Direct formation of functionalized ketones via the coupling of functionalized organocopper reagents with acid chlorides

Highly reactive copper solutions have been prepared by the lithium naphthalide reduction of a copper(I) iodide/triphenyl-phosphine complex. These copper solutions react rapidly with functionalized alkyl halides to give organocopper reagents which have been effectively trapped with acid chlorides giving functionalized ketones in good yields. Ester, nitrile, chloride, remote epoxide, and, to some degree, ketone groups can be tolerated by this approach.     

A convenient method for preparing aromatic ketones from acyl chlorides and arylboronic acids via Suzuki-Miyaura type coupling reaction

Aromatic ketones are synthesized efficiently via palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of boronic acids with acyl chlorides in the presence of K₃PO₄ hydrate in toluene. This allows the use of aliphatic acyl chlorides as the starting material. Hydrated water plays a significant role as an H₂O source to activate the catalytic system.     

Preparation of aryl ketones via Ni-catalyzed Negishi-coupling reactions with acid chlorides

A Ni-catalyst-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of organozinc reagents with acid chlorides has been successfully developed. Mild reaction conditions were required to complete the coupling reactions affording the corresponding aryl ketones in good to excellent yields.     

A novel pyrrole synthesis via reaction of ketones with N-aminoimides

A new, mild synthesis of pyrroles using N-aminoimides and a ketone is described. The reaction has been utilized in the synthesis of dimeric morphinans containing a connecting pyrrole ring. The reaction appears to proceed through a diacylhydrazone intermediate, and it is suggested that the driving force behind the reaction is the facility with which a protonated imide moiety operates as a leaving group.     

An efficient synthesis of cyclopropyl silyl ketones

The reaction of silylcyclopropyl bromides with dichloromethyl methyl ether in the presence of n-butyllithium is investigated. Under basic reaction conditions, the corresponding cyclopropylidene derivatives are exclusively obtained. The resulting cyclopropylidene compounds are subjected to protonolysis or trapping with electrophiles in a one-pot to give the cyclopropyl silyl ketone derivatives in good yields. Acidic treatment of derived cyclopropyl silyl ketone allows isomerization to give the thermodynamically favorable trans form exclusively.     

A versatile method for the synthesis of diaryl and alkyl aryl ketones via palladium‐catalysed cross‐coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with acyl chlorides

An efficient catalytic system using 1‐benzyl‐4‐aza‐1‐azoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane chloride and PdCl₂ was developed for the cross‐coupling reaction of arylboronic acids with acyl chlorides. The catalytic amount of this homogeneous catalytic system affords the corresponding diaryl and alkyl aryl ketones in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new synthesis of pyrrolidines via imino-aldol reaction of (2-trimethylsilylmethyl)cyclopropyl ketones with imines

A new synthesis of 2,3,5-trisubstituted pyrrolidines from the imino-aldols formed from Lewis acid-mediated reactions of (2-trimethylsilylmethyl)cyclopropyl ketones with benzylimines is described. The ring closure of the imino-aldols formed from the benzylimines of 2-chloro-, 2-fluoro-, and 2-trifluoromethylbenzaldehydes proceeds with predominantly 2,5-anti selectivity to generate the corresponding pyrrolidines in moderate yields.     

A stereocontrolled synthesis of delta-trans-tocotrienoloic acid

[reaction: see text] A concise stereoselective total synthesis of a naturally occurring polymerase beta inhibitor, delta-trans-tocotrienoloic acid (2), is described. The key step in the synthesis is an acid-catalyzed cyclodehydration reaction. Additionally, this report corrects a previously reported structural assignment, defines the absolute stereochemistry of 2, and defines key structural requirements for polymerase beta inhibition.     

A novel stereocontrolled synthesis of enantiopure bicyclic lactams

A study on the reactivity of 3,4-dihydro-2-pyridones 9, derived from (S)-phenylglycinol, toward different bases is presented. Using a catalytic amount of bases, the cis bicyclic lactams were obtained with excellent diastereoselectivities.     

