Fine synthetic nucleoside chemistry based on nucleoside natural products synthesis

Synthetic nucleoside chemistry based on nucleoside natural products synthesis were described. First, a samarium diiodide (SmI 2)-promoted aldol reaction with the use of alpha-phenylthioketone as an enolate was developed. The characteristics of this reaction are that the enolate can be regioselectively generated and the aldol reaction proceeds under near neutral condition. This reaction is proved to be a powerful reaction for the synthesis of complex nucleoside natural products, and herbicidin B and fully protected tunicaminyluracil, which were undecose nucleoside natural products, were synthesized. Next, the synthetic methodology of the caprazamycins, which are promising antibacterial nucleoside natural products, was also developed by the strategy including beta-selective ribosylation without using a neighboring group participation. Our synthetic route provided a range of key analogues with partial structures to define the pharmacophore. Simplification of the caprazamycins was further pursued to develop diketopiperazine analogs.     

Electrophile-induced cyclization/migration reaction for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-5-iodopyran-4-one

A novel method for the construction of 2,3-dihydro-5-iodopyran-4-one through a domino cyclization/migration reaction of 1-alkynyl-2,3-epoxy alcohol was developed. Wet solvent is essential for this reaction. The resulting iodine-containing product can be readily elaborated to more complex products by using known organopalladium chemistry.     

Unprecedented palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alpha-bromo sulfoxides with boronic acids

[reaction: see text] A new Suzuki-type palladium-catalyzed reaction of boronic acids with alpha-bromo sulfoxides has been developed using a protocol similar to the well-documented reaction of boronic acids with aryl halides. Both cross-coupling and homocoupling processes were observed. The best yields in cross-coupling products were obtained when the presence of oxygen was carefully excluded using degassed solvents. The oxidative addition palladium complex intermediate could be isolated and characterized by X-ray single-crystal diffraction.     

Biomimetic studies on polyenes

The crispatenes and SNF4435 C&D are complex polypropionate derived natural products. The core structures of these compounds along with a complex unnatural structure can be easily prepared from a common polyene precursor simply by variation of the reaction conditions. The reaction pathways provide insight into the biosynthesis of these complex natural products.     

Suzuki reaction of bromoallenes with arylboronic acids using an air-stable palladium complex Pd(Ph_2PCH_2CO_2)_2 as a precatalyst

<正>Suzuki reaction of bromoallenes with arylboronic acids was successfully performed by using an air-stable hemilabile P-O coordinated cyclopalladated complex Pd(Ph_2PCH_2CO_2)_2 as a precatalyst,and the corresponding coupling products were obtained in satisfactory to excellent yields.All products are unknown compounds which were characterized by ~1H NMR,~(13)C NMR,IR,and HRMS.     

SiH3与NO2反应机理的理论研究

The reaction between silyl radicals and nitric oxide was studied by using the B3LYP/6 311G and the high-level electron-correlation CCSD(T)/6-311G methods. The geometries for reactants, the transition states and the products were completely optimized. All the transition states are verified by the vibrational analysis and the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) calculations. The results show that the reaction is via multi-channel and multi-step. Five products may be formed via the complex reaction channels, i.e. association, H-shift and dissociation.     

Non‐Heme‐Type Ruthenium Catalyzed Chemo‐ and Site‐Selective C−H Oxidation

Herein, we developed a Ru(II)(BPGA) complex that could be used to catalyze chemo‐ and site‐selective C?H oxidation. The described ruthenium complex was designed by replacing one pyridyl group on tris(2‐pyridylmethyl)amine with an electron‐donating amide ligand that was critical for promoting this type of reaction. More importantly, higher reactivities and better chemo‐, and site‐selectivities were observed for reactions using the cis‐ruthenium complex rather than the trans‐one. This reaction could be used to convert sterically less hindered methyne and/or methylene C?H bonds of a various organic substrates, including natural products, into valuable alcohol or ketone products.     

Multicomponent Double Diels–Alder/Nazarov Tandem Cyclization of Symmetric Cross‐Conjugated Diynones to Generate [6‐5‐6] Tricyclic Products

The construction of complex polycyclic terpenoid products in an efficient and step‐economical manner using multicomponent and tandem processes is highly valuable. Herein, we report a tandem cyclization sequence that initiates with a multicomponent double Diels–Alder reaction of cross‐conjugated diynones, followed by a Nazarov cyclization to efficiently produce [6‐5‐6] tricyclic products with excellent regio‐ and diastereoselectivity. This methodology generates five new carbon–carbon bonds, three rings, quaternary or vicinal quaternary carbons, and stereogenic centers in a one‐pot reaction.     

