Highly efficient rhenium-catalyzed deoxygenation of sulfoxides without adding any reducing agent

This work reports a novel method for the deoxygenation of aromatic and aliphatic sulfoxides catalyzed by oxo-rhenium complexes without adding any reducing agent. The oxo-rhenium complex ReOCl₃(PPh₃)₂ proved to be very efficient for the deoxygenation of several sulfoxides with tolerance of different functional groups.     

Deoxygenation of sulfoxides, selenoxides, telluroxides, sulfones, selenones and tellurones with Mg-MeOH

The deoxygenation of a variety of sulfoxides, selenoxides, telluroxides, sulfones, selenones and tellurones has been reported with Mg-MeOH at room temperature in nearly quantitative yields. The deoxygenation is proposed to proceed by SET from Mg to the substrate.     

A Sulfoxide Reduction Method Using Low Valent Molybdenum Acetates

It has been demonstrated that molybdenum(III) ion is effective for deoxygenation of sulfoxides.¹ However, since this reagent was generated by treatment of molybdenyl chloride with zinc dust, the role of some suspended metal in the sulfoxide reduction cannot be assessed. In order to conclusively establish the reducing capability of low-valent molybdenum ions for sulfoxides we have carried out experiments with Mo species obtained in a manner that the suspicion of active metal participation is exonerated.     

Lewis acid-promoted electron transfer deoxygenation of epoxides, sulfoxides, and amine N-oxides: the role of low-valent niobium complexes from NbCl5 and Zn

A mild and operationally simple deoxygenation of epoxides, sulfoxides, and amine N-oxides is described using a sub-stoichiometric amount of low-valent niobium complexes generated in situ from commercially available NbCl₅ and zinc dust. The deoxygenation proceeds by a reductive cleavage of polarized O-C/O-N/O-S bonds through a single electron transfer from zinc metal to the niobium-substrate complex due to the high oxophilic nature of the niobium species. The presence of adjacent radical-stabilizing groups is beneficial to epoxide substrates; however the similar prerequisite does not apply to sulfoxides and amine N-oxides, where a broad range of substrates are efficiently deoxygenated in excellent yields.     

A mild protocol for the deoxygenation of α-hydrogen-containing sulfoxides to the corresponding sulfides

A mild method for the deoxygenation of α-hydrogen-containing sulfoxides to sulfides is reported. This synthetically useful and operationally simple protocol derives mechanistically from the Swern oxidation methodology.     

Silica–PSCl3: A Mild and Efficient Reagent for Deoxygenation of Sulfoxides

A new solid supported reagent, silica–PSCl₃, has been developed for deoxygenation of sulfoxides. With this reagent, conversion of sulfoxides to sulfides occurred cleanly and efficiently at room temperature. Facile isolation of the product was achieved by simple filtration of the by‐products without any extensive workup.     

异丙基溴化镁催化脱氧反应

格氏试剂通常以碳负离子形式对亲电试剂进行加成。但是有催化量的Cp_2TiCl_2存在时,具有β质子的烷基格氏试剂往往能发生还原反应或氢镁化反应。例如,使环氧键、碳氧双键、硅氧键、硅卤键、碳卤键、碳氮双键、碳氮三键、碳碳双键、碳碳三键等还原或氢镁化的反应已有报道。但是,对硫氧双键、氮氧键、磷氧双键和砷氧双键的     

The syntheses of sulfides by deoxygenation of sulfoxides using Woollins’ reagent

Woollins’ reagent (WR) acts as a deoxygenation reagent for a wide range of sulfoxides affording the corresponding sulfides in good to excellent yields (up to 99% isolated yield) under mild conditions.     

A new approach to the reduction of sulfoxides to sulfides with 1,3-dithiane in the presence of electrophilic bromine as catalyst

A new, mild, and novel method is described for the efficient deoxygenation of sulfoxides to their corresponding sulfides with 1,3-dithiane at room temperature in the presence of catalytic amounts of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), 2,4,4,6-tetrabromo-2,5-cyclohexadienone (TABCO), or Br(2) as the source of electrophilic bromine.     

Eliminative deoxygenation: the facile formation of α-trimethylsilyl vinyl sulfides from sulfoxides

Synthetically useful α-trimethylsilyl vinyl sulfides are generated in high yields by deoxygenation of the corresponding sulfoxides in the presence of excess LDA and trimethylsilyl chloride.     

Eliminative deoxygenation: A facile synthesis of α-cyano and α-carboalkoxy substituted vinyl sulfides

The faciIe eliminative deoxygenation of α-cyano and carboalkoxy sulfoxides by trimethylsilyl triflate under mildly basic conditions results in the formation of α-thiophenyl substituted α,β-unsaturated nitriles and esters in high yields.     

The deoxygenation of sulfoxide mediated by the Ph3P/Lewis acid combination and the application to the kinetic resolution of racemic phosphines using optically active sulfoxide

It was found that the combination of Ph₃P/TiCl₄ was an effective promoter for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides and gave the corresponding sulfides in good yield (up to 97%) under mild conditions. This method was applied to the reaction between racemic phosphines and (R)-methyl p-tolyl sulfoxide, and it was found that the kinetic resolution was achieved in moderate selectivities.     

