The use of trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal or hydrate in a simple and practical regioselective synthesis of beta-hydroxy-beta-trifluoromethyl ketones from enamines and imines

The reaction of trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal or hydrate with an equimolar amount of enamines, derived from various methyl ketones, smoothly proceeded to give the corresponding beta-hydroxy-beta-trifluoromethyl ketones in high yields. An equimolar amount of imines derived from various methyl ketones with aliphatic, aromatic, and heteroaromatic substituents also readily reacted with trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal or hydrate to afford the corresponding beta-hydroxy-beta-trifluoromethyl ketones in good to excellent yields. Difluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal as well as pentafluoropropionaldehyde also participated in the reaction, affording good yields of the corresponding beta-hydroxy-beta-difluoromethyl or beta-pentafluoropropyl ketones.     

Easy α-alkylation of ketones with alcohols through a hydrogen autotransfer process catalyzed by RuCl2(DMSO)4

The electrophilic α-alkylation of ketones with alcohols is accomplished by a hydrogen autotransfer process catalyzed by RuCl₂(DMSO)₄. The reaction can produce either simple alkylated ketones or α,β-unsaturated ketones just by choosing the appropriate starting ketones (methyl ketones or bicyclic methylenic ketones, respectively), as well as quinolines (by using 2-aminobenzyl alcohol derivatives) or the corresponding alcohol derivatives by the addition of an extra equivalent of the initial alcohol. In the last case, after the above alkylation process reduction of the carbonyl compound takes place. A mechanistic study seems to indicate that the process goes through the oxidation of the alcohols with ruthenium (after a previous deprotonation) to yield the corresponding aldehyde and a ruthenium hydride intermediate. In turn, the aldehyde suffers a classical aldol reaction with the starting ketone to form the corresponding α,β-unsaturated ketone, which finally is reduced through a Michael-type addition by the aforementioned ruthenium hydride intermediate.     

Novel Pd/C-catalyzed redox reactions between aliphatic secondary alcohols and ketones under hydrogenation conditions: application to H-D exchange reaction and the mechanistic study

A liquid-phase redox system between secondary alcohols and ketones is described. Deuteration of either secondary alcohols or ketones using the Pd/C-H2-D2O system gave a mixture of deuterium-labeled secondary alcohols and ketones. The results indicated that the secondary alcohol was oxidized to the corresponding ketone without oxidants under the hydrogenation conditions and the hydrogenation of the aliphatic ketone to the corresponding secondary alcohol simultaneously proceeded. Detailed mechanistic studies on the redox system as well as the H-D exchange reaction are discussed.     

Direct organocatalytic asymmetric α-oxidation of ketones with iodosobenzene and N-sulfonyloxaziridines

The novel, direct amino acid-catalyzed α-oxidation of ketones with iodosobenzene and N-sulfonyloxaziridines is presented. A screen of several synthetically common oxidants revealed that iodosobenzene and N-sulfonyloxaziridines act as electrophiles in the direct organocatalytic asymmetric α-hydroxylation of ketones. The direct proline-catalyzed asymmetric α-oxidation of ketones with iodosobenzene yielded the corresponding α-hydroxylated ketones with up to 77% ee. Furthermore, several amino acid derivatives catalyze the stereoselective α-oxidation of ketones with N-sulfonyloxaziridines. For example, the direct diamine-catalyzed enantioselective α-hydroxylation of ketones with N-sulfonyloxaziridines furnished the corresponding α-hydroxylated products in moderate yield with up to 63% ee.     

Room temperature Fe(NO3)3·9H2O/TEMPO/NaCl-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of homopropargylic alcohols

A practical and eco-friendly aerobic oxidation of homopropargylic alcohols using Fe(NO₃)₃·9H₂O/TEMPO/NaCl as catalysts at room temperature under atmospheric pressure was developed affording corresponding homopropargylic ketones with moderate to good yields. Aryl, heteroaryl as well as alkyl 1,2-allenic ketones were obtained by the isomerization of corresponding terminal homopropargylic ketones through column chromatographic workup on silica gel.     

