Thioester-assisted α-sialylation reaction

α-Selective sialylation reactions were carried out using novel sialic acid building blocks that possess a thioester auxiliary. In contrast to other arylthio- and benzylthioester derivatives, sialyl phosphite 1a (with the phenylthioester moiety) was employed as the α-selective building block, and was reacted with various primary alcohols, including the C6-OH group of galactose and glucose, with moderate to excellent α-selectivities. For C3-OH of the galactose, 4,6-di-O-benzylgalactal afforded desired α-linkage with excellent selectivity.     

Do reaction conditions affect the stereoselectivity in the Staudinger reaction?

The stereochemistry is one of the critical issues in the Staudinger reaction. We have proposed the origin of the stereoselectivity recently. The effects of solvents, additives, and pathways of ketene generation on the stereoselectivity were investigated by using a clean Staudinger reaction, which is a sensitive reaction system to the stereoselectivity. The results indicate that the additives, usually existed and generated in the Staudinger reaction, and the pathways of the ketene generation do not generally affect the stereoselectivity. The solvent affects the stereoselectivity. The polar solvent is favorable to the formation of trans-beta-lactams. The addition orders of the reagents affect the stereoselectivity in the Staudinger reaction between acyl chlorides and imines. The addition of a tertiary amine into a solution of the acyl chloride and the imine generally decreases the stereoselectivity, which is affected by the interval between additions of the acyl chloride and the tertiary amine, and the imine substituents. Our current results provide further understanding on the stereochemistry of the Staudinger reaction between acyl chlorides and imines and on the factors affecting the stereochemistry and also provide a method to prepare beta-lactams with the desired relative configuration via rationally tuning the stereoselectivity-controlling factors in the Staudinger reaction.     

Ab initio study of the reaction path of the reaction HNCO+CN

HNCO is a convenient photolytic source of NCO and NH radicals for laboratory kinetics studies of elementary reaction[1] and plays an important role in the combustion and atmosphere chemistry. It can re- move deleterious compounds rapidly from exhausted ga…     

The reaction of Tanshinones with Amines

The reaction of cryptotanshinone and tanshinone IIA with several biogenic amine metabolites involved in the pathogenic pathways of HE were investigated and eight 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene derivatives,2-6 and 8-10,were obtained.The probable mechanism on reaction was discussed.     

α-Methoxymethyl ketones via aldol reaction

Paraformaldehyde in a methanolic solution of KOH converts ketones into α-methoxymethylated and α- hydroxymethylated products. The method was tested on nine steroidal ketones. On prolonged treatment the ketones formed are reduced to alcohols.     

Highly regioselective Friedländer reaction

[reaction: see text]. A highly regioselective Friedl?nder reaction is described. By introduction of a phosphonate group at one of the alpha-carbons of a ketone, regioselectivity can be perfectly controlled.     

Brønsted guanidine acid-base ionic liquids: novel reaction media for the palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction

[reaction: see text]. Br?nsted acid-base ionic liquids (GILs) based on guanidine and acetic acid are efficient reaction media for palladium-catalyzed Heck reactions. They offer the advantages of high activity and reusability. GIL2 plays multiple roles in the reaction: it could act as solvent, as a strong base to facilitate beta-hydride elimination, and as a ligand to stabilize activated Pd species.     

Palladium-induced electron-transfer reaction of difluorodiiodomethane with alkenes

The addition reaction of difluorodiiodomethane (1) with alkenes in the presence of PdCl2(PPh3)2 or Pd(PPh3)4 afforded the corresponding iododifluoromethylated compounds in excellent yield.     

Ethyl α-cyanoacrylate in the Michael reaction

Ethyl -cyanocarylate undergoes the Michael reaction with strong CH-acids (pK _a < 13) in the presence of strong basic amines such as butylamine, piperidine, and triethylamine. Only polymerization of ethyl -cyanoacrylate occurs under the same conditions with weaker CH-acids in the presence of less basic amines such as aniline, N-methylaniline, and pyridine.A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organometallic Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2449–2452, October, 1992.     

