- and (R)-α-methylserines on a multigram scale, starting from the Weinreb amide of 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid and using a stereodivergent synthetic route that involves a Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction. As a synthetic application of these quaternary α-amino acids, they were used as starting materials in the synthesis of the well-known valuable homochiral (S)- and (R)-N-Boc-N,O-isopropylidene-α-methylserinal building blocks.     

Synthesis of (E)‐ and (Z)‐5‐(Bromomethylene)furan‐2(5H)‐one by Bromodecarboxylation of (E)‐2‐(5‐Oxofuran‐2(5H)‐ylidene)acetic Acid

(E)‐ and (Z)‐5‐(bromomethylene)furan‐2(5H)‐one have been prepared starting from the commercially available adduct between furan and maleic anhydride. A bromodecarboxylation reaction is a key step in the synthesis. The reaction gives the (E)‐ or (Z)‐5‐(bromomethylene)furan‐2(5H)‐one as the major product, dependent on the method used in the bromodecarboxylation.     

Synthesis and characterization of homologous series with chiral (S)‐1‐methylpropyl terminal substituent

Homologous series of liquid crystalline azoesters and azomethine esters consisting of a (S)‐1‐methylpropyl group attached in one of the terminal positions have been synthesized and thermally characterized. All twenty‐four derivatives from both series, namely, the 4‐(4‐n‐alkoxybenzoyloxy)‐4′‐1‐(S)‐methylpropylazobenzenes and 4‐(4‐n‐alkoxybenzoyloxy)benzylidene‐4′‐1‐(S)‐methylpropylanilines exhibit mesomorphism. The lower members of the homologous series show a chiral nematic phase while the higher members show smectic C*, smectic A as well as chiral nematic mesophases. The homologues have been characterized using IR, NMR and UV‐Visible, spectroscopies, X‐ray diffraction and DSC. Their mesomorphic properties are compared with those of structurally related homologous series.     

Formation of 1,2,5‐Oxadiazole,Isoxazole, Isothiazole, 1,2,3‐Triazole,and Pyrrole Rings from N‐(5,5‐Dimethyl‐3‐oxocyclohexenyl)‐S,S‐diphenylsulfilimine

Reactions of N‐(5,5‐dimethyl‐3‐oxocyclohexenyl)‐S,S‐diphenylsulfilimine, a kind of enaminone, with isopentyl nitrite, isocyanates, isothocyanates, benzenediazonium chloride, and 1,1,1‐trifluoro‐4‐ethoxy‐3‐buten‐2‐one gave 1,2,5‐oxadiazole, isoxazole, isothiazole, 1,2,3‐triazole, and pyrrole derivatives condensed with cyclohexane, respectively, in one pot.     

Efficient Synthesis of 2‐(N‐Substituted)‐2‐imidazolines and 2‐(N‐Substituted)‐1,4,5,6‐tetrahydropyrimidines

A general method for the preparation of 2‐(N‐Substituted)‐2‐imidazolines and 2‐(N‐Substituted)‐1,4,5,6‐tetrahydropyrimidines is described. These heterocycles can be synthesized from their respective anilines with 2‐chloro‐2‐imidazoline or 2‐chloro‐1,4,5,6‐tetrahydropyrimidine, generated in situ from imidazolidin‐2‐one and tetrahydropyrimidin‐2(1H)‐one activated by dimethyl chlorophosphate, in good to excellent yields.     

Synthesis of Urine Drug Metabolites: Glucuronosyl Esters of Carboxymefloquine,Indoprofen, (S)‐Naproxen,and Desmethyl (S)‐Naproxen

Abstract

A general procedure for the synthesis of 1‐O‐acyl‐β‐D‐glucuronic acids using the benzyl 1-O-trichloroacetimidoyl-2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-D-glucopyranuronate 6 as donor is exemplified by the synthesis of the urine metabolites of (S)‐naproxen, desmethyl (S)‐naproxen, indoprofen, and carboxymefloquine. The key intermediate benzyl 2,3,4‐tri‐O‐benzyl‐D‐glucopyranuronate 5 is easily accessible in four steps (29%) from the peracetylated β-D-glucuronic acid 1.     

Synthesis,Characterization and Photocrosslinking Properties of Poly(1‐(4‐Methacrylamidophenyl)‐1‐(4‐nitrophenyl)prop‐1‐en‐3‐one)

The phenylmethacrylamide monomer, 1‐(4‐methacrylamidophenyl)‐1‐(4‐nitrophenyl)prop‐1‐en‐3‐one (MPNP) containing a photosensitive group was synthesized by reacting 4‐nitrocinnamoylaniline with methacryloyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine at 0–5°C. The functional monomer, MPNP was polymerized in ethyl methyl ketone (EMK) under nitrogen atmosphere at 70°C using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as the initiator. The synthesized polymer was characterized by UV, IR, ¹H‐NMR and ¹³C‐NMR spectroscopy. The molecular weight data of the polymer as obtained from gel permeation chromatography suggests a higher tendency for chain termination by radical recombination than disproportionation. The thermal studies of the polymer were obtained from thermogravimetric analysis. The glass transition temperature of the polymer was determined by differential scanning calorimetry. The solubility of the polymer was tested in various organic solvents at room temperature. The photosensitivity of the polymer was investigated in various solvents in the presence and absence of triplet photosensitizers. The effect of the different solvents nature and concentration on the rate of photocrosslinking of the polymer were also examined for using the polymer as negative photoresist materials.     

Synthesis of the Potassium Channel Opener (3S,4R)‐3,4‐Dihydro‐4‐(2,3‐dihydro‐2‐methyl‐3‐oxo‐pyridazin‐6‐Yl)oxy‐3‐hydroxy‐6‐(3‐hydroxyphenyl)sulphonyl‐2,2,3‐trimethyl‐2H‐benzo[b]pyran

The preparation of the potassium channel opener (3S,4R)‐3,4‐dihydro‐4‐(2,3‐dihydro‐2‐methyl‐3‐oxo‐pyridazin‐6‐yl)oxy‐3‐hydroxy‐6‐(3‐hydroxyphenyl)sulphonyl‐2,2,3‐trimethyl‐2H‐benzo[b]pyran (1) as a single enantiomer is reported. Considerable improvements have been implemented with respect to the original synthesis that allow for the preparation of multigram quantities of the final target compound. The optimized synthesis consists of a six‐step linear sequence whose key step is an asymmetric epoxidation protocol through the use of Jacobsen's (S,S)‐(+)‐N,N′‐bis(3,5‐di‐tert‐butylsalicylidene)‐1,2‐cyclohexanediaminomanganese(III) chloride catalyst.     

Stereoselective Synthesis of (2S, 8S)‐2‐Benzyl Hexahydro‐pyrrodizin‐3‐one Starting from (L)‐Proline Based on Stereoselective Benzylation

Abstract

A pyrrolizidine alkaloid, (2S, 8S)‐2‐benzyl hexahydro‐pyrrodizin‐3‐one, was synthesized from (L)‐proline using diastereoselective benzylation as the key step. The absolute configuration of the target compound was confirmed through 2D H‐H COSY and H‐H NOESY spectra.     

Efficient synthesis of (−)-(R)- and (+)-(S)-rolipram

A novel, efficient and protecting group free enantioselective synthetic approach of (?)-(R)-1 and (+)-(S)-rolipram 2 is described employing the organocatalyzed asymmetric Michael addition, Henry condensation, Wittig olefination and reductive lactamization reactions as key steps.