Facile and efficient synthesis of C2-symmetrical 1,3,5-triazine polycarboxylate ligands under microwave irradiation

A rapid and efficient method for preparation of C₂-symmetrical 1,3,5-triazine polycarboxylate ligands was developed. The reactions included either selective mono- or di-substitution of 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine with various nucleophiles containing carboxyl group(s), followed by nucleophilic displacement of the remained chloride(s) in aqueous media under microwave irradiation. Novel C₂-symmetrical tripodal ligands were afforded in good yields and purities under short reaction time with simple work-up, which are potentially useful as structural directing units in metal-organic frameworks.     

Microwave-assisted rapid and efficient synthesis of C-alkyl imidazoisoquinolinone derivatives

The synthesis of a set of 10-benzyl-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-b]isoquinolin-5(1H)-one and 5-oxo-imidazo[1,2-b]isoquinolin-10-yl)-N-phenylacetamide derivatives was achieved by exposing the corresponding alkylating agent and imidazoisoquinolinone to microwave irradiation and traditional oil bath heating in the presence of K₂CO₃ and DMAP. The microwave technique as well as DMAP as base accelerated the alkylation reaction for 2-6 min giving 79-88% yields.     

Pseudo porphyrinyl amino acids based on 1,3,5-triazine scaffold: new tools for the synthesis of peptidic porphyrins

Fmoc and Boc-protected pseudo meso-tetraarylporphyrin-based amino-acids were synthesized by sequential addition of nucleophiles to cyanuric chloride. These photosensitizers offer new scaffolds suitable for the generation of a large range of peptidic porphyrin derivatives designed for their use in photodynamic therapy.     

Synthesis of C3- and C2-symmetric tris- and bis-sulfoxide ligands by asymmetric oxidation

A series of tris- and bis-sulfoxides were synthesized by multiple asymmetric oxidation of the corresponding sulfides. High enantioselectivities were obtained based on Horeau-type amplification of selectivity. Naphthyl-substituted sulfoxides allowed for higher selectivity and greater ease of purification. These sulfoxides were tested as ligands in rhodium-catalyzed olefin hydroacylation and 1,4-addition of phenyl boronic acid to 2-cyclohexen-1-one. While no enantioinduction was observed in hydroacylation, up to 80% ee was obtained for a tris-sulfoxide and a bis-sulfoxide ligand in the 1,4-addition. Bis-sulfoxides with flexible backbones gave lower and inversed enantioselectivity, suggesting backbone rigidity plays a key role in enantioinduction.     

Zn(NO_3)_2·6H_2O/2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine(TCT) a mild and selective system for nitration of phenols

<正>Certain phenols and naphthols were nitrated regioselectively with Zn(NO_3)_2·6H_2O/TCT in acetonitrile as solvent at room temperature and short reaction time in good yields.The reaction condition was mild.TCT is a cheap and commercially available reagent.It performed as an acid catalyst in this transformation.     

Wet 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine(TCT)as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines under solvent-free conditions

<正>An efficient one-pot synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines has been described.This involves the three-component reaction of aldehydes,ketones and ammonium acetate in the presence of a catalytic amount of wet 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine(TCT) under solvent-free condition at 130℃.     

C2-Symmetric bis-thioglycosides as new ligands for palladium-catalyzed allylic substitutions

A new divergent design for the synthesis of optically pure bis-thioglycoside type I is reported. In only two steps a common chiral intermediate with up to eight free alcohols: two primary and six secondary is obtained. From this common intermediate a large number of ligands can be synthesized. A positional scanning like strategy has permitted the rapid discovery of an efficient catalyst for the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of malonate. Dynamic NMR spectroscopy of a Pd(II) complex has shown that there is an efficient stereochemical control of the sulfur configuration upon coordination to the palladium.     

Titanium-promoted enantioselective diethylzinc addition to benzaldehyde in the presence of C2-symmetrical bis(camphorsulfonamide) ligands

The synthesis of several C₂-symmetric bissulfonamides is described, starting from camphorsulfonyl chloride and various aromatic as well as aliphatic diamines. These compounds have been used as ligands for titanium tetraisopropoxide promoted diethylzinc addition to benzaldehyde. The best enantiomeric excess obtained in this study was 67%. The stereochemical outcome of the reaction is highly influenced both by the structure of ligand and the reaction parameters.     

