First Isolation and Characterization of the Highly Coordinated Group 14 Enolates: Effects of the Coordination Controls on the Geometry and Tautomerization of Germyl Enolates

The Group 14 enolates play an important part in many organic reactions. Herein, the reduction of an α‐bromo ketone with germanium(II) salts cleanly afforded the corresponding germyl enolate as an isolatable species. This experimental reductive generation of a germyl enolate enabled us to characterize both C‐ and O‐bound tautomers derived from an identical precursor and to unveil the tautomeric mechanisms, including the kinetic parameters and the relative stability of these tautomers, along with confirmation from DFT calculations. Moreover, the highly coordinated germyl enolates were isolated by a stabilization process induced by adding ligands. All products were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X‐ray crystallography.     

Synthesis of β‐Lactams: α‐Chloro and α‐Cyano β‐Lactams by Condensation of Imines with Titanium Ester Enolates Derived from Chloro and Cyano Ethyl Acetates

Abstract

α‐Cyano and α‐chloro β‐lactams are obtained in a one‐step reaction at a temperature of less than ?78°C by condensation of imines with ester enolates derived from ethyl α‐cyano and α‐chloro acetates.     

Hydroxylated terphenylphosphine ligands for palladium-catalyzed ortho-selective cross-coupling of dibromophenols, dibromoanilines, and their congeners with Grignard reagents

p-Terphenylphosphines bearing one or two hydroxy groups were used as ligands to palladium in the cross-coupling of dibromophenols, dibromoanilines, and their congeners with Grignard reagents. High ortho-selectivity that cannot be achieved using other phosphine ligands was observed. ortho-Preference was also observed in competitive cross-coupling reactions of two substrates. A significant effect of the concentration of the Grignard reagent on the ortho-selectivity was observed, when the hydroxylated terphenylphosphines were used. Kinetic studies on this effect showed that high concentrations of the Grignard reagent retard the cross-coupling reaction only at the para-position, but not at the ortho-position.     

A new reagent system for installation of an aryl group onto the monoacetate of 4-cyclopentene-1,3-diol

Among the three types of reagents from PhMgX (X=Br, Cl) and CuCN for phenylation of 4-cyclopentene-1,3-diol monoacetate, PhMgCl/CuCN (cat.) and Ph₂Cu(CN)(MgCl)₂ in THF afforded the trans-1,4-isomer efficiently (82-87% yields, 91-93% regioselectivity). Similarly, o- and p-RC₆H₄MgCl (R=Me, OMe, CH₂CH) in combination with CuCN furnished good to excellent reactivity and regioselectivity. As an application, a three-step synthesis of dihydromultifidene was accomplished successfully.     

Selective Metallation of 3-Halothiophenes: Practical Methods for the Synthesis of 2-Bromo-3-formylthiophene

Selective lithiation of 3-bromothiophene was accomplished under controlled conditions without formation of undesired thienyllithium compounds. A thienyl Grignard reagent derived from 2-bromo-3-iodothiophene was transformed into 2-bromo-3-formylthiophene in high selectivity by formylation with dimethylformamide (DMF) at optimal reaction temperature.     

The metallation of imino(triphenyl)phosphorane by ethylmagnesium chloride: The synthesis, isolation and X-ray structure of [Ph3P=NMgCl·O=P(NMe2)3]2

Imino(triphenyl)phosphorane, Ph₃P=NH 1a, is metallated by ethylmagnesium chloride to give the N-magnesioiminophosphorane complex [Ph₃P=NMgCl·O=P(NMe₂)₃]₂ 4, whose X-ray structure has been determined.     

Studies on New Additions to 5-Methoxy-2 (5H)-Furanone: 1, 4-Addition of Grignard Reagents, and 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Silyl Nitronates

Recently, much effort has been made in the development of generally applicable organic synthesis of 5-alkyloxy-2(5H)-furanones due to their essential structure entities in the synthesis of some biologically active natural products and their application as useful intermediates in organic synthesis1. Their reactions such as Michael addition, Diels-Alder reaction and photocatalyzed conjugate addition have been studied extensively2-4.However, Michael addition reaction of Grignard reagents to 5-m…     

Convenient Method for the Preparation of the 2-Methyl Thiophen-3-yl Magnesium Bromide Lithium Chloride Complex and Its Application to the Synthesis of 3-Substituted 2-Methylthiophenes

Lithium chloride was found to accelerate formation of the Grignard reagent from inactive 3-bromo-2-methylthiophene (1) and commercial magnesium metal. Based on this finding, a convenient and potentially scalable preparation of ethyl 2-methylthiophene-3-carboxylate (3) was achieved. In addition, this process has been found to provide a new, general approach to 3-substituted 2-methylthiophenes.     

