Sequential Baylis-Hillman reaction and radical cyclization of furanose derivatives: expeditious approach to enantiopure benzo-fused nine-membered oxacycles

A regioselective 9-endo-trig aryl radical cyclization of d-glucose derived diastereomeric Baylis-Hillman reaction products with Bu₃SnH led to highly functionalized tricyclic benzannulated ethers incorporating cis- and trans-9,5 bicyclic systems in good yields. Degradation of one of the products afforded an enantiopure multifunctionalized benzoxonine derivative.     

Synthetic Applications of the Baylis–Hillman Reaction: Simple and Convenient Synthesis of Five Important Insect Pheromones

A simple and convenient synthesis of five important insect pheromones by means of Baylis–Hillman adducts is described, i.e., of (2E,4S)‐2,4‐dimethylhex‐2‐enoic acid ( 1 ), a mandibular‐gland secretion of the male carpenter ant in the genus Camponotus, of (+)‐(S)‐manicone ( 2 ) and (+)‐(S)‐normanicone ( 3 ), two mandibular‐gland constituents of Manica ants, and of (+)‐dominicalure‐I ( 6 ) and (+)‐dominicalure‐II ( 7 ), two aggregation pheromones of the lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica (F). For the first time, the potential of the Baylis–Hillman chemistry for the stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted olefins was successfully applied to the synthesis of these pheromone compounds.     

A Garratt-Braverman route to isoindolines and phthalans

Garratt-Braverman (GB) cyclization, two CC bond forming reaction in a single step, has been utilized to construct several isoindoline and phthalan derivatives. The precursors were the bispropargyl protected amines and ethers with one of the propargyl arm substituted with an alkene moiety. The GB cyclizations were generally carried out in presence of DBU in refluxing toluene. In case of the bispropargyl amine systems with the alkene arm substituted with electron withdrawing ester group, the cyclization occurred at room temperature. The yields of cyclization ranged from 64 to 86% which are acceptable considering the formation of two CC bonds. The protected isoindolines could be successfully deprotected by treatment with thiophenol in presence of triethyl amine and the corresponding free amines were isolated as the TFA salts.     

A facile one-pot stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted (E)-2-methylalk-2-enoic acids from unactivated Baylis-Hillman adducts and a simple access to some important insect pheromones

An efficient one-pot stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted (E)-2-methylalk-2-enoic acids has been accomplished by treatment of unactivated Baylis-Hillman adducts, 3-hydroxy-2-methylenealkanoates, with Al-NiCl₂·6H₂O in methanol at room temperature followed by hydrolysis. The method has been applied to the synthesis of three important insect pheromones, (4S,2E)-2,4-dimethyl-2-hexenoic acid, (+)-(S)-manicone and (+)-(S)-normanicone.     

不规则界面对扭转表面波在初应力各向异性多孔弹性层中传播的影响

研究了扭转表面波在一个半无限非均匀半空间中的传播,半空间上覆盖着具有初始应力的各向异性多孔弹性层,弹性层的刚度和密度线性地变化,造成了界面的不规则性．半空间中界面的不规则性,用一个矩形形式表示．可以发现,扭转表面波在这样假定的介质中传播,得到了没有不规则性时的扭转表面波的速度方程．还可以发现,对于均匀半空间覆盖的层状介质,扭转表面波的速度与Love波的速度相一致．     

An efficient stereoselective synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-trisubstituted alkenes from unactivated Baylis-Hillman adducts using NaBH4/CuCl2·2H2O

A convenient and facile stereoselective synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-trisubstituted alkenes has been achieved by treatment of unactivated Baylis-Hillman adducts with NaBH₄ in the presence of CuCl₂·2H₂O at room temperature for 15 min.     

Direct conversion of natural gas to higher hydrocarbons: A review

Direct conversion of methane to higher hydrocarbons is an effective process to solve the problem of natural gas utilization. Although remarkable progress has been achieved on the dehydro-aromatization of methane (DAM), low conversion caused by severe thermodynamic limitations, coke formation, and catalysis deactivation remain important drawbacks to the direct conversion process. Molybdenum catalysts supported on HZSM-5 type zeolite support are among the most promising catalysts. This review focuses on the aspects of direct methane conversion, in terms of catalysts containing metal and support, reaction conditions, and conversion in different types of reactors. The reaction mechanism for this catalytic process is also discussed.     

Development of sulfonic acid–functionalized tetraethyl orthosilicate derivative cross-linked with sulfonated PEEK membranes for fuel cell applications

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - A novel technique for improving the characteristics of proton exchange membranes (PEMs) for fuel cell applications has been proposed, which combines...     

Niobium(V) chloride‐catalyzed synthesis of α‐aminonitriles with simultaneous reaction of aldehydes,amines and trimethylsilyl cyanide

A simple and efficient one‐pot method has been developed for the synthesis of α‐aminonitriles by concurrent reaction of aldehydes, amines and trimethylsilyl cyanide with a catalytic amount of NbCl₅ (10 mol%) in CH₃CN at room temperature. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Treatment of Baylis-Hillman adducts with triethyl orthoacetate in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts: a method for the stereoselective synthesis of two different types of trisubstituted alkenes

Baylis-Hillman adducts on treatment with triethyl orthoacetate in the presence of HClO₄-SiO₂ afford the corresponding allyl ethyl ethers while in the presence of NaHSO₄-SiO₂ undergo the Johnson-Claisen rearrangement to form ethyl alk-4-enoates. Thus two different types of trisubstituted alkenes are produced in a stereoselective manner using two different hetereogeneous catalysts.