Microwave-promoted cross-coupling of acid chlorides with arylboronic acids: a convenient method for preparing aromatic ketones

Simple catalytic systems for cross-coupling reactions of acyl chlorides with arylboronic acids under microwave conditions were tested. Microwave irradiation facilitated the reaction course. Mild reaction conditions afford the symmetrical and unsymmetrical aryl ketones in reasonable to high yields within a short time. A wide range of substrates bearing an electron-donating or an electron-withdrawing substituent on aryl ring of acid chloride as well as on boronic acid were examined and high yields of ketones were produced.     

低价钛引起的酰氯与脂肪酮的还原偶联反应

在低价钛(TiCl4-Zn)试剂作用下, 酰氯与两分子脂肪酮发生分子间交叉还原偶联反应生成烯烃3。     

A systematic study of the hydride reduction of cyclopropyl ketones with structurally simplified substrates. highly stereoselective reductions of trans-substituted cyclopropyl ketones via the bisected s-cis conformation

The stereoselective hydride reduction of the cis- and trans-substituted cyclopropyl ketones was systematically investigated using a series of structurally simplified substrates, trans-[tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethyl]cyclopropyl ketones 1a-e and trans-(benzyloxymethyl)cyclopropyl methyl ketone (2), and the corresponding cis congeners 3a,b,e and 4. The results showed that, not only in the reduction of the cis-substituted cyclopropyl ketones but also in that of the trans-substituted ketones, high stereoselectivity can be realized when the substrate has a bulky substituent on the cyclopropane ring, even though it is attached to the position trans to the acyl moiety. Ab initio calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) of cyclopropyl ketones showed that (1) the bisected s-cis and s-trans conformers were the only two minimum energy conformers, while the s-cis conformer was more stable than the s-trans and (2) a bulky alkyl group in the acyl moiety and a cis substituent on the cyclopropane ring made the bisected s-cis conformer much more stable. On the basis of these calculations and experimental results, it is likely that the more stable the bisected s-cis conformer of the substrate, the more stereoselective the hydride reduction. Thus, the stereochemistry can be explained by hydride attack on the bisected s-cis conformation of the substrate from the less-hindered face. The predictability of the stereochemical results is predicated on the bisected s-cis transition-state model, which is very important from the viewpoint of synthetic organic chemistry.     

A novel synthesis, including asymmetric synthesis, of α-quaternary α-amino acid methyl esters from ketones via sulfinyloxiranes

Sulfinyloxiranes were synthesized from ketones and chloromethyl p-tolyl sulfoxide in two steps in almost quantitative yields. The sulfinyloxiranes were treated with NaN₃ in the presence of NH₄Cl to afford α-azido aldehydes, which were oxidized with iodine in the presence of KOH in methanol to give α-azido methyl esters in good overall yields. Catalytic hydrogenation of the α-azido esters afforded α-quaternary α-amino acid methyl esters in quantitative yields. Starting from β-tetralone and optically pure (R)-chloromethyl p-tolyl sulfoxide, an asymmetric synthesis of optically pure (R)-(+)-methyl 2-aminotetraline-2-carboxylate was realized in good overall yields.     

A convenient synthesis of coumarin-3-carboxylic acids via Knoevenagel condensation of Meldrum's acid with ortho-hydroxyaryl aldehydes or ketones

Coumarin-3-carboxylic acids were obtained in high yields with excellent purity from ortho-hydroxybenzaldehydes and Meldrum's acid after a 2 h reflux in ethanol. The less reactive ketones were first reacted with alcoholic ammonia to form ketimines, which were then condensed with Meldrum's acid to generate 4-alkylcoumarin-3-carboxylic acids in moderate yields.     

Ketone formation via mild nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of alkyl halides with aryl acid chlorides

The present work highlights unprecedented Ni-catalyzed reductive coupling of unactivated alkyl iodides with aryl acid chlorides to efficiently generate alkyl aryl ketones under mild conditions.     

A remarkably efficient coupling of acid chlorides with alkynes in water

[reaction: see text] A highly effective direct coupling of acid chloride with terminal alkynes catalyzed by PdCl(2)(PPh(3))(2)/CuI together with a catalytic amount of sodium lauryl sulfate as the surfactant and K(2)CO(3) as the base provided ynones in high yields in water.