Divergent selectivity in MgI(2)-mediated ring expansions of methylenecyclopropyl amides and imides

We report a novel approach to prepare five- and six-membered heterocyclic compounds via a ring expansion of monoactivated methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs) with aldimines and aldehydes in the presence of MgI(2). Monoactivated MCPs behave as homo-Michael acceptors to afford bifunctional vinylogous enolates in the presence of MgI(2). The carbonyl moiety of the monoactivated MCP dramatically influences the reaction site in the dienolate with aryl aldimines and aldehydes as well as the size of the ring. Excellent divergent selectivity to five- vs. six-membered heterocycles is observed: alpha-alkylation/5-exo-tet cyclization (Z = NPh(2)) vs. gamma-alkylation/6-exo-trig cyclization (Z = 2-oxazolidone). Analogously, the reaction of the MCP imide with alkyl aldimines demonstrates the same selectivity by varying the size of electrophile or the reaction temperature. In addition, we observe the first example of the formation of the gamma-alkylation adduct in the reaction of a vinylogous imide enolate with a carbonyl compound.     

Enantioselective catalytic ring expansion of methylenecyclopropane carboxamides promoted by a chiral magnesium Lewis acid

A catalytic enantioselective ring expansion of monoactivated methylenecyclopropanes (MCP) in the presence of N-tosyl aldimines was developed using a chiral bis(oxazoline) ligand-MgI2 complex. After evaluation of ligands and optimization of the reaction conditions, the reaction has been applied to a variety of aromatic and heteroaromatic aldimines providing the corresponding trans-C2,C3-disubstituted methylenepyrrolidines in generally good yields (greater than 52%) and up to 86% ee. [reaction: see text].     

Use of a sterically demanding Lewis acid to direct ring expansion of monoactivated methylenecyclopropanes

A novel synthetic route for the preparation of functionalized alkylidene pyrrolidines via a MAD/n-Bu₄NI-mediated ring expansion of monoactivated MCP was developed. The substrate scope for this reaction was found to be broad for a variety of aldimines and symmetrically as well as unsymmetrically monoactivated MCPs yielding the corresponding five-membered heterocyclic compounds in good yields (up to 92%). This methodology complements previous reports on the ring expansion of MCPs showing that selective syntheses of different heterocyclic scaffolds could be achieved from the same MCP by just changing the catalyst system.     

Ring-expanding reaction of cyclopropyl amides with triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrahalide

We succeeded in activating cyclopropyl amides (monoactivated cyclopropane) through the corresponding imidoyl halides prepared in situ in the presence of 2 equiv of PPh3 and 1 equiv of CX4, and the ring-expanding products (N-substituted pyrrolidin-2-ones) were obtained in good yields. The reaction mechanism was investigated on the basis of oxygen-18 tracer experiment.     

Highly Enantioselective Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Terminal Alkynes to 1,1‐Difluoro‐1‐(phenylsulfonyl)‐3‐en‐2‐ones: New Ester/Amide Surrogates in Asymmetric Catalysis

A highly enantioselective copper‐catalyzed conjugate alkynylation of monoactivated enones, namely 1,1‐difluoro‐1‐(phenylsulfonyl)‐3‐en‐2‐ones, is described. The reaction products are obtained with good yields and excellent enantioselectivities (from 92 to 99% ee). The β‐alkynylated difluoro(phenylsulfonyl) ketones can be converted into the corresponding β‐alkynylated difluoro‐ and trifluoromethyl ketones, esters and amides. This is the first example on the use of 1,1‐difluoro‐1‐(phenylsulfonyl)‐3‐en‐2‐ones as substrates in an enantioselective reaction, which have been shown to be new ester/amide surrogates.     