Stereoselective reductase-catalysed deoxygenation of sulfoxides in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria

Direct and indirect evidence, of unexpected stereoselective reductase-catalysed deoxygenations of sulfoxides, was found. The deoxygenations proceeded simultaneously, with the expected dioxygenase-catalysed asymmetric sulfoxidation of sulfides, during some biotransformations with the aerobic bacterium Pseudomonas putida UV4. Stereoselective reductase-catalysed asymmetric deoxygenation of racemic alkylaryl, dialkyl and phenolic sulfoxides was observed, without evidence of the reverse sulfoxidation reaction, using anaerobic bacterial strains. A purified dimethyl sulfoxide reductase, obtained from the intact cells of the anaerobic bacterium Citrobacter braakii DMSO 11, yielded, from the corresponding racemates, enantiopure alkylaryl sulfoxide and thiosulfinate samples.     

Homolytic Cleavage of a B−B Bond by the Cooperative Catalysis of Two Lewis Bases: Computational Design and Experimental Verification

Density functional theory (DFT) investigations revealed that 4‐cyanopyridine was capable of homolytically cleaving the B?B σ bond of diborane via the cooperative coordination to the two boron atoms of the diborane to generate pyridine boryl radicals. Our experimental verification provides supportive evidence for this new B?B activation mode. With this novel activation strategy, we have experimentally realized the catalytic reduction of azo‐compounds to hydrazine derivatives, deoxygenation of sulfoxides to sulfides, and reduction of quinones with B₂(pin)₂ at mild conditions.     

Photochemistry of substituted dibenzothiophene oxides: the effect of trapping groups

[reaction: see text] Photolyses of dibenzothiophene sulfoxides (DBTOs) with intramolecular trapping functionalities attached in the 4-position show higher quantum yields of deoxygenation. Deoxygenation quantum yields are also less solvent dependent for the substituted DBTOs. Product analysis shows a detectable amount of intramolecular O-trapped products and suggests that solvent effects observed in previous studies of DBTO derive at least mainly from the reactivity between the oxidizing species that is released, presumably O((3)P), and the solvent, rather than from other macroscopic solvent parameters.     

Metal-catalyzed asymmetric oxidations mediated by optically pure furyl hydroperoxides

Metal-catalyzed asymmetric oxidations which rely on the use of commercially available t-butyl (TBHP) or cumyl hydroperoxides (CHP) and enantiopure ligands represent the majority of protocols reported to obtain enantiomerically enriched valuable compounds such as epoxides, sulfoxides, diols, etc. Herein, we review our recent results on the complementary and less studied oxidative approach based on the use of optically pure alkyl hydroperoxides as oxygen and chirality source. The synthetic sequence to enantiopure furyl hydroperoxides, easily accessible from ketones of the chiral pool is firstly described. Examples of metal-catalyzed asymmetric oxidations using these compounds for the production of enantiomerically enriched sulfoxides and epoxy alcohols are shown. The entire protocol is made more advantageous by recovering the optically pure alcohols during the purification procedure and recycling them for the one-step synthesis of the hydroperoxides.     

NaBH_3CN－ZnCl_2体系对含氧二茂铁衍生物的选择性还原

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Theoretical study of silylene substituent effects on the abstraction reactions with oxirane and thiirane

The potential energy surfaces for the abstraction reactions of silylenes with oxirane and thiirane have been characterized in detail using density functional theory (B3LYP) as well as the ab initio method (QCISD), including zero-point corrections. Five silylene species including SiH(2), Si(CH(3))(2), Si(NH(2))(2), Si(OH)(2), and SiF(2) have been chosen in this work as model reactants. All the interactions involve the initial formation of a donor-acceptor ylide-like complex followed by a heteroatom shift via a two-center transition state. The complexation energies, activation barriers, and enthalpies of the reactions were used comparatively to determine the relative silylenic reactivity, as well as the influence of substituents on the reaction potential energy surface. As a result, our theoretical investigations suggest that, irrespective of deoxygenation and desulfurization, the alkyl-substituted silylene abstractions are much more favorable than those of the pi donor-substituted silylenes. Moreover, for a given silylene, while both deoxygenation and desulfurization are facile processes, the deoxygenation reaction is more exothermic as well as more kinetically favorable. Furthermore, a configuration mixing model based on the work of Pross and Shaik is used to rationalize the computational results. The results obtained allow a number of predictions to be made.     

Kinetic resolution of phenyl methyl sulfoxides by mammalian methionine sulfoxide reductase A

Chiral sulfoxides are widely used in organic synthesis as chiral auxiliaries. There are numerous strategies for the preparation of enantiomerically pure sulfoxides, based either on the enantioselective oxidation of sulphides or the enantiospecific reduction of sulfoxides. For both cases, bioconversion techniques have been developed and proposed for large-scale synthesis. Methionine sulfoxide reductase enzymes (MsrA and MsrB) catalyse the stereoselective conversion of methionine sulfoxide to methionine. MsrA can also catalyse the reduction of other exogenous sulfoxides, including p-tolyl methyl sulfoxide. However, the stereoselectivity towards this type of substrate is not yet well characterized. The activity and enantioselectivity of MsrA toward several aryl methyl sulfoxides is presented in this paper.     

Reduction of sulfoxides catalyzed by oxo-complexes

This work reports the catalytic activity of the oxo-complexes HReO₄, MoO₂(acac)₂, WO₂Cl₂, and VO(acac)₂ in the reduction of sulfoxides with PhSiH₃ or HBcat. The results obtained showed that the catalyst systems PhSiH₃/HReO₄ (5 mol %) and HBcat/HReO₄ (5 mol %) are highly efficient for the deoxygenation of sulfoxides. The complex MoO₂(acac)₂ was also efficient, but the reactions required more time and heating. Finally, the complexes WO₂Cl₂ and VO(acac)₂ showed a moderate activity.