Facile synthesis of 1-bromo-7-alkoxyl perylene diimide dyes: toward unsymmetrical functionalizations at the 1,7-positions

In this Letter, we report a facile approach to synthesize unsymmetrical 1-bromo-7-alkoxyl perylene diimides by the nucleophilic substitution of one of the two 1,7-dibromo units with an alkyl alcohol using K₂CO₃ as the base. A further replacement of another bromo, for example, by using 4-hydroxylpyridine resulted in unsymmetrical functionalizations at the 1,7-positions. The optical properties of the unsymmetrical PDI derivative were reported and compared with those of the symmetrical derivative.     

Formal synthesis of 14-membered unsymmetrical bis-macrolactone, (−)-colletodiol

Formal synthesis of 14-membered unsymmetrical bis-macrolactone, (?)-colletodiol was accomplished from homopropargylic alcohol derivative. Building of the two different hydroxy acid fragments from the same intermediate of homoallylic alcohol was particularly advantageous. A Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, homologation of carbon chain, a Pinnick oxidation, and a macrolactonization to assemble the 14-membered macrodiolide were the additional salient features of this convergent synthesis.     

New observations on the photopinacolization of benzophenone in aliphatic alcohols

Irradiation of benzophenone in alcohol solutions produces unsymmetrical pinacols and para-coupled products as well as benzpinacol; the product composition depends on light intensity.     

Bulky trialkylsilyl acetylenes in the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz cross-coupling reaction

Bulky trialkylsilyl-protected alkynes such as triethylsilyl (TES), tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS), and triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) acetylenes underwent the Cadiot-Chodkiewicz cross-coupling reaction with different bromoalkynes to form a variety of synthetically useful unsymmetrical diynes in good yields. The diyne alcohol 10 was transformed regio- and stereoselectively into enynes by hydrotelluration, carbometalation, and reduction reactions.     

An efficient synthesis of organic carbonates: atom economic protocol with a new catalytic system

Selective and solvent free synthesis of unsymmetrical organic carbonates catalysed by a reusable MgLa mixed oxide is achieved for the first time via direct condensation of an alcohol and diethyl carbonate in economic route with excellent yields.     

Synthetic studies on amphidinolide B1

[structure: see text]. The syntheses of three fragments, 2, 3, and 4, of amphidinolide B1 have been accomplished. The 1,3-isomerization of allylic alcohol 10 was accomplished via rhenium oxo catalysis and has been applied successfully in the synthesis. (-)-MIB-catalyzed asymmetric vinylzinc addition to aldehyde 31 and the regio- and stereoselective epoxidation of unsymmetrical divinyl methanol 32 were key steps.     

Design and synthesis of chiral hybrid spiro (isoxazole–isoxazoline) ligands

Novel chiral hybrid ligands containing an unsymmetrical spiro[4.5]decane skeleton with isoxazole and isoxazoline as the two coordinating units have been synthesized. Pd complexes of these ligands were found to be effective in activating olefins towards enantioselective tandem cyclization of a dialkenyl alcohol, providing the cyclized products in up to 97% ee.     

Ruthenium- and enzyme-catalyzed dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation of 1,4-diols: synthesis of gamma-hydroxy ketones

Enzymatic kinetic resolution of unsymmetrical 1,4-diols in combination with a ruthenium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer process led to a dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DYKAT) of the least hindered alcohol. Oxidation of the second hydroxy group takes place under the reaction conditions leading to the formation of gamma-acetoxy ketones in high enantiomeric purity.     

Chemical design and synthesis of unsymmetrical diamino proligands employing a flexible route

Three new unsymmetrical diamino proligands with a central alcohol group and four different pendant arms were obtained, employing a five step synthesis. The synthesis of these compounds involves inexpensive and commercially available reagents. The versatility of the synthetic route allows accessing to compartmental diamines with two chemically different adjacent coordination chambers.     

NEW SYNTHESES OF UNSYMMETRICAL PHOSPHODIESTERS BASED ON THE OXYPHOSPHORANE CONCEPT

Abstract

Reagents for the phosphorylative coupling of two different alcohols are obtained from five-membered cyclic enediolphosphates and acyl phosphates. The primary alcohol of a diol is selectively phosphorylated in the presence of an unprotected secondary alcohol. The acetoinyl group (Ac.Me.CH) is used to block the phosphate function in the synthesis of unsymmetrical phosphodiesters. Phosphomonoesters can also be made by the proper choice of one of the two alcohols. The method has been applied to the synthesis of oligonucleotide models.     

General method for the palladium-catalyzed allylation of aliphatic alcohols

A palladium catalysis-mediated approach to coupling aliphatic alcohols with allyl carbonates has been developed. The method allows for the allylation of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols efficiently under mild conditions. Limitations were explored as well as the asymmetric application of the chemistry. Regiochemical and olefin geometry was controlled in the coupling of unsymmetrical allylating agents. Transient allyl carbonates were observed in the coupling, which comprised the trans-carboxylation of the allyl-carbonate with the requisite alcohol.     

Double cationic propargylation: from linear to polycyclic ethers

[reaction: see text]. The trapping of cations generated from Co2(CO)6-bispropargylic alcohols provided diethers in good yield. The procedure is also valid when two vicinal acetylenes are present. The methodology can be applied to the synthesis of symmetrical or unsymmetrical linear or cyclic propargylic ethers. The use of substrates with a stereochemically defined secondary nucleophilic alcohol provided cyclic ethers with a high degree of stereocontrol.     