Generation of singlet oxygen from fragmentation of monoactivated 1,1-dihydroperoxides

The first singlet excited state of molecular oxygen ((1)O(2)) is an important oxidant in chemistry, biology, and medicine. (1)O(2) is most often generated through photosensitized excitation of ground-state oxygen. (1)O(2) can also be generated chemically through the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide and other peroxides. However, most of these "dark oxygenations" require water-rich media associated with short (1)O(2) lifetimes, and there is a need for oxygenations able to be conducted in organic solvents. We now report that monoactivated derivatives of 1,1-dihydroperoxides undergo a previously unobserved fragmentation to generate high yields of singlet molecular oxygen ((1)O(2)). The fragmentations, which can be conducted in a variety of organic solvents, require a geminal relationship between a peroxyanion and a peroxide activated toward heterolytic cleavage. The reaction is general for a range of skeletal frameworks and activating groups and, via in situ activation, can be applied directly to 1,1-dihydroperoxides. Our investigation suggests the fragmentation involves rate-limiting formation of a peroxyanion that decomposes via a Grob-like process.     

Preparation and Diels-Alder chemistry of 4-vinylimidazoles

Various 4-vinylimidazole derivatives have been prepared from the corresponding 4-iodoimidazoles or from urocanic acid. Several methods for the elaboration of these vinylimidazoles and their Diels-Alder reactions are reported. All of the vinylimidazoles prepared in the course of this study react with N-phenylmaleimide quite readily with mild thermal activation providing a single cycloadduct, in most cases the initial, nonaromatic adduct. With more electron rich substrates, there is a tendency for these initial cycloadducts to undergo aromatization, ene reaction, and oxidation although this can be circumvented to a large extent by the choice of reaction conditions. Limited reactions were observed with other dienophiles, providing the expected cycloadducts in most cases, although an abnormal adduct was obtained in one case with dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate. These substrates also participate in regioselective Diels-Alder reactions with monoactivated dienophiles, but require fairly forcing conditions, thus only providing the aromatized cycloadducts in modest yields. An investigation of substituent effects at the 2-position of the imidazole moiety was undertaken, in which electron-donating and weakly electron-withdrawing substituents are tolerated. In addition, several substrates with terminally substituted vinyl moieties have been investigated.     

2‐Hydroxybenzophenone as a Chemical Auxiliary for the Activation of Ketiminoesters for Highly Enantioselective Addition to Nitroalkenes under Bifunctional Catalysis

An organocatalytic system is presented for the Michael addition of monoactivated glycine ketimine ylides with a bifunctional catalyst. The ketimine bears an ortho hydroxy group, which increases the acidity of the methylene hydrogen atoms and enhances the reactivity, thus allowing the synthesis of a large variety of α,γ‐diamino acid derivatives with excellent stereoselectivity.     

Cycloadditions dipolaires-1,3—XXIV: Addition d'esters nitroniques aux olefines monoactivees

The orientation of the cycloaddition of the geometrical isomers of nitronic esters to monoactivated olefines is unique. Depending on the nature of the olefinic substituent, a competition between two modes of approach of the dipolarophile by the 1,3-dipole is observed. All these cycloadditions lead to stable invertomers of N-alkoxyisoxazolidines.     

Steric and Electronic Requirements in the Synthesis of 2,3‐Dihydro‐4(1H)‐quinolinones by the Tandem Michael‐SNAr Reaction

The steric and electronic requirements have been investigated for the synthesis of 2,3‐dihydro‐4(1H)‐quinolinones by the tandem Michael‐S_NAr reaction. Substrates bearing a single methyl group at the β‐enone carbon gave excellent yields of the title compounds from both the E and Z isomers with X═H or NO₂. Substrates with β,β‐dimethyl substitution at the Michael terminus gave low yields of heterocyclic products in molecules having monoactivated S_NAr aromatic acceptor rings (X═H) and very good yields for diactivated systems (X═NO₂). For these hindered substrates, success in the final cyclization hinges on the ability of the aromatic acceptor to capture the pendant nitrogen nucleophile of the initial Michael adduct before this intermediate can revert to starting materials.     

Cyanide-bridged vitamin B12-cisplatin conjugates

cis-[PtCl(OH2)(NH3)2]+, the monoactivated form of cisplatin, reacts with the cyano ligand of cobalt in vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) to form a Co-C[triple chemical bond]N-Pt conjugate (1). Compound 1 is prepared in good yield directly in aqueous solution. The remaining chloride ligand of Pt(II) is labile. It hydrolyzes slowly in aqueous solution and can be exchanged by stronger coordinating ligands, such as 9-methylguanine or 2'-deoxyguanosine, to yield vitamin B12-nucleobase conjugates. X-ray structures of the vitamin B12-cisplatin conjugate 1 as well as of the product with coordinated 9-methylguanine (2) are presented. The coordination geometry at Pt(II) is almost perfectly square-planar. The structure of the cobalamin compound remains essentially unchanged when compared with the original B(12) structure. The guanine moiety of compound 2 binds in a 45 degrees angle to the cisplatin molecule and interacts with neighboring molecules by means of pi stacking and hydrogen bonds.     