A novel CC bond forming reaction of aryl-and alkenylsilanols. A halogen-free Mizoroki-Heck type reaction

When dimethyl(phenyl)silanol is subjected to on electron-deficient olefin in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of Pd(OAc)₂, substitution of the CH bond of the olefin by a phenyl group on the silanol occurs in 52–86% yields. The reactions of several aryl- and alkenylsilanols with several olefins are also found to proceed in the system of 10 mol% of Pd(OAc)₂, Cu(OAc)₂ (3 mol), LiOAc (2 mol) to give the corresponding products in up to 69% yield.     

Manifestation of macroscopic correlations in elementary reaction kinetics. II. Irreversible reaction A+B→C

The applicability of the Encounter Theory (ET) (the prototype of the Collision Theory) concepts for widely occurring diffusion assisted irreversible bulk reaction A+B→C (for example, radical reaction) in dilute solutions with arbitrary ratio of initial concentrations of reactants has been treated theoretically with modern many-particle method for the derivation of non-Markovian binary kinetic equations. The method shows that, just as in the reaction A+A→C considered earlier, the agreement with the Encounter Theory is observed when the familiar Integral Encounter Theory is used which is just a step in the derivation of kinetic equations in the framework of the method employed. It allows for two-particle correlations only, and fails to consider the correlation of reactant simultaneously with a partner and with a reactant in the bulk. However, the next step leading to the Modified Encounter Theory under reduction of equations to a regular form both extends the time applicability interval of ET homogeneous rate equation (as for reactions proceeding in excess of one of the reactants), and yields the inhomogeneous equation of the Generalized Encounter Theory (GET) that reveals macroscopic correlations induced by the encounters in a reservoir of free walks in full agreement with physical considerations. This means that the encounters of reactants in solution are correlated at rather large time interval of the reaction course. However, unlike the reaction A+A→C of identical reactants, the reaction A+B→C accumulation of the above macroscopic correlations (even with the initial concentrations of reactants being equal) proceeds much slower. Another distinction is that for the reaction A+A→C the long-term behavior of ET and GET kinetics is the same, while in the reaction A+B→C these kinetics behave differently. It is of interest that just taking account of the above macroscopic correlations in the reaction A+B→C (in GET) results in the universal character of the long-term behavior of the kinetics for the case of equal initial concentrations of reactants and that where one of the reactants is in excess. This is more natural from the point of view of the reaction course on the encounters of reactants in solutions.     

Unusual formation of β-carboline dimers under Bischler-Napieralski reaction conditions: an old reaction with a new direction

l-N-Formyl tryptophan methyl ester (3) underwent a Bischler-Napieralski reaction with POCl₃ at room temperature or under microwave irradiation, resulting in the unusual formation of β-carboline dimers 5 and 6. Most importantly, acetylation using Ac₂O of each of the dimers 5 and 6 separately afforded 1-[3′-carbomethoxy-β-carbolinyl]-3-carbomethoxy-9-acetyl-β-carboline (7) as the only product, the structure of which was confirmed by X-ray crystallography studies.     

Preparation of natural isovaleraldehyde by the Maillard reaction

Isovaleraldehyde possesses malty,fruity,cocoa-like odor and is widely used in fruit,chocolate,coffee flavors.The preparation of natural isovaleraldehyde by the Maillard model reaction was studied in this paper.The effects of the ratio of D-glucose/L-leucine, reaction temperature and pH value on the yield of isovaleraldehyde were explored.The optimum conditions were as follows: n(D-glucose):n(L-leucine)=4,temperature 150℃,reaction time 3 h,pH 5.The highest yield of isovaleraldehyde obtained was about 32%.     

