Reaction of Grignard reagents with carbonyl compounds under continuous flow conditions

This contribution details how a continuous flow reactor was used to react carbonyl compounds with Grignard reagents at room temperature in an efficient and safe manner. Flow rate, residence time and temperature were optimized for the preparation of a small collection of secondary and tertiary alcohols. Excellent yields and general applicability were observed using the set-up protocol. The procedure was also applied for the preparation of Tramadol, an analgesic drug belonging to the opioid group. The developed conditions allowed the selective addition of Grignard reagents to aldehydes and ketones in the presence of a nitrile function.     

Tandem cyclopropanation/ring-closing metathesis of dienynes

Certain dienynes give cyclorearrangement by tandem cyclopropanation/ring-closing alkene metathesis, triggered by either a ruthenium carbene or noncarbene ruthenium(II) precatalyst. The process represents a variation of enyne metathesis where presumed cyclopropyl carbene intermediates undergo a consecutive ring-closing metathesis. A mechanistic proposal is offered, and sequential use of catalysts provided a tandem ring-closing enyne/alkene metathesis product.     

Tandem acetalation-acetylation of sugars and related derivatives with enolacetates under solvent-free conditions

Molecular iodine catalyzes acetalation and acetylation of reducing sugars and sugar glycosides with stoichiometric amounts of enol acetates under solvent-free conditions, thereby facilitating the synthesis of various types of orthogonally protected sugar derivatives in short time and good yields. The outcome of the reaction can be controlled by variation in temperature. Thus at lower temperature, it is possible to obtain the acetonide acetate as a single product whereas peracetate is the major product at higher temperature.     

Pybox monolithic miniflow reactors for continuous asymmetric cyclopropanation reaction under conventional and supercritical conditions

Supported catalysts having pybox chiral moieties were prepared as macroporous monolithic miniflow systems. These catalysts are based on styrene-divinylbenzene polymeric backbones having different compositions and pybox chiral moieties. Their corresponding ruthenium complexes were tested for the continuous flow cyclopropanation reaction between styrene and ethyldiazoacetate (EDA) under conventional conditions and in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). Ru-Pybox monolithic miniflow reactors not only provided a highly efficient and robust heterogeneous chiral catalyst but also allowed us to develop more environmental reaction conditions without sacrificing the global efficiency of the process.     

Tandem oxidation/halogenation of aryl allylic alcohols under Moffatt-Swern conditions

Aryl allylic alcohols are converted to halogenated unsaturated ketones or allylic halides using excess Moffatt-Swern reagent. Electron-poor aromatic rings favor formation of the halogenated ketone, while electron-donating substituents in the ortho or para positions favor formation of the allylic halide. The oxidation/halogenation reaction performs well with both oxalyl chloride and oxalyl bromide, providing access to the corresponding chlorides or bromides, respectively.     

Tandem gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization/electrophilic cyclopropanation of vinyl allenes

We have developed an expedient method for the synthesis of polycyclic compounds from propargyl acetates or vinyl allenes involving up to three Au(I)-catalyzed elemental steps: 3,3-rearrangement, metalla-Nazarov reaction, and electrophilic cyclopropanation. The reaction proceeds under very mild conditions and in short times. The mechanism has been studied by DFT computations.     

Tandem radical addition reactions to substituted indoles under atom-transfer and oxidative conditions

The dimethyl methylmalonyl radical was generated upon photolysis of dimethyl bromomethylmalonate or treatment of dimethyl methylmalonate with Mn(OAc)₃·2 H₂O. This radical was added to an exocyclic olefin appended to 1-acyl or 3-acyl indoles, with subsequent cyclization to generate 1,2- or 2,3- fused indole derivatives, respectively.     