2-取代吲哚的染料敏化光氧化反应

2-苯基吲哚 (1a) 在甲醇中的染料敏化光氧化反应给出2-苯基-2-(2'-苯基-3'-吲哚基)二氢吲哚-3-酮 (2a) 和2-甲氧基-2-苯基二氢吲哚-3-酮 (4a), 相应N-甲基取代产物由1-甲基-2-苯基吲哚 (1b) 的类似反应获得。发现反应产物分布随吲哚 (1) 的浓度和介质酸度的变化而变化。对反应机理进行了推测, 其中当1a的反应在乙腈中进行时, 分离到了相应的反应中间体: 2-苯基-3H-吲哚-3-酮 (3a)。     

Reaction Chemistry of W—Mn／SiO2 Catalyst for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane

Reaction chemistry of the OCM reaction on W-Mn/SiO2 catalyst has been reviewed in this account.Initial activity and selectivity,stability in a long-term reaction,reaction at elevated pressures and a modelling test in a stainless-steel fluidized-bed reactor show that W-Mn/SiO2 has promising performance for the development of an OCM process that directly produces ethylene from natural gas.A study on surface catalytic reaction kinetics and used cataly st structure characterization revealed a possible reason why C2 and COx selectivity changed during the long-term reaction.Further improvement of the catalyst composition and preparation metbod should be a future direction of study on OCM reaction over W-Mn/SiO2 catalyst.     

Quantum chemical studies of a model for peptide bond formation. 3. Role of magnesium cation in formation of amide and water from ammonia and glycine

The SN2 reaction between glycine and ammonia molecules with magnesium cation Mg2+ as a catalyst has been studied as a model reaction for Mg(2+)-catalyzed peptide bond formation using the ab initio Hartree-Fock molecular orbital method. As in previous studies of the uncatalyzed and amine-catalyzed reactions between glycine and ammonia, two reaction mechanisms have been examined, i.e., a two-step and a concerted reaction. The stationary points of each reaction including intermediate and transition states have been identified and free energies calculated for all geometry-optimized reaction species to determine the thermodynamics and kinetics of each reaction. Substantial decreases in free energies of activation were found for both reaction mechanisms in the Mg(2+)-catalyzed amide bond formation compared with those in the uncatalyzed and amine-catalyzed amide bond formation. The catalytic effect of the Mg2+ cation is to stabilize both the transition states and intermediate, and it is attributed to the neutralization of the developing negative charge on the electrophile and formation of a conformationally flexible nonplanar five-membered chelate ring structure.     

One-pot synthesis of 2-(quinoxalin-2-yl)benzoate through NBS-mediated sequential reaction of 2-alkynylbenozate and aryl-1,2-diamine

A metal-free route involving a sequential reaction of 2-alknylbenzoate and aryl-1,2-diamine is described for the generation of 2-(quinoxalin-2-yl)benzoate. The sequential reaction combines NBS-mediated diketonization of 2-alknylbenzoate and condensation reaction with aryl-1,2-diamine, and proceeds smoothly under mild reaction conditions and an array of 2-(quinoxalin-2-yl)benzoate is achieved with high efficiency and excellent functional group tolerance. Mechanism studies indicate oxygen transfer reaction is observed and water is incorporated into neighboring ester group.     

Mechanism of the oxidative condensation of acridines with nucleophiles

The kinetics of the reaction of acridine hydrochloride with the alkiodides of 2- and 4-picolines, 2- and 4-methylquinolines, 2-methylbenzothiazole, and 1,2-dimethylbenzimidazole in the presence of air oxygen were investigated. It is shown that the reaction is second order overall and first order in each of the components at a constant oxygen concentration. The reaction rate constants were calculated, and a mechanism is proposed for the reaction.     