Photochemical reaction of azobenzene in solvent-swollen Nafion membranes

The photochemical reactions of azobenzene (AB) incorporated into different solvent-swollen Nafion membranes were investigated. The location of azobenzene in water-swollen Nafion membranes was different from that in methanol-swollen Nafion membranes, which was responsible for the different photochemical reactions of AB. In methanol-swollen Nafion membranes only trans-cis isomerization took place, while in water-swollen Nafion membranes photochemical cyclization of AB occurred after rapid trons-cis isomerization. The relation between the relative quantum yields and the light intensity showed that the cyclization was a two-photo process. The numbers of AB molecules per cluster (nAB /cluster) in Nafion membranes with different AB concentrations and different water contents were calculated. Under the experimental condition two competitive photocyclization mechanisms were suggested by nAB /cluster in Nafion membranes, relative quantum yields of the cyclization, and the change of the ratio of benzidine to benz     

l-proline and l-histidine co-catalyzed Baylis–Hillman reaction

Baylis–Hillman reaction between an aldehyde and an activated alkene, such as alkyl vinyl ketones, acrylates, acrylonitrile, and vinylsulfones, giving the β-hydroxy-α-methylene carbonyl compounds, is a versatile and atom-economical carbon–carbon bond-forming reaction. This reaction usually is catalyzed by strong Lewis bases such as tertiary amines and suffers from slow reaction rate. In this paper the Baylis–Hillman reaction between arylaldehydes and methyl vinyl ketone was successfully realized by a catalytic amount of l-proline and l-histidine system to give the corresponding normal Baylis–Hillman adducts in moderate to high yields for the first time. The effects of solvent and reagent electro property on the yields of this reaction were also investigated. Proline and histidine are naturally widely present amino acids in food system; furthermore, aldehydes and activated alkenes can also be easily produced in food processing, so proline and histidine co-catalyzed Baylis–Hillman reaction may find application in explaining some phenomena in food processing.     

Bio-surfactant: a green and environmentally benign reaction medium for ligand-free Pd-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reaction in water

Transition Metal Chemistry - A simple and efficient protocol for the ligand-free Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction of various aryl bromides with different olefins has been reported by using in...     

Stereoselective vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction of α-haloenals

We have developed a high-yielding and stereoselective vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction (VMAR) of α-haloenals. Contrary to the simple α,β-unsaturated aldehyde, α-haloenals were found to be reactive affording the corresponding VMAR adducts in excellent yields. Some transformations of VMAR adducts by Pd-mediated cross-coupling were also examined in order to demonstrate the synthetic utility of VMAR of α-haloenals.     

Studies on the cyclization reaction of D-aspartic acid

The cyclization reaction of D-aspartic acid was studied, the carboxyl groups of D-aspartic acid were protected by benzyl alcohol to give compound D-dibenzyl aspartate. Then (4R)-benzyl azetidine-2-one-4-carboxylate and meso-3,6-disubstituted piperazine- 2,5-diones were synthesized via intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular cyclization of D-dibenzyl aspartate, respectively, and their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR and MS. Both cyclization reaction conditions were also investigated in detail.     

Solid state reaction of aromatic ketones with heteroaromatics

The solid state reactions of p-nitroacetophenone,acetyl-ferrocene with indole were catalyzed by anhydrous zinc chloride or aluminum chloride,and gave exclusively the 1:2 condensation products.The solid state condensation of aromatic ketones with l-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone was also investigated,and the 1:1 and 2:1 condensation products were obtained.The structures of eleven new products were determined by IR,MS,1H NMR and elemental analysis.     

Rhodium catalyzed asymmetric Pauson-Khand reaction using SDP ligands

~~Rhodium catalyzed asymmetric Pauson-Khand reaction using SDP ligands1. Khand, I. U., Knox, G R., Pauson, P. L. et al., Organocobalt complexes, Part Ⅱ. Reaction of acetylenehexacarbonyldicobalt complexes, (R1C2R2)Co2(CO)6, with norbomene and its deri…