Synthesis of bis(pyrrol-2-yl)arenes by Pd-catalyzed cross coupling

2-Borylpyrrole was prepared from 2-iodopyrrole almost quantitatively and then reacted with dihaloarenes under typical reaction conditions of Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling to give bis(pyrrol-2-yl)arenes in good yields, while the cross coupling reaction of 2-iodopyrrole with 1,4-phenylenebisboronic acid was susceptible to oxidative self-coupling to produce 4,4′-bis(pyrrol-2-yl)biphenyl as a byproduct. These bis(pyrrol-2-yl)arenes showed strong fluorescence.     

Iron‐Catalyzed Aminative Cyclization/Intermolecular Homolytic Aromatic Substitution Using Oxime Esters and Simple Arenes

Intermolecular C?H alkylation of simple arenes in the presence of an iron catalyst has been achieved in a cascade manner with an aminative cyclization triggered by N?O bond cleavage of an alkene‐tethered oxime ester. Various arenes, including electron‐rich and electron‐poor arenes, and heteroarenes can be employed in the reaction system. Regioselectivity and radical trapping experiments support the involvement of alkyl radical species, which undergo a homolytic aromatic substitution (HAS) to afford the arylation products.     

A novel amphiphilic chiral ligand derived from D-glucosamine. Application to palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution reaction in an aqueous or an organic medium, allowing for catalyst recycling

A novel amphiphilic phosphinite-oxazoline chiral compound, 2-methyl-4,5-[4,6-O-benzylidene-3-O-bis[4-((diethylamino)methyl)phenyl]phosphino-1,2-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-[2,1-d]-2-oxazoline (1), has been prepared from natural D-glucosamine hydrochloride. The newly prepared complex, [Pd(2-methyl-4,5-[4,6-O-benzylidene-3-O-bis[(4-((diethylmethylammonium)methyl)phenyl)]phosphino-1,2-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl]-[2,1-d]-2-oxazoline)(eta3-C3H5)]3+ x 3BF4- (3), is soluble in water and an efficient catalyst for asymmetric allylic substitution reaction in water or an aqueous/organic biphasic medium (up to 85% ee). This catalytic system offers an easy separation of the aqueous catalyst phase from the product phase and allows recycling of the catalyst phase. In addition, compound 1 also works as an effective ligand for the palladium-catalyzed reaction under conventional homogeneous conditions in an organic medium, in which the catalyst (Pd-1 complex) can be recovered by simple acid/base extraction and reused in the second reaction.     

Preparation of 3-(2H-pyran-2-on-6-yl)indolizines and the diels-alder reactions with some olefinic and acetylenic dienophiles

3-(2H-Pyran-2-on-6-yl)indolizines 6a-d were prepared by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of N-(2H-pyran-2-on-6-yl)methylpyridinium bromides 5a,b with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD). All of the cycloaddition reactions of 6b with N-phenylmaleimide, p-benzoquinone, and DMAD took place at the 2-pyrone ring to give 3-substituted indolizines.     

A short and efficient synthesis of 11-deoxyanthracyclinones: strong base-induced cycloaddition of the suitably substituted tetrahydrohomophthalic anhydride

The preparation and use of the suitably substituted tetrahydrohomophthalic anhydride ($\text{17}$) as a common intermediate for a short regiospecific synthesis of 11-deoxyanthracyclinones, 11-deoxydaunomycinone ($\text{11}$), 11-deoxy-carminomycinone ($\text{12}$), and 4-demethoxy-11-deoxydaunomycinone ($\text{13}$) is described.     

Synthesis of isocorrole and the higher homologues

Bis(azafulvene) derivative of gem-dimethyldipyrrylmethane reacted with 2,2′-bipyrrole under neutral conditions without catalyst to give a mixture of expanded isocorroles in ca. 50% total yields. GPC separation gave eleven porphyrinoids containing 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, and 44 units of pyrrole.     

Sorption and diffusion behaviours of strontium in sodium-type bentonite bed

Sorption and diffusion of Sr were examined using a typical Japanese bentonite. The experimental results showed that Sr sorption on the bentonite had linear relationship between the equilibrium Sr concentration and Sr sorption amount, i.e., Henry’s type of sorption, in wide initial Sr concentration from 1.1 × 10^?9 to 1.1 × 10^?4 mol L^?1 at pH 10. The Sr sorption also indicated pH dependence in pH range between 2 and 12. Sorption modelling calculation indicated that cation-exchange reactions contributed to Sr sorption in the pH range studied and a surface complexation reaction was predominant above pH 8. Diffusion of Sr in loosely compacted bentonite bed was described by pore and surface diffusion and surface complexation of Sr. Chemical-transport calculations reproduce the diffusion data at pH 5 using the cation-exchange parameters obtained in the analysis of the batch sorption experiment.     

Telluroxide elimination by direct oxidation of alkyl phenyl telluride

Treatment of sec-alkyl phenyl tellurides, except for the cyclohexyl system, with m-chloroperbenzoic acid(MCPBA) in diethyl ether readily afforded the corresponding olefins in good yields presumably via telluroxide elimination together with small amounts of alcohols and ketones. In the pri-alkyl and cyclohexyl cases the adducts between MCPBA and the tellurides were isolated as stable organotellurium(IV) compounds which gave similar elimination products by neat pyrolysis at 220–2500°C.     

Novel approach for catalytic cyclopropanation of alkenes via (2-furyl)carbene complexes from 1-benzoyl-cis-1-buten-3-yne

The reaction of conjugated ene-yne-ketones 3 with a variety of alkenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cr(CO)(5)(THF) at room temperature gives (2-furyl)cyclopropanes in good yields. These cyclopropanation reactions proceed via (2-furyl)carbene-chromium intermediates 4 formed in situ from ene-yne-ketones 3. Late transition metals, such as [RuCl(2)(CO)(3)](2), [RhCl(cod)](2), PdCl(2), and PtCl(2), also catalyze effectively the cyclopropanation of styrene with 3.     

Synthesis and pharmacological effects of optically active 2-[4-(4-benzhydryl-1-piperazinyl)phenyl]-ethyl methyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate hydrochloride

Optically active 2-[4-(4-benzhydryl-1-piperazinyl)phenyl]ethyl methyl 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate [(S)-(+)-1 and (R)-(-)-1] hydrochlorides were synthesized with high optical purities from (R)-(-)- and (S)-(+)-1,4-dihydro-5-methoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-nitrophenyl)- 3-pyridinecarboxylic acids [(R)-(-)-6 and (S)-(+)-6], which are available from (+/-)-6 by optical resolution using quinidine and cinchonidine, respectively. From pharmacological investigations of (S)-(+)-1 and (R)-(-)-1 such as the antihypertensive effect on spontaneously hypertensive rats and inhibition of [3H]nimodipine binding to rat cardiac membrane homogenate, the active form of 1 was defined to be the (4S)-(+)-enantiomer of 1.