Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of β-amino alcohols by nitrene insertion

Chiral β-amino alcohols are important building blocks for the synthesis of drugs, natural products, chiral auxiliaries, chiral ligands and chiral organocatalysts. The catalytic asymmetric β-amination of alcohols offers a direct strategy to access this class of molecules. Herein, we report a general intramolecular C(sp³)–H nitrene insertion method for the synthesis of chiral oxazolidin-2-ones as precursors of chiral β-amino alcohols. Specifically, the ring-closing C(sp³)–H amination of N-benzoyloxycarbamates with 2 mol% of a chiral ruthenium catalyst provides cyclic carbamates in up to 99% yield and with up to 99% ee.The method is applicable to benzylic, allylic, and propargylic C–H bonds and can even be applied to completely non-activated C(sp³)–H bonds, although with somewhat reduced yields and stereoselectivities. The obtained cyclic carbamates can subsequently be hydrolyzed to obtain chiral β-amino alcohols. The method is very practical as the catalyst can be easily synthesized on a gram scale and can be recycled after the reaction for further use. The synthetic value of the new method is demonstrated with the asymmetric synthesis of a chiral oxazolidin-2-one as intermediate for the synthesis of the natural product aurantioclavine and chiral β-amino alcohols that are intermediates for the synthesis of chiral amino acids, indane-derived chiral Box-ligands, and the natural products dihydrohamacanthin A and dragmacidin A.     

Esterification and Chemoselective Synthesis of R-Tetrahydrothiazo-2- thione-4-carboxylic Esters Catalyzed by TiCl4

A series of esters of R-tetrahydrothiazo-2-thione-4-carboxylic acid[R-TTCA] was synthesized by direct esterification of R-TTCA with alcohols(CH3OH,C2H5OH,n-C3H7OH,i-C3H7OH,n-C4H9OH,sec-C4H9OH)in the presence of TiCl4 as the catalyst at room temperature without using any other solvent or dehydrant in high yields,91.6%-99.1% for primary alcohols and 55%- 80% for secondary alcohols.The catalyst has a strong chemoselective activity for the esterification of primary alcohols with R-TTCA in the presence of secondary alcohols.Owing to high yield,high chemoselectivity,and mild conditions used,this is an efficient method for the esterification of primary alcohols with R-TTCA.     

Esterification and Selective Esterification in the Presence of TiCl4

A series of carboxylic acids was esterified to the corresponding esters with TiCl_4 as catalyst at room temperature,in high yields.This catalyst was highly effective for the selective esterification of primary alcohols with carboxylic acids,in the presence of secondary alcohols,and for the selective esterification of saturated acid with alcohol in the presence of conjugated acid or aromatic acid.On account of the high yield,high chemoselectivity,mild condition,and being free of other dehydrants,this is an efficient method.     

Asymmetric Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes Catalyzed by Chiral γ_Amino Alcohols

Although the asymmetric additions of diethylzinc to aldehydes have been extensively studied in the presence of chiral catalyst, most of the chiral ligands tested are b-amino alcohols1. In this report, the synthesis of chiral gamino alcohols 1-4 from the reaction of (+)-camphor and (-)-menthone with 2-lithiomethyl-6-methyl-pyridine or 2-picolly- lithium2, which give a single diasteromer as determined by 1H NMR with high yields (Scheme 1)3, and their application in the enantioselective additio…     

Allylation of Aromatic Aldehyde under Microwave Irradiation

Allylation of carbonyl compounds is one of the most interesting processes for the preparation of homoallylic alcohols. Over the past few decades, many reagents have been developed for such reactions[1～3]. In this paper, we first report allylic zinc reagent 1, which can be prepared from zinc dust and allyl bromide conveniently in THF, and reacted with aromatic aldehyde to give homo-allylic alcohols under microwave irradiation.     