D‐Glucosamine in iron‐catalysed cross‐coupling reactions of Grignards with allylic and vinylic bromides: application to the synthesis of a key sitagliptin precursor

A sustainable D ‐glucosamine ligand is successfully introduced into iron‐catalysed C ? C cross‐coupling reactions for the first time. The Fe(acac)₂/D ‐glucosamine·HCl/Et₃N catalytic system was effective at 5 mol% loading in coupling reactions of Grignard reagents with organic bromides. Moderate to high efficiency was achieved with preserved stereochemistry when allyl (Csp³) or alkenyl (Csp²) bromides were coupled with phenylmagnesium (Csp²) or benzylmagnesium (Csp³) bromides. The catalytic system developed was also successfully applied for the novel and economic preparation of a Michael‐acceptor‐like starting material used in an alternative synthesis of the drug sitagliptin, a known blockbuster for the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An ab initio molecular orbital study of the grignard reagents CH3MgCl and [CH3MgCl]2: The Schlenk equilibrium

Ab initio molecular orbital calculations are used to study the modified Schlenk equilibrium: 2RMgCl (RMgCl)² MgR₂ + MgCl₂ Mg(Cl₂)MgR₂ with R=H and CH₃. In the absence of any solvents, calculations indicate that the formation of the various possible bridged dimers (RMgCl)₂ is substantially exothermic. However, using dimethylether as a model solvent, we show that the formation of the dimer (Me₂O)(CH₃)Mg(Cl₂)Mg(CH₃)(OMe₂) is exothermic only when entropic effects are included.     

Breaking the symmetry in the molecular motor family: synthesis of a dissymmetrized pentaphenyl cyclopentadienyl ligand and its ruthenium tris(indazolyl)borate complex

In order to demonstrate a movement of rotation in a family of rotary molecular motors, 1-bromo-1-(4-tolyl)-2,3,4,5-tetra(4-bromophenyl) cyclopentadiene has been synthesized. The coordination of this C_2v cyclopentadiene to a ruthenium trisindazolylborate complex and the quadruple coupling reaction with ethynylferrocene led to the dissymmetrized motor (1).     

α,α‐Dibromotoluene as a monomer for poly (substituted methylene) synthesis: Magnesium‐mediated polycondensation of α,α‐dibromotoluene and magnesium/copper‐mediated copolycondensation of α,α‐dibromotoluene with 1,6‐dibromohexane

α,α‐Dibromotoluene 1 was found to be polymerized by the reaction with excess Mg to give poly(phenylmethylene)s 2 , whose main chains were partially dehydrogenated to carbon–carbon double bonds (C?C). The C?Cs in 2 can be brominated by treatment with Br₂. The polymerization mechanism was presumed to include the formation of Grignard reagents of various species with benzylic C? Br bonds and the nucleophilic attacks of the Grignard reagents to various compounds with benzylic C? Br bonds. Copolymerization of 1 with dichlorodimethylsilane successfully proceeded. Mg/Cu‐mediated copolycondensation of 1 with 1,6‐dibromohexane proceeded to give polymers that have similar compositions to those of random copolymers of ethylene and styrene. © 2006Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 5661–5671, 2006     

综合型有机化学实验:4,4-二苯基-3-丁烯-2-酮的合成、纯化及表征

以乙酰乙酸乙酯为原料,利用酮羰基选择性保护及去保护的方法,制备4,4-二苯基-3-丁烯-2-酮。实验涉及无水无氧、减压蒸馏和柱色谱层析等操作。该实验合成路线成熟,产物易于纯化且产率高,结合了分子结构的波谱解析,对于学生有机合成实验能力的培养和加深对波谱理论知识的理解和应用,具有很好的教学效果。     

Adsorption of solvent and oxidant molecules on magnesium surface: effect on the electronic structure and reactivity of magnesium in reactions of Grignard reagent formation

The effect of adsorption of the oxidant (EtBr) and aprotic dipolar solvent molecules on the electronic structure and properties of Mg _n (n ≤ 50) clusters simulating the surface of metallic magnesium was studied by the B3PW91/6-31G(d) density functional method. It was found that the work function of an electron from the cluster monotonically decreases as the donor ability of the adsorbed molecules increases. The experimentally measured rate of the magnesium oxidation by EtBr correlates with the negative Mulliken charge density of the first coordination sphere of the surface adsorption site. The results obtained are in agreement with the experimentally determined work function of electron from metals during adsorption from the gas phase. Presumably, the rate-limiting step of the Grignard reagent formation is the surface oxidation reaction. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 458–469, March, 2008.     

Ordering the relative power of electrophilic fluorinating,trifluoromethylating, and trifluoromethylthiolating reagents: A summary of recent efforts

Electrophilic fluorination and fluoroalkylation are one of the most promising and efficient strategies in the synthesis of organofluorine compounds. The rapid progress of this field has been made possible by the emergence of a wide variety of power-variable, readily prepared, and easy-to-handle electrophilic fluorinating and fluoroalkylating reagents. Understanding the relative power of these reagents is thus vital for their use in synthetic transformations. This digest will outline some recent efforts to quantitatively ordering the relative power of electrophilic fluorinating, trifluoromethylating, and trifluoromethylthiolating reagents.     

Ab Initio and DFT Study of the Influence of the Allene Group on the Diels–Alder Reaction

Ab initio and DFT methods were used in combination with various basis sets in order to examine the [4 + 2] Diels–Alder cycloaddition reactions of ethene with 1,3-butadiene, 1,2,4-pentatriene, and 1,2,4,5-hexatetraene with a view to elucidating the role of the allene group in this type of pericyclic reaction. Based on the calculations, the insertion of an allene group decreases the activation energy and increases the exothermal character of the reaction. The decrease is even more marked in the presence of two allene groups, particularly with regard to the reaction enthalpy, which exhibits an additive effect.     

Development of a practical and sustainable strategy for the synthesis of ST1535 by an iron-catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling reaction

A simple, convenient, and environmentally friendly route to ST1535 employing an iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction and butylmagnesium chloride is described.