Mizoroki-Heck arylation of alpha,beta-unsaturated acids with a hybrid fluorous ether, F-626: facile filtrative separation of products and efficient recycling of a reaction medium containing a catalyst

The Mizoroki-Heck reaction was carried out using a fluorous ether F-626 as the solvent and a fluorous Pd carbene complex as the catalyst. When carboxylic acids are the products, separation of both the F-626 and the Pd catalyst from the products can be conveniently carried out by simple filtration. The F-626 filtrates containing the Pd catalyst can be recycled.     

Oxirane synthesis from diazocarbonyl compounds via NHC-Ag catalysis

A new method was developed to synthesize oxirane products from the reaction of diazocarbonyl substrates with aryl aldehydes by using Ag(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complex as the catalyst. A combination of N-heterocyclic carbene silver complex (IPrAgCl) with another silver salt (AgOTf) generated the catalytic active IPr-Ag⁺ intermediate, which then catalyzed the epoxidation reaction.     

A mechanistic alternative for the intramolecular hydroboration of homoallylic amine and phosphine borane complexes

Intramolecular hydroboration is demonstrated starting from homoallylic amine boranes upon activation by iodine. The process involves a B-iodoborane complex as the intermediate and may occur via internal displacement of iodide by the alkene to generate a cationic borane-alkene pi-complex on the way to hydroboration products. The reaction can be carried out using a catalytic amount of iodine.     

Highly enantioselective addition of phenylacetylene to aldehydes catalyzed by a camphorsulfonamide ligand

The asymmetric addition of phenylacetylene to aldehydes was carried out by using a camphorsulfonamide titanium complex as a catalyst. The reactions proceeded under mild conditions and gave the products with good yields and high ees. This system is very useful for the synthesis of chiral propargylic alcohol. [reaction: see text]     

Enantioselective cyanation/Brook rearrangement/C-acylation reactions of acylsilanes catalyzed by chiral metal alkoxides

New catalytic enantioselective cyanation/1,2-Brook rearrangement/C-acylation reactions of acylsilanes (4) with cyanoformate esters (7) are described. The products of the reaction are fully substituted malonic acid derivatives (8). Catalysts for this transformation were discovered via a directed candidate screen of 96 metal-ligand complexes. Optimization of a (salen)aluminum complex revealed significant remote electronic effects and concentration effects. The scope of the reaction was investigated by using a number of aryl acylsilanes and cyanoformate esters. Chemoselective reduction of the reaction products (8) afforded new enantioenriched alpha-hydroxy-alpha-aryl-beta-amino acid derivatives (32-34) and beta-lactams (35 and 36). This reaction provides a simple method for the construction of new nitrogen-containing enantioenriched chiral building blocks.     

Visible light induced oxygenation of cyclohexene with activation of water sensitized by dihydroxy coordinated tetraphenyloprphyrinatotin(IV)

Visible light irradiation of a reaction mixture containing dihydroxy coordinated tetraphenylporphyrinatotin(IV), cyclohexene and potassium hexachloroplatinate induced oxygenation of the cyclohexene under degassed conditions. In the reaction system, a water molecule served as the oxygen donor. Cyclohex-2-enol, 1,2-dichlorocyclohexane and 2-chlorocyclohexanol were the major oxidation products and the quantum yield was around 0.1. An experiment using H₂ ¹⁸O revealed that an ¹⁸O atom was quantitatively incorporated into the oxygenated products. The reaction was initially induced by an electron transfer from an excited triplet porphyrin to potassium hexachloroplatinate producing a cation radical of the porphyrin. Metal-oxo type complexes formed through deprotonation of the hydroxy group of the porphyrin cation radical were key reactive intermediates reacting with cyclohexene. Two kinds of the metal-oxo type complex reactive intermediate were kinetically demonstrated to be involved in the reaction system, producing different oxidation products from cyclohexene.     

Oxidative Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H bond amination to carbazole at ambient temperature

We report a new Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H bond amination reaction to form carbazoles, an important motif that is prevalent in a range of systems. The catalytic amination process operates under extremely mild conditions and produces carbazole products in good to excellent yields. Carbazoles possessing complex molecular architecture can also be formed using this reaction, highlighting its potential in natural product synthesis applications. Preliminary mechanistic investigations reveal the reaction proceeds through a Pd(II)/Pd(IV) manifold and that reductive elimination from a high oxidation state Pd(IV) complex facilitates the mild conditions of this transformation.     