Asymmetric Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes Using SPINOL Derivatives

Lewis acid catalyzed enantioselective carbon-carbon bond formation is one of the most interesting challenges in catalytic asymmetric synthesis. A convenient route for this synthesis is the addition of organozinc to aldehydes.[1]1,1'-Spirobiindane-7,7'-diol (SPINOL), a new reported C2 symmetrical diol, was recently proven to be an excellent framework for chiral ligands.[2] In this paper, interestingly, we describe the preparation of SPINOL derivatives and application of these ligands to asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes as model reaction. Previously, an improved method for the resolution of C2-symmetric spirocyclic SPINOL was presented with crude menthyl chloroformate as resolving reagent.[3] Then (R)-SPINOL with C2-symmetric spirocyclic framework was applied in the asymmetric diethylzinc addition to aromatic aldehydes, which induced high conversions and moderate enantioselectivities for the production of chiral secondary alcohols. Further work of other SPINOL derivative ligands for asymmetric diethylzinc addition to aromatic aldehydes and developing further new SPINOL-based Lewis acid catalyzed asymmetric synthesis are underway.     

Investigation of Quantitative Relationship between Adsorbed Amount of Solute and Solvent Concentration at Relatively High Solute Con－centration by Frontal Analysis in RPLC

In previous paper a new adsorption isotherm which relates the amount of solute absorbed to the solvent concentration is pro-posed and simplified, and it only can be used at lower solute concentration. In this article the scope of the new adsorption isotherm is extended and the expressions with three and four parameters are obtained. The equations with multi-parameters are valid when the adsorbed mounts are larger and show non-linear logarithmic relationships. Tests with a homologue of are-matic alcohols by frontal analysis in reversed phase liquid chro-matography demonstrate that the experimental results fit those equations well. In addition, the predicted values by the multi-parameters were found to fit the experimental values well also. The parameters have physical meaning only for the two-param-eter equation for the aromatic alcohols.     

Effects of additives on the aggregation of surfactants: binding domination

The effects of electrolytes, alcohols, and urea on the aggregation of SDS, CTAB, and TritonX-100 at 25℃ have been investigated by fluorescence probing of pyrene. Both electrolytes and alcoholsreduce the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of the ionic surfactants, while the effect of the former ismore pronounced. It is shown that the effects of electrolytes mainly depend on the concentrationsand especially the valence of the opposite charge ions, and only slightly depend on the same charge ionsin respect of ion aggregate of micelle. The logarithm of CMC is not linearly correlated with theconcentrations of the counter ion or the electrolytes. The results are rationalized in terms of Hartley'smodel. Propanol increases the CMC of TX-100, while electrolytes and urea do not. In all the threekinds of surfactant micelles the excitation spectrum of pyrene slightly red-shifts (ca. 4 nm) from thatin water, but is not affected by the additives. The micropolarity of the environment in which pyrenemolecule resides in SDS micelle decreases with the increase of the concentrations of electrolytes. Thisis not the case when alcohols and urea were added to SDS or to TX-100. It is suggested that theaddition of electrolytes would result in more orderly orientation of SDS molecules. It is the bindingstrength of the counter ions that dominates the effects of additives on the aggregation of surfactants.     

Highly efficient NHC-iridium-catalyzed β-methylation of alcohols with methanol at low catalyst loadings

The methylation of alcohols is of great importance since a broad number of bioactive and pharmaceutical alcohols contain methyl groups. Here, a highly efficient β-methylation of primary and secondary alcohols with methanol has been achieved by using bis-N-heterocyclic carbene iridium(bis-NHC-Ir) complexes. Broad substrate scope and up to quantitative yields were achieved at low catalyst loadings with only hydrogen and water as by-products. The protocol was readily extended to the β-alkylation of alcohols with several primary alcohols. Control experiments, along with DFT calculations and crystallographic studies, revealed that the ligand effect is critical to their excellent catalytic performance, shedding light on more challenging Guerbet reactions with simple alcohols.     