Viologens that plunder electron from solid reducing agent. Reduction of aryl ketones by zinc powder in the presence of propyl viologen as an electron transfer catalyst

It was found that viologen (propyl viologen) acted as an Electron Transfer Catalyst (ETC) in the reduction of aryl ketones with zinc powder. α-Diketones undertook the two-electron reduction to obtain the corresponding benzoins in good yields and aromatic ketones could one-electron reduced selectively to give the corresponding pinacols.     

Reduction of Aromatic Aldehydes,Ketones with Acyloxy Substituent at the Ortho-position by NaBH4 in the Presence of Waters

n unusual reduction of some aromatic aldehydes, ketones by sodium borohydride was discovered. In a THF/H₂O or DMSO/H₂O solvent system the aromatic aldehydes, ketones with acyloxy substituent on the ortho-position to the carbonyl group can be reduced to the corresponding alkyl phenols. This unusual reduction is applicable also to the corresponding alcohols of all the above aldehydes, ketones. A putative mechanism was suggested. In addition to the above aldehydes, ketones, benzyl alcohols, certain 4-acyloxybenzyl esters(probably also the 2-substituted analogues) such as 4-benzoyloxybenzyl benzoate was also found to be reduced to methylphenol by this unusual reduction.     

Reduction of Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones with Acyloxy Substituent at the Orthoposition by NaBH4 in the Presence of Waters*

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二氧杂环丙烷参与的烯烃环氧化反应

酮是催化烯烃环氧化反应的一类重要催化剂, 酮与氧化剂KHSO₅ (Oxone)可原位产生二氧杂环丙烷中间体, 然后二氧杂环丙烷中间体将氧原子传递给烯烃使之成为环氧化物, 而自身又生成原来的酮. 酮的催化效能大小与酮产生二氧杂环丙烷的能力、二氧杂环丙烷将氧原子传给烯烃的能力以及反应条件下酮的稳定性有关. 本工作对各种脂肪酮、脂环酮、杂环酮对烯烃环氧化催化能力的大小及其影响因素进行了评述.     

Scope and limitations of the Julia-Kocienski reaction with fluorinated sulfonylesters

The study of the Julia-Kocienski reaction between fluorinated arylsulfone and ketones is described. The corresponding fluoroalkenes were isolated in moderate to good yields from β- and δ-substituted cyclic ketones. From acyclic ketones and α-substituted cyclic ketones a decarbethoxylation reaction of the sulfonylesters occurred. This decarbethoxylation reaction opened a new route for the preparation of a variety of fluoroalkylsulfones as potential building blocks for the preparation of fluoroalkenes.     

Reduction of Delta2-isoxazolines to beta-hydroxy ketones with iron and ammonium chloride as reducing agent

A detailed study of a procedure for the selective reduction of Delta(2)-isoxazolines to the corresponding beta-hydroxy ketones is reported. The use of iron and ammonium chloride as the reducing agent in the presence of water results in a facile and chemoselective protocol for the preparation of beta-hydroxy ketones, including the conjugated beta-hydroxy ketones.     

Efficient and convenient oxidation of organic halides to carbonyl compounds by H2O2 in ethanol

Various primary and secondary organic bromides were oxidized by hydrogen peroxide in refluxing ethanol to give the corresponding aldehydes/and ketones in high yield up to 94%; organic chlorides were oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes/and ketones by the same oxidant in ethanol in the presence of 10 mol % of KBr as the catalyst.     

Stereoselective bioreduction of bulky-bulky ketones by a novel ADH from Ralstonia sp

Ketones with two bulky substituents, named bulky-bulky ketones, as well as less sterically demanding ketones were successfully reduced to the corresponding optically highly enriched alcohols using a novel identified recombinant short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase RasADH from Ralstonia sp. DSM 6428 overexpressed in E. coli.     