A novel approach toward asymmetric synthesis of alcohol functionalized C-chiral diphosphines via two-stage hydrophosphination of terminal alkynols

Alcohol functionalized diphosphine ligands with chirality residing on the carbon backbone were prepared using a novel two-stage asymmetric synthetic methodology from the corresponding terminal alkynols. Under mild conditions, the alkynols, 3-butyn-1-ol and 2-propyn-1-ol, were subjected to direct hydrophosphination to give the corresponding Markovnikov addition products. The phosphine functionalized alkenols thus obtained were subsequently subjected to a second-stage asymmetric hydrophosphination employing an organopalladium complex containing the ortho-metalated (R)-(1-(dimethylamino)ethyl)naphthalene as a chiral auxiliary and reaction promoter. In the reaction that involved 3-diphenylphosphanyl-but-3-en-1-ol, all four possible stereoisomeric products were generated stereoselectively in the ratio of 1:2:4:18. The major isomer was subsequently isolated in appreciable yield in its configurationally pure form and characterized by means of single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The naphthylamine auxiliary could be removed chemoselectively from the template product by treatment with concentrated hydrochloric acid to form the corresponding optically pure neutral complex. Subsequent ligand displacement from the palladium achieved using aqueous potassium cyanide generated the optically pure diphosphine ligand with chirality residing on the carbon backbone in appreciable yield. However, the similar asymmetric hydrophosphination reaction involving 2-diphenylphosphanyl-prop-2-en-1-ol did not exhibit appreciable selectivity.     

水溶性salen-Co(Ⅲ)配合物催化的端炔水合反应

报道了一种用于端炔水合反应的水溶性salen-Co(III)配合物催化剂,在使用硫酸作为共催化剂的条件下能高效得到产物甲基酮.该催化剂用量少,反应结束后可利用简单的萃取实现产物与催化剂分离,简化了后处理过程.此外,催化剂还可回收重复使用,但催化剂活性会略有下降.     

Mechanistic and spectroscopic investigations of oxidative degradation of aspirin by aqueous alkaline permanganate

The kinetics of oxidation of aspirin (ASP) by permanganate in alkaline medium at a constant ionic strength of 0.06 mol dm⁻³ was studied spectrophotometrically using a rapid kinetic accessory. The reaction between permanganate and aspirin in alkaline medium exhibited 1:4 stoichiometry (aspirin: permanganate). The reaction was of first order in [permanganate ion] and had less than unit order in both [ASP] and [alkali]. A decrease in the dielectric constant of the medium decreased the rate of reaction. The effect of added products and ionic strength of the reaction medium have been investigated. The oxidation reaction in alkaline medium has been shown to proceed via a permanganate–aspirin complex, which decomposes slowly in a rate determining step followed by other fast steps to give the products. The main products were identified by spot test and spectroscopic studies. A suitable mechanism is proposed. The reaction constants involved in the different steps of the mechanism were derived. The activation parameters with respect to the slow step of the mechanism were computed and discussed and thermodynamic quantities were also determined.     

A new entry to Pd-H chemistry: catalytic asymmetric conjugate reduction of enones with EtOH and a highly enantioselective synthesis of warfarin

[reaction: see text] We report here the catalytic asymmetric conjugate reduction of enones using ethanol as a hydride source. The reaction was carried out in the presence of a chiral Pd complex at ambient temperature in ethanol, and the desired products were obtained in high chemical yield and high enantioselectivity. We applied this novel reaction to the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of warfarin (96% ee), and on the basis of d-labeling experiments, the reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Electrophilic cyclization of 3-alkynyl-4-chalcogen-2-H-chromenes: synthesis of 3-halo-chalcogenophene[3,2-c]chromene derivatives

An efficient synthesis of 3-halo-chalcogenophene[3,2-c]chromene has been accomplished via electrophilic cyclization reaction of 3-alkynyl-4-chalcogen-2H-chromene using I₂, PhSeBr, and BuTeBr₃ as electrophilic sources. The cyclization reaction proceeded cleanly under mild reaction conditions, and 3-halochalcogen-chromenes were formed in good yields. In addition, the obtained 3-iodo-chalcogenophene-chromenes were readily transformed to more complex products using a metal-halogen exchange reaction with n-BuLi and trapping the lithium-intermediate formed with aldehyde, furnishing the desired secondary alcohol in good yield. Conversely, using the palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with terminal alkynes and boronic acid, we were able to obtain the Sonogashira and Suzuki type products in good yields.