Theoretical study on the reaction mechanism of CN radical with ketene

The bimolecular single collision reaction potential energy surface of CN radical with ketene (CH2CO) was investigated by means of B3LYP and QCISD(T) methods. The calculated results indicate that there are three possible channels in the reaction. The first is an attack reaction by the carbon atom of CN at the carbon atom of the methylene of CH2CO to form the intermediate NCCH2CO followed by a rupture reaction of the C-C bond combined with -CO group to the products CH2CN CO. The second is a direct addition reaction between CN and CH2CO to form the intermediate CH2C(O)CN followed by its isomerization into NCCH2CO via a CN-shift reaction, and subsequently, NCCH2CO dissociates into CH2CN CO through a CO-loss reaction. The last is a direct hydrogen abstraction reaction of CH2CO by CN radical. Because of the existence of a 15.44 kJ/mol reaction barrier and higher energy of reaction products, the path can be ruled out as an important channel in the reaction kinetics. The present theoretical computation results, which give an available suggestion on the reaction mechanism, are in good agreement with previous experimental studies.     

合成文拉法星的2-氮杂-1,3-丁二烯杂Diels-Alder反应与其 单分子环合竞争反应的研究

研究了不同的Lewis酸催化剂、温度、微波等条件下, 4-(4-甲氧苯基)-1-苯基-3-三甲基硅氧基-2-氮杂-1,3-丁二烯(2-ABDE)和亲二烯体环己酮发生杂Diels-Alder反应生成[4＋2]的六元环合产物噁嗪酮衍生物, 伴随的2-ABDE的 [2＋2]单分子环合, 生成单环β-内酰胺衍生物. 结果表明: 在低温条件下如(－78 ℃)[4＋2]反应占主导; 而在高温条件下(如135 ℃)仅进行[2＋2]反应. 微波加热方式可显著提高[2＋2]反应的速率和产率. 不同的Lewis酸催化剂对[2＋2]反应和[4＋2]反应的催化效率不同. Lewis酸的酸性强弱、软硬对2-ABDE的[2＋2]反应的催化能力起决定性作用.     

1064nm激光诱导Ge(111)与Cl2反应动力学

采用超声分子束和时间分辨质谱技术研究了1064nm脉冲激光辐照下Ge(111)与Cl₂的反应动力学。实验结果表明,该反应的主要产物为GeCl₂,提高入射氯分子的平动能将增加反应速率。激光能量密度对GeCl₂产率呈指数关系,而对GeCl₂的平动温度影响不大。升高Ge(111)表面温度也能提高反应产率。同时还讨论了近红外激光诱导GeCl₂反应的机理。     

Bond and mode selectivity in the reaction of atomic chlorine with vibrationally excited CH2D2

The title reaction is investigated by co-expanding a mixture of Cl2 and CH2D2 into a vacuum chamber and initiating the reaction by photolyzing Cl2 with linearly polarized 355 nm light. Excitation of the first C-H overtone of CH2D2 leads to a preference for hydrogen abstraction over deuterium abstraction by at least a factor of 20, whereas excitation of the first C-D overtone of CH2D2 reverses this preference by at least a factor of 10. Reactions with CH2D2 prepared in a local mode containing two quanta in one C-H oscillator /2000>- or in a local mode containing one quantum each in two C-H oscillators /1100> lead to products with significantly different rotational, vibrational, and angular distributions, although the vibrational energy for each mode is nearly identical. The Cl+CH2D2/2000>- reaction yields methyl radical products primarily in their ground state, whereas the Cl+CH2D2/1100> reaction yields methyl radical products that are C-H stretch excited. The HCl(v=1) rotational distribution from the Cl+CH2D2/2000>- reaction is significantly hotter than the HCl(v=1) rotational distribution from the Cl+CH2D2/1100> reaction, and the HCl(v=1) differential cross-section (DCS) of the Cl+CH2D2/2000>- reaction is more broadly side scattered than the HCl(v=1) DCS of the Cl+CH2D2/1100> reaction. The results can be explained by a simple spectator model and by noting that the /2000>- mode leads to a wider cone of acceptance for the reaction than the /1100> mode. These measurements represent the first example of mode selectivity observed in a differential cross section, and they demonstrate that vibrational excitation can be used to direct the reaction pathway of the Cl+CH2D2 reaction.