Water Promoted Michael Addition of Secondary Amines to α, β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds Under Microwave Irradiation

A rapid Michael addition of secondary amines to α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been achieved in good to excellent yields in the presence of water under microwave irradiation. In the absence of water and under conventional method the reaction does not proceed or take place in very low yield after a long reaction time.     

Boric acid: a novel and safe catalyst for aza-Michael reactions in water

Boric acid efficiently catalyzes the conjugate addition of aliphatic amines to α,β-unsaturated compounds to produce β-amino compounds, with great alacrity and excellent yields, in water under mild conditions. Aromatic amines do not participate effectively in the reaction.     

Efficient Lewis Acids Catalyzed Aza-Michael Reactions of Enones with Carbamates

The β-amino carbonyl functionality is not only a segment of biologically important natural products but also a versatile intermediate for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds.1 The development of novel synthetic methods leading to β-amino ketone, β-amino acids or their derivatives has attracted much attention in organic synthesis.2 Among the traditional methods for generating β-amino carbonyl compounds, Mannich-type reaction is one of the classical and powerful methods.3 However,…     

Preparation and reactions of isocyano-1,3,5-triazines

The title compounds 3 were prepared in low yields from the carbylamine reaction of amino-1,3,5-triazines 1 under phase-transfer conditions. Isocyanotriazine 3a readily reacted with amines in the presence of copper salts to afford triazinylformamidines 4 , and also with active methylene compounds in the presence of base to afford addition products 5 and 6 , indicating the high electrophilicity of 3. The reactions of isocyanotriazine with electrophiles such as carbonyl compounds and bromine are also described.     

Magnesium perchlorate as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones

Magnesium perchlorate has been found to be an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of imines and phenylhydrazones by the reaction of carbonyl compounds with amines and phenylhydrazine in high yields at room temperatures and in short times. The condensation of less electrophilic carbonyl compounds with poorly nucleophilic amines affords the imines in excellent yields.     

二级胺与羰基化合物的一步还原烷基化

碲试剂作为还原剂已得到较广泛的应用,Yamashita、周洵钧将NaHTe用于羰基化合物还原胺化为二级胺,Kambe等近期用H_2Te还原烯胺、亚胺到相应的胺,我们曾用NaHTe将二级胺与羰基化合物还原烷基化。本文采用不同二级胺进一步研究发现,脂肪环胺与醛的反应效果较好,同一条件下烯胺也可被还原,反应条件温和,脯氨酸酯还原烷基化的产物不发生明显消旋化(表1,3),可应用于氨基酸类反应。     

Silica Boron Sulfuric Acid Nanoparticles: As an Efficient and Reusable Catalyst for the Large‐Scale Synthesis of α‐Amino Nitriles Using the Strecker Reaction

A highly efficient and green procedure for the large‐scale synthesis of α‐amino nitriles using three‐component condensation of carbonyl compounds, amines, and trimethylsilylcyanide has been developed. Silica boron sulfuric acid nanoparticles (SBSANs) are found as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the promotion of this process at room temperature under solvent‐free conditions. This protocol offers an effective and scale‐up procedure for the synthesis of various α‐amino nitriles using a wide range of amines and carbonyl compounds in relatively short reaction time with the excellent isolated yields. In addition, the SBSAN catalyst is easily separated from the reaction mixture by simple filtration and can be reused several times. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 24:1–8, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com . DOI 10.1002/hc.21052     

One-pot Three-component Mannich Reaction Catalyzed by 2-Hydroxylpyridine

An effcient synthetic protocol for the β-amino carbonyl compounds was developed via one-pot three-component Mannich reaction of aromatic aldehydes, aromatic amines and cyclohexanone catalyzed by 2-hydroxylpy-ridine under mild reaction conditions. β-Amino carbonyl compounds were obtained in moderate to good yields and reasonable diastereoselectivities. The effects of different solvents, catalyst amounts and the scope of different substrates on the Mannich reactions were investigated. The plausible reaction mechanism was also discussed.     