Catalytic etherification of N-protected tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane for the synthesis of ligands with C3 symmetry

The synthesis of two nonadentate ligands based on a N,N-dibenzylated-tris(hydroxy)methylaminomethane framework is described. The key step consists in tris-etherification of the precursor with elaborated pyridine and bipyridine derivatives and this was greatly improved by the introduction of catalytic amounts of tetrabutylammoniumiodide to the reaction mixture in DMF at room temperature. Analysis of the alkylation rates and an X-ray crystal structure of a bis-alkylated intermediate strongly support the presence of a tight intramolecular hydrogen bond, preventing a fast third alkylation step. The two acidic ligands were successfully prepared by combining a sequence of carboalkoxylation and hydrolysis of the corresponding esters. Both ligands react with europium and terbium chloride salts to generate water luminescent mononuclear complexes.     

Hydrothermal synthesis, crystal structures and fluorescence properties of three novel frameworks constructed with mixed ligands of isophthalic acid (1,3-BDC) and 2,3-di-2-pyridylquinoxaline (Dpdq): [M(1,3-BDC)(Dpdq)(H2O)m] · nH2O (M = Co, Cd or Zn)

Three novel metal-organic frameworks [M(1,3-BDC)(Dpdq)(H₂O)_m] · nH₂O, (M = Co^II (1), Cd^II (2) or Zn^II (3); m = 0, 1; n = 0, 1, 2, respectively) have been obtained from hydrothermal reactions of three different metal(II) nitrates with the same mixed ligands [isophthalic acid (1,3-BDC) and 2,3-di-2-pyridylquinoxaline (Dpdq)], and structurally characterized by elemental analyses, IR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Single-crystal X-ray analyses show that each pair of metal ions are bridged by various coordination modes of 1,3-BDC ligands to form left- and right-handed helical chains in 1, linear chains in 2, and double chains in 3, respectively. N-containing flexible ligand Dpdq takes a chelating coordination mode acting as terminal ligand. In the compound 1, adjacent left- and right-handed helical chains are packed through hydrogen bonds to form a two-dimensional (2-D) structure. In the compounds 2 and 3, adjacent chains are further linked by hydrogen bonds and/or π-π stacking interactions to form a three-dimensional (3-D) distorted hexagon meshes supramolecular framework for 2 and a ZnS-related three-dimensional (3-D) topology for 3, respectively. The different structures of compounds 1-3 illustrate that the influence of the metal ions in the self-assembly of polymeric coordination architectures. In addition, compounds 2 and 3 exhibit blue emission in the solid state at room temperature.     

Regioselective cleavage of the bis-benzylidene acetal of d-mannitol under oxidative and reductive conditions: a new approach to C2-symmetric chiral ligands

A highly regioselective oxidative cleavage of 1,3:4,6-di-O-benzylidene-d-mannitol was carried out using NBS and the resultant product was readily converted to the C₂-symmetric chiral ligand, (R,R)-3,4-dihydroxy-1,5-hexadiene. On the other hand, reductive cleavage of 1,3:4,6-di-O-benzylidene-d-mannitol was achieved in a highly regioselective manner using BF₃·OEt₂ and Et₃SiH to give a highly functionalized benzyl ether, which was converted to a synthetically useful C₂-symmetric bis-amino alcohol derivative.     

Steps toward the synthesis of a geodesic C60H12 end cap for a C3v carbon [6,6]nanotube

Several shape-persistent carbon-rich nanomolecules with diameters exceeding 1.7 nm have been prepared by the aldol trimerization of 20-carbon aromatic ketones bearing chlorine atoms at various sites. These C₆₀H₂₇Cl₃ and C₆₀H₂₄Cl₆ polycyclic aromatic compounds represent attractive intermediates for the synthesis of a geodesic C₆₀H₁₂ end cap of a C_3v carbon [6,6]nanotube.     