超声条件下芳基格氏试剂与4-烷基苯乙酮的反应

二芳基乙烯;超声条件下芳基格氏试剂与4-烷基苯乙酮的反应     

Tandem cyclopropanation/Cope rearrangement sequence. Stereospecific [3 + 4] cycloaddition reaction of vinylcarbenoids with cyclopentadiene

Divinylcyclopropane intermediates can be isolated from the [3 + 4] cycloaddition reaction between rhodium(II) acetate-stabilized vinylcarbenoids and cyclopentadiene. This result confirms that the reaction proceeds through a tandem cyclopropanation/Cope rearrangement sequence.     

Tandem deuteration/hydrosilylation reactions catalyzed by a rhodium carbene complex under solvent-free conditions

The complex [Rh(I(t)Bu)(2)HCl] has been shown to be an active catalyst in the hydrosilylation of carbonyl and imine complexes. This reactivity, combined with the previously reported H/D exchange catalyzed by these complexes allows for a one pot, two step reaction using a single catalyst for both H/D exchange and hydrosilylation. Using triethylsilane, [Rh(I(t)Bu)(2)Cl] catalyst, and D(2) gas, deuterated silyl-ethers can be synthesized in an atom-economical, solvent-free reaction.     

A brief survey on the copper‐catalyzed allylation of alkylzinc and Grignard reagents under Barbier conditions

The same regioselectivity can be obtained in the CuI catalyzed allylic coupling of n‐butylzinc reagents prepared by either pre‐transmetallation or in situ transmetallation of Grignard reagents in the presence of allylic partner and catalyst. n‐Butylzinc bromide and di‐n‐butylzinc undergo γ‐selective allylation whereas tri‐n‐butylzincate gives preferential α‐selectivity. The regioselectivity obtained in the reaction of n‐butyl bromide and E‐crotyl chloride in the presence of Mg and CuCN is parallel to the coupling of preformed n‐butylmagnesium bromide. It is remarkable that the regiochemical outcome of copper catalyzed alkyl‐allyl coupling can be controlled by using Grignard reagents prepared under Barbier conditions and alkylzincs prepared by in situ transmetallation. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Kumada-Corriu coupling of Grignard reagents,probed with a chiral Grignard reagent

The Grignard reagent 2, in which the magnesium-bearing carbon atom is the sole stereogenic centre has been coupled with vinyl bromide under Pd(0) or Ni(0)-catalysis to give compound 3 with full retention of configuration. Coupling using Fe(acac)3 or Co(acac)2 as catalyst was accompanied by considerable racemisation. These findings are discussed with respect to a dichotomy between concerted polar and stepwise SET transmetallation pathways.     

Catalytic asymmetric cyclopropanation of allylic alcohols with titanium-TADDOLate: scope of the cyclopropanation reaction.

A substoichiometric amount of titanium-TADDOLate complex was effective at catalyzing the cyclopropanation reaction of allylic alcohols in the presence 1 equiv of bis(iodomethyl)zinc. After initial optimization of the catalyst structure, excellent yields and enantiomeric ratios were obtained for 3-aryl- or 3-heteroaryl-substituted allylic alcohols (up to 97:3). Alkyl-substituted allylic alcohols gave modest yields and enantiomeric ratios (up to 87:13) but these compare favorably with those observed with other substoichiometric chiral ligands. The full synthetic scope of the reaction is presented in this paper.     

Regioselective addition of Grignard reagents to 2,6-dicyanoanilines and cyclization to new quinazoline derivatives under thermal/microwave irradiation conditions

Two strategies have been developed for the synthesis of novel quinazoline derivatives. 2,6-Dicyanoanilines were reacted with Grignard reagents followed by cyclization to give two quinazoline regioisomers 2 and 3. Alternately 2,6-dicyanoanilines on reaction with Grignard reagents gave imine regioisomers 4 and 5. Each imine regioisomer was separated and independently cyclized to give new quinazoline derivatives 6, 7 and 8, 9, respectively, under different microwave irradiation conditions.     