Green Aza-Michael Reaction of Aliphatic Amines to á,(a)-Unsaturated Compounds in Water

The hydroamination of olefins is a long-standing goal for transition metal catalysis. And the metal-catalyzed addition of amines to carbon-carbon double bonds is an unsolved, synthetically important problem. Although recent advances have made using lanthanide and precious metal complexes, there are few excellent catalyst that display broad functional group tolerance and useful rates for an intermolecular aza-Michael addition. As such, the development of efficient synthetic methods leading to a-amino carbonyl compounds and derivatives has attracted much attention in organic synthesis. Although recent advances have made this route more attractive, development of cheaper, simpler, and more efficient metal catalyst is highly desirable. We also have been interested in developing a reaction that uses catalytic quantities of minimally toxic, readily available, economic reagent should greatly contribute to the creation of environmental benign processes.The recent interest in aqueous medium metal-mediated carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom and formations led to the contributors for such reactions. Furthermore, development of organic reactions in water will contribute to the progress of green and quasi-nature catalysis chemistry. Surprisingly however, there is few report on conjugate additions of amines to a,a-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in water.Herein, we report a new protocol that employs air stable copper salts as efficient catalyst in the aza-Michael reaction under mild reaction conditions. Advantages of the protocol include high-yielding reactions that can be conducted at ambient temperature; the use of readily available and stable copper salts as the catalyst, and the reaction was successfully performed in environmental benign solvent, water.Finally, we have utilized a variety of aliphatic amines successfully with different á,(a)-unsaturated compounds catalyzed by simple hydrophilic ionic liquid, bmimBF4 in water. Interestingly, all the aliphatic amines gave almost quantitative in yield with á,(a)-ethylenic compounds. The present reactions with its mild reaction conditions open a novel entry to synthesis of a-amino carbonyl compounds by simple procedure.     

Chemoselective Synthesis of Substituted Imines,Secondary Amines,and β‐Amino Carbonyl Compounds from Nitroaromatics through Cascade Reactions on Gold Catalysts

Substituted imines, α,β‐unsaturated imines, substituted secondary amines, and β‐amino carbonyl compounds have been synthesized by means of new cascade reactions with mono‐ or bifunctional gold‐based solid catalysts under mild reaction conditions. The related synthetic route involves the hydrogenation of a nitroaromatic compound in the presence of a second reactant such as an aldehyde, α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compound, or alkyne, which circumvents an ex situ reduction process for producing the aromatic amine. The process is shown to be highly selective towards other competing groups, such as double bonds, carbonyls, halogens, nitriles, or cinnamates, and thereby allows the synthesis of different substituted nitrogenated compounds. For the preparation of imines, substituted anilines are formed and condensed in situ with aldehydes to provide the final product through two tandem reactions. High chemoselectivity is observed, for instance, when double bonds or halides are present within the reactants. In addition, we show that the Au/TiO₂ system is also able to catalyze the chemoselective hydrogenation of imines, so that secondary amines can be prepared directly through a three‐step cascade reaction by starting from nitroaromatic compounds and aldehydes. On the other hand, Au/TiO₂ can also be used as a bifunctional catalyst to obtain substituted β‐amino carbonyl compounds from nitroaromatics and α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Whereas gold sites promote the in situ formation of anilines, the intrinsic acidity of Ti species on the support surface accelerates the subsequent Michael addition. Finally, two gold‐catalyzed reactions, that is, the hydrogenation of nitro groups and a hydroamination, have been coupled to synthesize additional substituted imines from nitroaromatic compounds and alkynes.     

Amine-catalyzed addition of azide ion to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

[formula: see text] A new protocol for the beta-azidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is described. The method employs tertiary amines as catalysts for azide addition. The azide source is a 1:1 mixture of TMSN3 and AcOH. Tertiary amines, either in solution or bound to a solid support, are efficient catalysts for the reaction.     

区域选择性羰基化反应研究进展

羰基化反应是指在催化剂存在的条件下,将羰基(C=O)引入到底物分子(如不饱和烃、烷基卤化物、醇、胺等)中的转化过程.羰基化反应是制备羰基化合物的重要途径,能提供高附加值、高纯度的含羰化合物.我们首先综述了羰基化反应的发展历史,随后介绍了氢甲酰化反应、氢羧基化反应、氢酯化反应、胺羰基化反应等几类羰基化反应,尤其重点关注这几类反应区域选择性调控手段.最后对区域选择性羰基化反应未来发展方向和趋势进行了展望.     