聚苯乙烯二醋酸碘苯的合成及其在缩氨脲去保护基形成羰基化合物反应中的应用

缩氨脲不仅可用于羰基化合物的分离和纯化[1] ,而且在有机合成中也常用于保护羰基[2～ 5] .因此 ,研究缩氨脲去保护基再生成相应的羰基化合物的方法仍然是有机合成方法中重要的研究课题 .文献报道使缩氨脲去保护基的常用试剂有邻苯二酐[1] 、浓盐酸[6] 、阳离子交换树脂[6,7] 、氯化亚钛[8] 、溴酸钾[9] 和氯化铜 ( )二水合物[10 ] 等 .　　最新研究[11] 发现 ,二醋酸碘苯在含水的乙腈溶液中是酮缩氨脲去保护基形成酮的有效试剂 ,具有反应条件温和 ,产率较高的特点 .但是 ,利用二醋酸碘苯进行反应时 ,同时生成副产物碘苯 ,它难于从产物中分…     

A ruthenium-catalyzed reaction of aromatic ketones with arylboronates: a new method for the arylation of aromatic compounds via C-H bond cleavage

The ruthenium-catalyzed reaction of aromatic ketones with arylboronic acid esters (arylboronates) gave the ortho arylation product. For this coupling reaction, a RuH2(CO)(PPh3)3 complex exhibited the highest catalytic activity among the complexes screened. Several aromatic ketones, for example, acetophenones, acetonaphthone, alpha-tetralone, and benzosuberone, can be used in this coupling reaction. A variety of arylboronates containing electron-donating (OMe and NMe2) and -withdrawing (F and CF3) groups were found to react with aromatic ketones to give the corresponding aylation products. The corresponding arylboronic acids could be used in this coupling reaction, but the yields were slightly lower, as compared to those of the reaction using the corresponding arylboronates.     

Mild and efficient silylcyanation of ketones catalyzed by cesium fluoride

An efficient method of addition of trimethylsilylcyanide to ketones by employing cesium fluoride as catalyst has been described. A variety of aromatic, aliphatic, cyclic and heterocyclic ketones have been converted into their corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers in excellent yield.     

Nickel oxide nanoparticles catalyzed synthesis of poly-substituted quinolines via Friedlander hetero-annulation reaction

Reusable acidic nickel oxide nanoparticles have been synthesized,characterized and applied as a catalyst to convert 2-aminoaryl ketones and β-ketoesters/ketones into the corresponding quinolines in good yields with high selectivity.This could serve as a simple and convenient procedure for the Friedlander annulations.     

Rearrangement of epoxynitriles: a convenient homologation of acyclic and cyclic ketones to carboxylic acids

A convenient two-step homologation of both aliphatic and aromatic ketones to the corresponding carboxylic acid has been developed. First ketones were converted to epoxynitriles with the Darzens reaction. Second, a Lewis acid mediated rearrangement of these epoxynitriles with lithium bromide was achieved to give homologated secondary alkanoic acids (as well as aryl-alkanoic) in good yields. The mechanism and the scope of the rearrangement reaction were investigated. This strategy constitutes a two-step homologation of ketones to secondary carboxylic acids.     

A convenient method for the syntheses of tetrahydrofuran moiety from furan by catalytic transfer of hydrogenation with ammonium formate

Pd-C/ammonium formate efficiently and selectively reduces hetero-aromatic furan ring to the corresponding tetrahydrofuran moiety. Under this reaction condition, carbon-carbon double bond and α,β-unsaturated ketones also reduced to the corresponding alkanes and saturated ketones.     

Asymmetric synthesis of α-chiral ketones by the reduction of enones with baker's yeast

Baker's yeast-mediated asymmetric reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones (enones) having a pyridyl ring affords the corresponding optically active α-substituted ketones (α-chiral ketones) with excellent stereoselectivity. The position of the heteroatom, as well as the bulk of the α-substituent, plays an important role in governing the stereoselectivity in the reduction of a carboncarbon double bond.