Ruthenium-catalysed carbenoid cyclopropanation reactions with diazo compounds

The transition-metal catalysed cyclopropanation of olefinic bonds using diazo compounds as a carbene source is among the best developed and most useful transformations available to the synthetic organic chemist. Nevertheless, the quest for new catalyst/ligand systems continues in order to further extend the scope of this method and to identify more economical catalytic systems. In this tutorial review, several different ruthenium complexes are presented which have recently emerged as suitable catalysts for carbenoid cyclopropanation. For the model reaction--cyclopropanation of styrene(s) with diazoacetates--and also for some intramolecular cyclopropanation reactions highly remarkable results in terms of catalyst efficiency, product yields, dia- and enantioselectivity have been reported.     

Reactions of methylchlorodisilanes with Grignard reagents

Reactions of Cl₂MeSiSiMeCl₂ with RMgCl make it possible to obtain and isolate pure disilanes containing a smaller number of functional groups, namely, RMeClSiSiMeCl₂ (R = Ph), RMeClSiSiMeRCl (R = Prⁱ, Ph), and R₂MeSiSiMeRCl (R = Buⁱ). The reaction of Cl₂MeSiSiMeCl₂ with BuⁿMgCl is the least selective. The chlorides obtained were reduced with LiAlH₄ into the corresponding hydrides.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 954–957, May, 1995.     

Stereoselective Synthesis of Allylic Amines by One-Pot Tandem Reaction of Acetylenic Sulfone,Grignard Reagent,and N-Tosylimine

Polysubstituted allylic amines were regio- and stereoselectively synthesized by a one-pot tandem reaction of Cu(I)-catalyzed carbomagnesiation of acetylenic sulfones and its further reaction with N-tosylimine.     

Pathways of Pd-catalyzed cyclopropanation of tetrahydroindene with diazomethane

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Liquid chromatography of polymers under limiting conditions of desorption II. Tandem injection and quantitative molar mass determination

Liquid chromatography under limiting conditions of desorption (LC LCD) is a method which allows molar mass independent elution of various synthetic polymers. A narrow, slowly moving zone of small molecules, which promotes full adsorption of one kind of polymer species within column (an adsorli) acts as an impermeable barrier for the fast moving macromolecules. The latter accumulate on the barrier edge and elute nearly in total volume of liquid within column. At the same time, transport of less adsorptive macromolecules is not hampered so that these are eluted in the size exclusion (SEC) mode. As result, polymers differing in their polarity and adsorptivity can be easily separated without molar mass interference. Three methods of barrier creation are discussed and compared. It is shown that a fraction of sample may elute unretained if the adsorli sample solvent is used as a barrier in connection with a narrow-pore column packing. One part of excluded macromolecules likely breaks-out from the adsorli zone and this results in partial loss of sample and distortion of the LC LCD peaks. This problem can be avoided if the adsorli zone is injected immediately before sample solution. Applicability of the LC LCD method for polymer separation has been demonstrated with a model mixture of poly(methyl methacrylate) (adsorbing polymer) and polystyrene (non adsorbing polymer) using bare silica gel as a column packing with a combination of tetrahydrofuran (a desorption promoting liquid -a desorli) and toluene (adsorli). It has been shown that the LC LCD procedure with tandem injection allows simple and fast discrimination of polymer blend components with good repeatability and high sample recovery. For quantitative determination of molar masses of both LC LCD and SEC eluted polymers, an additional size exclusion chromatographic column can be applied either in a conventional way or in combination with a multi-angle light scattering detector. A single eluent is used in the latter column, which separates the mixed mobile phase, system peaks and the desorli zone from the polymer peaks so that measurements are free from disturbances caused by the changing eluent composition. The resulting LC LCD x SEC procedure has been successfully applied to poly(methyl methacrylate) samples.     

Palladium-catalyzed cyclopropanation of electron-deficient olefins with aryldiazocarbonyl compounds

A concise and efficient protocol for the preparation of cyclopropanes from various aryldiazocarbonyl compounds and electron-deficient olefins catalyzed by Pd(OAc)₂ is reported.