Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reactions of N-Boc-azabenzonorbornadiene with secondary amine nucleophiles

Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening reactions of N-Boc-azabenzonorbornadiene with a number of secondary amines has been developed for the first time. The reaction gave 1,2-trans-diamine derivatives in moderate to good yields with high enantioselectivity in the presence of 2.5 mol % of [Ir(COD)Cl]2 and 5 mol % of (S)-BINAP. The trans-configuration of the 1,2-diamino products was confirmed by X-ray crystallography.     

Acid-catalyzed intramolecular ring-opening reactions of cyclopropanated oxabenzonorbornadienes with alcohol nucleophiles

An investigation of intramolecular ring-opening reactions of various cyclopropanated oxabenzonorbornadienes (CPOBDs) with alcohol nucleophiles is reported, which forms two regioisomeric products in good yields. The effect of various tether lengths was explored, wherein increasing the alcohol tether length to 4 or 5 carbons exclusively generated Type 3 products in good yield, while C-1-hydroxymethyl substituted CPOBD formed a 1,3,5-cycloheptatriene derivative in excellent yield. Electron donating arene and electron withdrawing C-5-bridgehead substituents formed Type 3 major products, whereas electron withdrawing arenes and electron donating C-5 substituents preferentially afforded Type 2 compounds. A mechanism is also proposed for the formation of both regioisomeric products.     

Lewis acid-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of methylenecyclopropanes with alcoholic or acidic nucleophiles

[reaction: see text] Methylenecyclopropanes can react with various nucleophiles such as alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids, and thiols to give the corresponding homoallylic esters or ethers in good yields with good stereoselectivities in the presence of Lewis acids.     

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.     

A mild procedure for the Lewis acid-catalyzed ring-opening of activated cyclopropanes with amine nucleophiles

The Lewis acid-catalyzed ring-opening of methyl 1-nitrocyclopropanecarboxylates with amine nucleophiles is described. The reaction proceeds at room temperature and with complete preservation of the enantiomeric purity from the electrophilic center of the cyclopropane to the acyclic product. The methodology was applied in an enantioselective synthesis of the dual serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (3R)-3-(1 H-indol-1-yl)- N-methyl-3-phenylpropan-1-amine.     

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution with boronic acid nucleophiles

An enantio-, regio-, and diastereoselective rhodium(I)-catalyzed desymmetrization of a meso-cyclic allylic dicarbonate with organoboronic acid nucleophiles is described. The rhodium(I) catalyst formed in situ from [Rh(cod)OH]2 and Xyl-P-PHOS allowed the S(N)2' allylic substitution product to be obtained with a range of arylboronic acids in enantiomeric excesses of up to 92% with regioselectivities of up to >20:1.     

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring-opening alkynylation of azabenzonorbornadienes

Asymmetric ring-opening alkynylation of meso-azabenzonorbornadienes with (triisopropylsilyl)acetylene giving 2-alkynyl-1-aminodihydronaphthalenes took place in high yields with high enantioselectivity in the presence of a rhodium/(R)-DTBM-segphos catalyst.     

多氟芳烃的亲核反应I.仲胺作为亲核试剂

本文报道全氟苯、一氯五氟苯和二氯四氟苯与仲胺在DMF或HMPA中的亲核反应结果,C6F5Cl与仲胺反应生成对位产物,C6F4Cl2(m:o:p)=73:18:9)与仲胺的反应,只有m-和o-异构体能生成预期产物,而p-C6F4Cl2只与活性高的四氢吡咯反应,延长反应时间和提高反应温度,C6F6可给出对双取代产物,六个仲胺的反应活性顺序是:四氢吡咯>哌啶>吗啡啉>二乙胺>二正丙胺>二异丙胺。     

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of oxabicyclic alkenes with sulfur nucleophiles

The synthesis of 2-sulfanyl-1,2-dihydro-naphthalen-1-ols is described. This methodology is based on rhodium catalysis and enables various thiols to undergo an asymmetric SN2' ring opening of oxabenzonorbornadiene. Under the reaction conditions ([Rh(COD)Cl](2) (2.5 mol %), (S)-(R)-PPF-P(t)Bu(2) (6 mol %), AgOTf (7 mol %), NH(4)I (1.7 equiv), galvinoxyl (5 mol %), THF, 85 degrees C), aryl- and alkyl-sulfide adducts are obtained in good to excellent yield and in high enantiomeric excess (>90% ee).     

2-Aryl-3,4-dihydropyrans as building blocks for organic synthesis: ring-opening reactions with nucleophiles

An electrophilic ring-opening reaction of 2-aryl-3,4-dihydropyran with many nucleophiles, such as thiophenols, thiols, benzenesulfinic acid, resorcin, 2-methylfuran, benzamide and allyltrimethylsilane, was developed. In the presence of an appropriate catalyst, a product that contains not only a moiety of the nucleophile but also a fragment of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound was obtained.     

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of azabenzonorbornadiene with substituted piperazine nucleophiles

We have developed an asymmetric ring opening reaction of azabenzonorbornadiene with substituted piperazine. By increasing the amount of catalyst (from 2.5 to 5%) and ligands (5 to 10%) as well as addition of ammonium iodide, the products can be obtained in high yield and the reaction time shortened dramatically, but the ee values were rather low.     

Rhodium-catalyzed addition/ring-opening reaction of arylboronic acids with cyclobutanones

Cyclobutanones react with arylboronic acids in the presence of a catalytic amount of Rh(I) complex to afford butyrophenone derivatives through the addition of an arylrhodium(I) species to the carbonyl group, followed by ring-opening of the resulting rhodium(I) cyclobutanolate. [reaction: see text]     

Polystyrene-supported TBD catalyzed ring-opening of N-tosylaziridines with silylated nucleophiles

Polystyrene-supported TBD (PS-TBD) catalyzes the ring-opening of N-tosylaziridines with silylated nucleophiles to give the corresponding products in high yields. PS-TBD was easily recovered and reused without significant loss of catalytic activity.     