An Efficient Synthesis of 1,3‐Diphenyl‐3‐phenylamino‐propan‐1‐one and its Derivatives by Mannich Reaction in the Presence of Doped Porous Carbon by Nitrogen and Sulfur (NS‐PCS) as Catalyst

Synthesis of β‐amino carbonyl compounds by Mannich reaction involves the creation of various bonds in a single action and is attracting great attention as one of the most powerful synthetic tools for the expansion of molecular convolution and versatility. Carbon spheres (CSs) combine the advantages of carbon materials with spherical colloids, which gives them several inimitable features as catalysts. In this work, the reaction between acetophenone, aromatic aldehydes, and aromatic amines has been efficiently catalyzed by porous carbon spheres which were doped by nitrogen and sulfur (NS‐PCS) at ambient temperature to give diverse β‐amino carbonyl compounds in nearly high yields.     

Solvent‐free synthesis of pyrrole derivatives

A one‐pot synthesis of pyrrole derivatives via reaction between activated carbonyl compounds, primary amines, and 1,3‐dicarbonyls under solvent‐free conditions is described. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2012).     

One-pot three-component Mannich reaction catalyzed by iodine under solvent-free conditions

One-pot three-component Mannich reactions of ketones with aromatic aldehydes and aromatic amines are effectively catalyzed by molecular iodine at room temperature under solvent-free conditions to afford the corresponding β-amino carbonyl compounds with moderate to excellent yields. The method has the following advantages: no use of solvent, mild condition, high reaction speed and small quantity of catalyst.     

High performance of nitrogen-doped carbon-supported cobalt catalyst for the mild and selective synthesis of primary amines

A nitrogen-doped carbon-supported Co catalyst (Co/N-C-800) was discovered to be highly active for the reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with NH₃ and the hydrogenation of nitriles into primary amines using H₂ as the hydrogen source. Structurally diverse carbonyl compounds were selectively transformed into primary amines with good to excellent yields (82.8–99.6%) under mild conditions. The Co/N-C-800 catalyst showed comparable or better catalytic performance than the reported noble metal catalysts. The Co/N-C-800 catalyst also showed high activity for the hydrogenation of nitriles, affording the corresponding primary amines with high yields (81.7–99.0%). An overall reaction mechanism is proposed for the reductive amination of benzaldehyde and the hydrogenation of benzonitrile, which involves the same intermediates of phenylmethanimine and N-benzylidenebenzylamine.     

Reductive Amination without an External Hydrogen Source

A method of reductive amination without an external hydrogen source is reported. Carbon monoxide is used as the reductant. The reaction proceeds efficiently for a variety of carbonyl compounds and amines at low catalyst loadings and is mechanistically interesting as it does not seem to involve molecular hydrogen.     

Natural phosphate and potassium fluoride doped natural phosphate: efficient catalysts for the construction of a carbon-nitrogen bond

The application of natural phosphates doped with potassium fluoride as heterogeneous catalysts for the Michael addition of aromatic and aliphatic amines to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is presented. The natural phosphate catalyst can be regenerated and reused without loss of activity, which makes it an attractive alternative to homogeneous basic reagents. Doping natural phosphate with potassium fluoride significantly enhances the rate and yield of the reaction.     

Aryl Nitro Reduction with Iron Powder or Stannous Chloride under Ultrasonic Irradiation

The selective reduction of aryl nitro compounds in the presence of sensitive functionalities, including halide, carbonyl, nitrile, and ester substituents, under ultrasonic irradiation at 35 kHz is reported in yields of 39–98%. Iron powder proved superior to stannous chloride with high tolerance of sensitive functional groups and high yields of the desired aryl amines in relatively short reaction times. Simple experimental procedure and purification also make the iron reduction of aryl nitro compounds advantageous over other methods of reduction.     

ON THE NATURE OF THE NUCLEOPHILE IN THE MIXTURE OF PHOSPHITES AND AMINES

Abstract

It is now commonly accepted that in the presence of strong bases (like metal alcoholates) an equilibrium between phosphite and phosphonate forms of dialkyl phosphites exists and that the phosphite form is highly reactive in the reaction with carbonyl compounds. There is a controversy on the structure of the active form of the phosphite when the addition is catalyzed by amines. We have found that aliphatic amines and dialkyl phoshites form a complex which is a reactive species. Its stoichiometry depends on the nature of the solvent.