Analysis of the Nucleoside Content of Cordyceps sinensis Using the Stepwise Gradient Elution Technique of Thin-Layer Chromatography

Nucleoside is the main class of active components in Cordyceps sinensis. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) is one of the most commonly used methods in pharmacopoeias for analyzing chemical components of herbal medicine. Since the isocratic elution method cannot be applied successfully in TLC analysis for separating all the nucleoside components, the stepwise gradient elution has been developed in this work to separate eight nucleoside standards with success. In this way, quantitative analyses of the samples of Cordyceps sinensis were achieved via the proposed TLC procedure coupled with the scanning densitometric techniques of CAMAG and TLCQA methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis.     

Aqueous Media Oxidation of Alcohols with Ammonium Persulfate

Oxidation of series of various primary and secondary alcohols to corresponding carbonyl compounds with ammonium persulfate in aqueous media was described. No over oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to esters was observed. Under such conditions benzoin was converted to benzoic acid.     

Triphenylphosphine-Catalyzed Michael Addition of Alcohols to Acrylic Compounds

A facile triphenylphosphine-catalyzed Michael addition of alcohols to acrylic compounds was described. The reaction was carried out in open air at refluxing temperature in the presence of 10 mol% PPh3. Michael addition of saturated and unsaturated alcohols to acrylonitrile or acrylates has been examined. The reaction gave β-alkoxy derivatives with isolated yields of 5%-79%. PPh3 is cheaper and more stable than those trialkylphosphines previously used for the similar reactions, and the products can be easily separated from the reaction mixture via distillation.     

Phase Behavior of Liquid Crystals Formed in [C12mim]CI/H2O and [C12mim] Cl/Alcohols Systems

Phase behaviors of different binary systems involving 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium chlo- ride （[C12mim]Cl） and H20, [C12mim]Cl and different alcohols （1-butanol, 1-pentanol, 1- hexanol and 1-octanol） are investigated at 25 ℃. Hexagonal liquid crystal phase （H1） is identified in [C12mim]Cl/H2O system, and lamellar liquid-crystalline （Lα） phase is found in [C12mim]Cl/alcohols systems by using polarized optical microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering techniques. The formation of such phases is considered as a synergetic result of the solvatophobic force and the hydrogen-bonded network comprising an imidazoliuin ring, chloride ion and water （or alcohols）, which can be confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectra. It is noticeable that in [C12mim]Cl/1-octanol system, the lattice spacings of lamellar phase increase with increasing C12mimCl concentration, which is opposite to the results of [C12mim]Cl/H2O system. This may result mainly from stronger static repulsion among hydrophilic headgroups of imidazolium salts arranged in the bilayers of lamellar structures. Further measurements by differential scanning calorimetry indicate that the lamellar phase is stable within a wide temperature range above room temperature. However, the lattice spacings decrease with the increase of temperature, which may. be due to the softening of the hydrocarbon chain of [C12mim]Cl molecules. In different alcohols systems, it is found that the lamellar lyotropic liquid crystal structure is easier to be formed when the carbon chain length becomes longer.     

Enantioselective Alkynylation of Benzaldehyde Catalyzed by New Chiral Lewis Acid Ligand: Zinc-Amide Complex

The enantioselective alkynylzinc addition to aldehydes is very useful for the synthesis of chiral propargyl alcohols which are important versatile building blocks of many biologically active compounds and natural products1. A series of chiral oxazolidines were conveniently synthesized from amino acids in three steps with good yields. The use of chiral Lewis acid ligand: zinc-amide complex in situ generated from this oxazolidine with alkylzinc as chiral catalysts for the enantioselective alkyny…     

Product distributions of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over Co/AC catalyst

