Palladium-catalyzed arylation of vinylic acetates. Phosphine ligand influenced regioselectivity

A palladium-catalyzed coupling reaction of aryl bromides with vinylic acetates in the presence of tributyltin methoxide has been described. The α-arylation aldehyde product and the aryl ketone were obtained in the presence of P(t-Bu)₃ and P(o-Tol)₃, respectively.     

Pd(0)/C-catalyzed cross-couplings of acyl chlorides with triarylbismuths as atom-efficient sub-stoichiometric multi-coupling reagents

Aromatic and hetero-aromatic acyl chlorides were efficiently cross-coupled with triarylbismuths as atom-efficient nucleophilic organometallic coupling reagents in sub-stoichiometric amounts using catalytic Pd(0)/C. Thus, the coupling reactions of various triarylbismuths with a variety of acyl chlorides furnished a plethora of both symmetrical/unsymmetrical aromatic and hetero-aromatic ketones in high yields.     

QSAR analysis of the catalytic asymmetric ethylation of ketone using physical steric parameters of chiral ligand substituents

We have demonstrated that a validated QSAR (quantitative structure–activity relationship) model can be constructed between sterimol steric parameters of the N-substituents of chiral 1,2-amino-phosphoramide ligands and the enantiomeric ratios of alcohol products produced in the asymmetric additions of diethylzinc to acetophenone, which is powerful for predicting the steric effects of ligand substituents on enantioselectivities and instructive for ligand optimization.     

A one-pot approach to 4,5-dihydropyrazoles from ketones,arylacetylenes, and hydrazines

An efficient and straightforward one-pot strategy for the synthesis of 4,5-dihydropyrazole derivatives from ketones, arylacetylenes, and hydrazines in the presence of KO^tBu/DMSO is described. This strategy provides a flexible and rapid route to polysubstituted 4,5-dihydropyrazoles.     

Selective Transformations of a Diprotected 2‐Oxobutanedial

The reactivity of 1,1‐diethoxy‐3‐(1,3‐dithian‐2‐yl)propan‐2‐one, a diacetal of oxobutanedial, and some of its derivatives toward selected reagents has been studied. As expected, hydride and Grignard‐type additions take place at the oxo moiety only and give the corresponding alcohols in good‐to‐excellent yields. Standard reductive amination occurs at the oxo moiety as well, but the reaction was in most cases not selective and furnished the expected amine mixed with 3‐(1,3‐dithian‐2‐yl)‐1,1‐diethoxypropan‐2‐ol. The conversion of the diethyl acetal moiety to an aldehyde group is generally an efficient transformation, but some aldehydes are unstable, making the deprotection useless. If the acetal contains a tertiary alcohol or a benzyloxy moiety, however, stable products are formed in good yields. Attempts to convert the 1,3‐dithiane substituent into an aldehyde group without concomitant decomposition of the product were totally unsuccessful. The chemical potential of this moiety, therefore, has to be utilized at an earlier stage and under different conditions.     

Regio- and Diastereoselective Michael Additions by Unsymmetrical Allylic Anions Upon Ethyl Propiolate

A convenient and efficient procedure for regio- and diastereoselective addition of prenyl and geranyl anions to ethyl propiolate is reported. This 1,4-addition reaction produces exclusively the trans isomer at the double bond deriving from the triple bond of ethyl propiolate without rearrangement of the starting primary, allylic carbanion nucleophile.     

Efficient generation and trapping of acylbenzynes from hypervalent iodine compounds

[5-Acyl-2-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl]iodonium triflates were prepared for the generation of benzynes bearing ketone function. Treatment of the iodonium triflates with Bu₄NF in CH₂Cl₂ in the presence of furan at room temperature gave 6-acyl-1,4-epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalenes in high yields. The mild conditions and the tolerance of the ketone function on benzyne generation are attributable to the advantage of hypervalent iodine compounds.     

Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds, Benzylic Carbons to their Ketones, and Arenes to their Quinones with Molecular Oxygen in Subcritical Water

Summary. Molecular oxygen is used as an efficient oxidant for the conversion of alcohols into carbonyl compounds, benzylic carbons to their ketones, and arenes to their quinones in subcritical water in the absence of catalysts. The procedure utilizes water and does not require support materials and metal salts.     

A recyclable palladium-catalyzed modified Friedländer quinoline synthesis

2-Aminobenzyl alcohol reacts with an array of ketones in toluene/poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-2000) at 100 °C in the presence of a palladium catalyst along with KOH under an atmosphere of air to give the corresponding quinolines in good yields. The catalytic system could be recovered and reused five times without any loss of catalytic activity.