Abnormal aza-Wittig reaction on the solid-phase: chemoselectivity studies towards the parallel synthesis of 3-aryl-2,4-dioxo-1,3,5-triazino[1,2-a]benzimidazoles

An abnormal aza-Wittig reaction was observed when resin-bound iminophosporanes were treated with aryl isocyanates on the solid-phase. The mechanism of the reaction may involve the loss of triphenylphosphinimide instead of triphenylphosphinoxide, resulting in the formation of isocyanates instead of carbodiimides as intermediates. The selectivity of the abnormal aza-Wittig reaction versus the normal aza-Wittig reaction was shown to be strongly dependent on the reaction temperature and the nature of the aryl isocyanate employed. Optimization studies revealed that employing electron poor aryl isocyanates at high temperature leads to 95% of abnormal aza-Wittig product. The reaction was used for the parallel solid-phase synthesis of 3-aryl-2,4-dioxo-1,3,5-triazino[1,2-a]benzimidazoles.     

B(C6F5)3-catalyzed oxidative deamination/cyclization cascade reaction of benzylamines and ketones for the synthesis of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines

The B(C₆F₅)₃-catalyzed oxidative deamination/cyclization cascade reaction of benzylamines and ketones for the construction of 2,4,6-triarylpyridines under metal-/solvent-free conditions has been successfully achieved. The advantages of this strategy include good functional group tolerance, low catalyst loading and high yields.     

Novel synthesis of C-3-(hetero)aryl [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines using the Stille reaction

Herein, we report a novel and high yielding approach for the preparation of the first C-3-organometallic substituted [1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and its application to the Stille reaction using MAOS.     

Microwave-assisted synthesis of the Fe2O3/g-C3N4 nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity for degradation of methylene blue

The preparation and photocatalytic performance of the Fe₂O₃/g-C₃N₄ nanocomposites with different weight percentage of iron was investigated in this study. Samples were successfully synthesized using melamine and ferric nitrate as the precursors via the green and facile microwave-assisted method. The physicochemical and structural properties of the Fe₂O₃-doped g-C₃N₄ were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis). The photocatalytic activity of the Fe₂O₃/g-C₃N₄ catalysts was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) at room temperature under visible light irradiation. As expected, the as-synthesized samples exhibited considerable improvement in the photodegradation of MB. The Fe₂O₃/g-C₃N₄ (1.0 wt%) nanocomposite had superior photocatalytic activity, with almost 70% degradation efficiency within 90 min of irradiation. The enhanced performance was ascribed to the separation and migration of the photoinduced electron–hole pairs and taking part of the charge carriers in the chemical redox reactions at the surface of the photocatalyst. In this work, the effect of Fe weight percentage on the degradation potential was also studied, and the photocatalytic mechanism was proposed with the main reactive species •OH.     

The next generation of C2-symmetric ligands: A di-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand and the synthesis and X-ray characterization of mono- and dinuclear rhodium(I) and iridium(I) complexes

A new C₂-symmetric chelating di-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand is reported. The stable free di-carbene (+/−)[DEAM-BY] (3) forms upon treating the imidazolium salt (+/−)[DEAM-BI][OTf]₂ (2) with potassium bis-trimethylsilylamide (where DEAM-BY = trans-9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11,12-bis(1-benzyl)imidaz-2-ylidene and DEAM-BI = trans-9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11,12-bis(1-benzyl)imidazolium). Metalation reactions of 2 with [Rh(COD)Cl]₂ and [Ir(COD)Cl]₂ are carried out under mild conditions to produce either mono- or bimetallic complexes. Each compound is characterized by NMR spectroscopy, combustion analysis, and single-crystal X-ray crystallography.     

Al2O3助剂对Co/SiC催化剂F-T反应性能的影响

分别采用沉淀法、尿素水解法制备Al₂O₃/SiC复合载体,采用等体积浸渍法制备Co/Al₂O₃-SiC催化剂。结合N₂吸附、XRD、H₂-TPR、XPS等表征手段,研究Al₂O₃助剂对钴基催化剂物相结构、还原行为以及F-T合成性能等的影响。结果表明,氧化铝加入后增强了载体与钴物种之间的相互作用,提高了钴物种的分散度,降低了钴物种的还原度。尿素水解法引入Al₂O₃后,载体与钴物种具有适中的相互作用,表现出较高的反应活性。沉淀法制备的载体负载钴物种后由于较强的金属-载体相互作用,表现出较优的稳定性。     

New catalytic methods for the synthesis of vitamins K: K3, K4 and Vikasol

A series of catalysts is developed for synthesis of vitamins K from easily available l-naphthol. The corresponding catalytic reactions compose the background of VIKASIB technology, which is friendly to the enviroment.