The product distributions of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over Co/AC catalyst are investigated under different reaction conditions in an integral fixed bed reactor.It is found that the product distributions deviate from the ASF distribution.The deviation from ASF distribution is analyzed by taking the readsorption of alkenes and the following secondary reaction into consideration.It is noted that the contents of alcohol,alkene and alkane decline with the increasing carbon number,showing a slighter declining tendency of alkanes than those of alkenes and alcohols.It is also found that high temperature,space velocity,H2/CO in feed gas and low pressure are preferential for light hydrocarbons and alcohols while against the chain propagation.The effect of space velocity on the product distributions especially on the light products is not obvious.It is noticed that low temperature,space velocity,H2/CO and high pressure lead to high contents of alcohols;high temperature,H2/CO and low space velocity lead to high contents of alkanes.The effect of pressure on the amounts of alkanes is not significant;high space velocity and low temperature,pressure,H2/CO are preferential for alkenes.     

Conversion of Alcohols to Bromides by Trimethylsilane and lithium Bromide in Acetone

Conversion of alcohols to alkyl bromides is one of the most frequently used functional group transformation reactions. Phosphorus tribromide is one of the most popular classical reagents. Triphenylphosphine has been used in combination with bromine,carbon tetrabromide,N-halo imides and other bromide compounds as a mild reagents for the preparation of alkyl bromides. More reacently, halotrimethylsilanes were found to be useful for halogenation of alcohols. Geo- rge A.Olah successfully convert…     

Oxidation Mechanisms of NAD(P)H Model Hantzsch 1,4-Dihydropyridines by RSNO

The important roles of nitric oxide (NO) in adjusting many physiological functions in life processes have attract ed considerable attention of many researchers over the past twenty years.[1] S-Nitrosothiols (henceforth called RSNOs) have been detected in vivo, and they are currently believed to be responsible for storing and transporting NO.[2] NAD(P)H is a typical redox coenzyme which plays an important role in NO synthesis and transfer from RSNOs in vivo. So it is interesting to investigate the reaction of RSNOs and NAD(P)H. In previous paper,[3] Professor Wu reported the reaction of GSNO with Hantzsch esters. In this paper our focus is on the kinetics of the reac tion of 4-substitued Hantzsch esters with Ph3CSNO (Eq. 1).     

A Study on Inhibitors for the Prevention of Hydrate Formation in Gas Transmission Pipeline

Gas Hydrate is usually formed during the transportation and treatment of oil and gas, resulting in the plugging of gas pipeline and equipment. Three thermodynamic calculation formulas are analyzed to deal with this problem. The lowering of the freezing point of the inhibitors AT is used to calculate the formation temperature of natural gas hydrates. This is considered to be a good approach because it is not limited by what kind and what concentration of inhibitors one uses. Besides, the rate of lowering of the freezing point could be easily measured. The result of testing methanol and mono-ethylene glycol in a reactor shows that adding 10% inhibitors to the reactor can prevent the hydrates formation. Kinetic inhibitors are favored in the present research. They are divided into two types, polymer and surface-active agents. Their characteristics, mechanisms, and application prospect are separately discussed. Polymer inhibitors exhibit better efficiency. The result of field application of VC-713 inhibiter is also given in this article. In practice, the combination of thermodynamic inhibitors and kinetic inhibitors gives better result.     

三溴化聚乙烯吡咯烷酮高效催化醇和酚的乙酰化反应(英文)

An efficient and versatile procedure for the acetylation of alcohols and phenols using acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of polyvinylpolypyrrolidoniume tribromide has been successfully developed.Primary,secondary,and tertiary alcohols,as well as a selection of the phenolic compounds,have been successfully acetylated according to this procedure,with good to high yields being achieved over short reaction times.     

A Facile and Efficient Oxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Alcohols with Manganese Dioxide in Ionic Liquids under Mild Conditions

The oxidation of α,β-unsaturated primary and secondary alcohols to corresponding aldehydes and ketones by manganese dioxide in ionic liquids as a safe recyclable and accelerative reaction medium under mild conditions are described. The rate of the oxidation reaction is faster and the yield is higher than that with conventional procedures.