Surface modification of hydroxyapatite to avoid bacterial adhesion

Hydroxyapatite was surface-modified by adsorption of nonionic polymers carrying phosphate groups as anchoring groups. A combination of alcohol ethoxylate and alkyl phosphate was also used. The possibility of interfering with early microbial colonization on apatite, mimicking the tooth surface, was investigated using radiolabelledStreptococcus mutans as model bacteria. The polymers, a nonionic cellulose ether and an EO/PO block copolymer based on polyglycerol as starting alcohol, were effective in buffer but gave only limited reduction of bacterial adhesion when the apatite had been pretreated with saliva. A 11 molar mixture of alcohol ethoxylate and alkyl phosphate was effective both with and without saliva, however. Studies with¹⁴C-labeled compounds, as well as microelectrophoresis experiments, indicate that an unsymmetrical double layer is formed on the apatite surface with predominantly alkyl phosphate in the inner layer and with alcohol ethoxylate pointing towards the water phase.     

Regioselective and enantiospecific rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions using copper(I) enolates: synthesis of (-)-sugiresinol dimethyl ether

The transition metal-catalyzed allylic alkylation represents a fundamentally important cross-coupling reaction for the construction of ternary carbon stereogenic centers. We have developed a regioselective and enantiospecific rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation of acyclic unsymmetrical allylic alcohol derivatives using copper(I) enolates to prepare beta-substituted ketones. This protocol represents a convenient asymmetric Claisen rearrangement surrogate in which alpha-substituted enolates permit the introduction of an additional stereogenic center. The synthetic utility of this transformation was highlighted in the construction of a trans-1,2-disubstituted cyclohexene and the total synthesis of (-)-sugiresinol dimethyl ether. Finally, we anticipate that copper(I) enolates may prove useful nucleophiles in related metal-catalyzed reactions.     

Tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) as an efficient generator of HBr for an efficient chemoselective reagent for acetalization of carbonyl compounds

Acyclic and cyclic acetals of various carbonyl compounds were obtained in excellent yields under a mild reaction condition in the presence of trialkyl orthoformate and a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) in absolute alcohol. Chemoselective acetalization of an aldehyde in the presence of ketone, unsymmetrical acetal formation, shorter reaction times, mild reaction conditions, the stability of acid-sensitive protecting groups, high efficiencies, facile isolation of the desired products, and the catalytic nature of the reagent make the present methodology a practical alternative.     

2Inc/Chlorotrimethns Ilane: A Mild Reducing System for the Conversion of Epoxides into Alcohols

Reduction of epoxide into the corresponding saturated alcohol is an important synthetic transfornation. Various reagents t o bring about such a conversion have been reported in the literature¹. An important aspect of such a transformation is the regioselective opening in case of unsymmetrical epoxides. Numerous modifications of the existing reducing agents have also been reported¹ to meet with the regioselective requirements. Every reagent reported so far, to our knowledge, makes use of its hydride donating ability to effect the reduction.     

Tetrathiafulvalene in a perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide)-based dyad: a new reversible fluorescence-redox dependent molecular system

A donor-acceptor dyad system involving tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) as donor attached by a flexible spacer to perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (PDI) as acceptor was synthesized and characterized. The strategy used the preliminary synthesis of an unsymmetrical PDI unit bearing an alcohol functionality as anchor group. Single-crystal analysis revealed a highly organized arrangement in which all PDI molecules are packed in a noncentrosymmetrical pattern. It was shown that the fluorescence emission intensity of the TTF-PDI dyad can be reversibly tuned depending on the oxidation states of the TTF unit. This behavior is attributed to peculiar properties of TTF linked to a PDI acceptor, which fluoresces intrinsically. Consequently, this dyad can be considered as a new reversible fluorescence-redox dependent molecular system.     

Catalytic oxidation of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine on Pt/SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Specific features of oxidation of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine on a Pt-containing catalyst were studied. The temperature dependence of the unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine conversion was determined, and the main intermediate and final reaction products were identified. Platinum behaves in the process as a multifunctional catalyst participating in dehydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, and oxidation. A new method was suggested for detecting unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in air. It consists in catalytic conversion of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and detection of the nitrogen dioxide formed with semiconductor gas sensors. The method was successfully used for detecting unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in air at concentrations in the range 0.1–10 mg m^–3.     

Water compatible gold(III)-catalysed synthesis of unsymmetrical ethers from alcohols

An efficient and broad-scoped method for the preparation of unsymmetrical ethers from alcohols catalysed by the simplest and least expensive gold catalyst, NaAuCl(4), is described for the first time. The procedure enables the etherification of benzylic and tertiary alcohols with moderate to good yields under mild conditions with low catalyst loading. Symmetrical ethers, the usual side products in the etherification of alcohols, were not detected in this case. The formation of the racemic ether from a chiral benzyl alcohol suggests the intermediacy of a carbocation, which has not previously been postulated for gold-catalysed reactions involving alcohols.     

Iridium-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of unsymmetrical oxabenzonorbornadienes with water and alcohol nucleophiles

The iridium-catalyzed ring-opening reaction of unsymmetrical oxabenzonorbornadienes (OBD) with water and alcohol nucleophiles is reported, with the effects of various C₁-substituents explored. Electron-donating alkyl groups lead entirely to the substituted naphthol derivatives in excellent yields while substitution of the C₁ position for electron-withdrawing groups afforded ring-opened products in fair to excellent yields with excellent regioselectivity. The reaction was demonstrated to be highly regioselective for the C₂ position with no C₃ regioisomer observed in all cases. A proposed mechanism for the formation of C₂ regioisomeric ring-opened products has been included.