Perfluoroalkylsulfone reactions with nucleophiles

Perfluorodialkylsulfones were found to react readily with metal hydroxides in water or alcohol solution and with ammonia to form fluorinated sulfonic acid derivatives.     

Predicting facile epoxidation of the diamond (100) surface by dioxiranes and subsequent ring-opening reactions with nucleophiles

By means of density functional theory coupled with effective cluster models, we have theoretically predicted the viability of epoxidation of the diamond (100) surface by organic dioxiranes. In addition, subsequent ring-opening reactions of the as-formed epoxide surface species with some nucleophiles, including water, ammonia, and alcohol, have also been explored. The facile epoxidation of diamond (100) by dioxiranes presents a new alternative for oxidation of the diamond (100) surface. More importantly, the as-formed epoxide-like surface species would be a useful springboard for further functionalizations of the diamond surface given the well-known abundant chemistry of organic epoxides. Therefore, this approach provides another new route to chemical functionalization of the diamond surface, which is potentially useful for leading to the improvement of diamond behavior and constructing new hybrid diamond-based materials for wide potential applications in many fields. In perspective, implications for other theoretical work are also discussed.     

The reactions of fluorenylidene with heteroatomic nucleophiles

The reaction of fluorenylidene with heteroatomic nucleophiles gives good yields of addition products. The rates of these reactions were determined using laser spectrophotometric techniques Kinetic and product isotope effects were measured. The results of this investigation show that the reaction of the carbene with the nucleophile is not a one-step process. The implication of these conclusions to the spin selective reactions of carbenes and their utility as photoaffinity labels is discussed.     

Selective ring-opening reactions of

The reactivity of strained [1]ferrocenophanes, [Fe(eta-C5H4)2ERx] (ERx = SiMe2, 1a: SiMePh, 1b; SnR2, 1c), towards boron halides has been investigated and has been shown to provide a facile pathway to ferrocene derivatives functionalized with Lewis acidic boron centers. The boron halides RBX2 (R = Cl, Ph, fc; X = Cl, Br) (fc = Fe(eta-C5H4)2) lead to selective cleavage of the Si-Cp bonds in 1a and 1b to give, depending on the reaction stoichiometry, functionalized mono- or diferrocenylboranes RnB [(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMe2Cl)](3-n) (2a: R = Cl, n = 2; 2b: R = Cl, n = 1; 2c: R = Ph, n = 1) and RnB[(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMePhCl)](3-n) (2d: R = Cl, n = 2) in high yields. Compounds 2a-d were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (for 2b). Most likely due to steric constraints, a triferrocenylborane was not obtained even from the reaction of BCl3 with an excess of 1a, whereas facile formation of the diferrocenylphenylborane 2c from PhBCl2 and two equivalents of 1a was observed. Selective hydrolysis of the B-Cl bonds of chlorodiferrocenylborane 2b in the presence of trace amounts of water led to the silylated tetranuclear ferrocene complex [(ClMe2Sifc)2B-O-B(fcSiMe2Cl)2] (3) without cleavage of the Si-Cl bonds. The structure of 3 was confirmed by an X-ray diffraction study. Studies of the reactivity of the higher Group 14 homologue of 1a and 1b, the tin-bridged [1]ferrocenophane 1c, revealed that facile addition of B-Cl bonds occurs across the Sn-Cp bonds to yield the 1-stannyl-1'-borylferrocenes [(ClMes2Sn)fc(BClR)] (4a: R = Cl; 4b: R = Ph; Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2). The new synthetic methodology can be extended to bifunctional Lewis acids such as the bis(boryl)ferrocene 1,1'-fc(BBr2)2, which affords the linear boron-bridged ferrocene trimer 1,1'-[fc[B(Br)fcSiMe2Br]2] 5 in 54% isolated yield. In order to incorporate the functionalized ferrocenylboranes into polymer structures, compound 2c was reduced with Li[BEt3H] to give the silicon-hydride functionalized species [PhB[(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMe2H)]2] (6), which was then used as a capping reagent in the transition metal catalyzed polymerization of 1a. This process leads to the incorporation of the ferrocenylborane unit into the main chain of a poly(ferrocenylsilane) to afford [PhB-[(fcSiMe2)(n-1)fcSiMe2H]2] (7).     

Rhodium-catalyzed redox allylation reactions of ketones

Ketones react with allyl acetate to generate tertiary homoallylic alcohols in the presence of a rhodium catalyst and bis(pinacolato)diboron. A range of substrates, including aryl, alkyl and cyclic ketones react smoothly under these conditions. Diastereoselective allylation reactions of functionalized ketones such as pregnenolone acetate are also reported.     

1,2-rearrangement of N-Chloro-N-alkoxyamines in reactions with nucleophiles

Conclusions We discovered 1,2-rearrangements of N-chloro-N-alkoxyamines with migration of phenyl, alkyl, and carbomethoxy groups to the nitrogen atom.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1065–1069, May, 1981.     

Kumada-Corriu reactions of alkyl halides with alkynyl nucleophiles

[reaction: see text] Pd(2)(dba)(3)-Ph(3)P-catalyzed Kumada-Corriu coupling reactions of unactivated alkyl bromides or iodides with an alkynyl nucleophile furnish C(sp)-C(sp)3 bond formation. Alkynyl nucleophiles can be alkynyllithiums or the corresponding Grignard reagents. The superior performance of Ph(3)P ligand over the trialkylphosphine ligands indicates that this cross-coupling reaction may be a reductive-elimination-controlled process.