Environment friendly organic synthesis using bismuth compounds. An efficient method for carbonyl-ene reactions catalyzed by bismuth triflate

Bismuth triflate (0.1 mol %) is a highly efficient catalyst for the cyclization of citronellal 1, a reaction that yields a ratio of 80:20 of isopulegol 2 and neoisopulegol 3. This methodology has also been extended to the synthesis of substituted piperidines. The bismuth triflate catalyzed ene reaction of aldehyde 4 gives a 70:30 mixture of piperidines 5 and 6. The advantages of these methods include the use of a highly efficient catalyst that is relatively nontoxic, cheap and easy to handle.     

Synthesis of Heterocycles from the Products of Anionic Arylation of Unsaturated Compounds. 7. Products of Haloarylation of Acrylic Acid and Its Esters in the Synthesis of Benzo[b]thiophene Derivatives

3-Chloro-2-chlorocarbonylbenzo[b]thiophenes were obtained on oxidation of Meerwein reaction products, viz. 3-aryl-2-halopropionic acids and their esters, with thionyl chloride in the presence of N-benzyl-N-methylmorpholinium chloride. Disubstituted thioureas were synthesized by the reaction of these compounds with ammonium thiocyanate and aromatic amines, and were cyclized by interaction with iodoacetic acid with the formation of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives. The same cyclization in the presence of aromatic aldehydes leads to the formation of the corresponding 5-arylidene-substituted 4-thiazolidinones.     

Application of HPLC to measure vanadium in environmental,biological and clinical matrices

Vanadate and vanadium compounds exist in many environmental, biological and clinical matrices, and despite the need only limited progress has been made on the analysis of vanadium compounds. The vanadium coordination chemistry of different oxidation states is known, and the result of the characterization and speciation analysis depends on the subsequent chemistry and the methods of analysis. Many studies have used a range of methods for the characterization and determination of metal ions in a variety of materials. One successful technique is high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) that has been used mainly for measuring total vanadium level and metal speciation. Some cases have been reported where complexes of different oxidation states of vanadium have been separated by HPLC. Specifically reversed phase (RP) HPLC has frequently been used for the measurement of vanadium. Other HPLC methods such as normal phase, anion-exchange, cation-exchange, size exclusion and other RP-HPLC modes such as, ion-pair and micellar have been used to separate selected vanadium compounds. We will present a review that summarizes and critically analyzes the reported methods for analysis of vanadium salts and vanadium compounds in different sample matrices. We will compare various HPLC methods and modes including sample preparation, chelating reagents, mobile phase and detection methods. The comparison will allow us to identify the best analytical HPLC method and mode for measuring vanadium levels and what information such methods provide with regard to speciation and quantitation of the vanadium compounds.     

水相金属有机化学

本文对近年来锡、锌、铋等介入下的水相金属有机化学作了综述。特别对水相Barbier 反应作了较详细的介绍, 同时也描述了一些典型的水相金属有机反应,如Immonium 阳离子的烷基化反应, α, β 不饱和化合物的共轭加成, 醇醛缩合反应及水溶性金属有机化合物的反应等。某些反应的机理也被讨论。     

Computational studies on glyceraldehyde and glycine Maillard reaction—I

Mechanisms for the initial stage of glyceraldehyde and glycine Maillard reaction under different pH conditions have been proposed, following usually the Hodge-scheme. Computations have been performed on the mechanisms at the standard state to test the possibility of the formation of different compounds, through evaluating the changes in Gibb's free energy during the reaction. Electronic energy changes during the reaction have also been evaluated. Glyceraldehyde+deprotonated glycine reaction has been found to be the most favorable for the formation of the Amadori rearrangement products in both gaseous and aqueous states. Due to the possibility of the production of both enol and keto forms of the Amadori rearrangement product, the rate of browning in glyceraldehyde+deprotonated glycine reaction is assumed to be faster than the others. Glyceraldehyde+unionized glycine reaction has been found to be more plausible for the formation of the keto form of the Amadori rearrangement products, particularly, in the gaseous phase. Glyceraldehyde+protonated glycine and glyceraldehyde+glycine zwitterion reactions are not favorable for the formation of the Amadori rearrangement products. Formation of hydroxyacetaldehyde from glyceralaldehyde, as one of the possible C2-fragmentation product, has been found to be favorable in the aqueous state.     

Palladium catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reactions using N,O-bidentate ligands

Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reactions employing Schiff-bases as ligands toward a series of substituted arylbromides and boronic acids were pursued. In the presence of a N,O-bidentate ligand, 2-[1-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenylimino)-ethyl]-phenol 5, the catalytic reactions could be carried out efficiently at room temperature with a wide array of arylbromides, even with electronically deactivated arenes. A deprotonated 5, 5′, chelated palladium acetate complex, [5′Pd(II)(OAc)(solv)] 8, was proposed as a precursor of a genuine catalytically active species.     

Palladium-catalyzed cascade reactions of benzyl halides with N-allyl-N-(2-butenyl)-p-toluenesulfonamide

Reaction of benzyl halides with N-allyl-N-(2-butenyl)-p-toluenesulfonamide 1 in the presence of a palladium catalyst afforded dihydropyrroles 3 in moderate to excellent yields. It is proposed that the cyclic products were formed via a palladium-catalyzed cascade cyclization-coupling process.     

Recent advances on deoximation: From stoichiometric reaction to catalytic reaction

Recent advances on the deoximation reactions are reviewed in this review. It was shown that catalytic deoximation with molecular oxygen as the mild oxidant should be the developing trend of the reaction.     

Crystal Structure of (1R,4R;1S,4S)2-Amino-3-Cyano-1,4-Diphenyl-2-Cyclopentene-1-ol

1INTRODUCTIONIntheearly1970'sthreegroupsofinvestigatorsL,~,'foundthatlow-valenttita-nium,preparedbythereactionofstrongreducingagentswithtitaniumtrichlorideortitaniumtetrachlorideintetrahydrofuran,canabstractoxygenfromketonesoraldehydes,leadingtotheforma-tionofolefins.Theinterestinthereactioninducedbylow--valenttitaniumreagentsisincreasingandalargenumberoffunctionalgroupscanbereduceds4-6).Recent-ly,wefoundthatthetitlecompoundisObtainedbycy-cllzatlonreactionof(3--oxo-1,3-diphenyl)propyl-pro…     

N-Allyl-1,3-oxazines via a facile keto-ene/cyclization tandem reaction

The intramolecular keto-ene/cyclization tandem reaction of γ-N-allylamino ketones is an effective means of producing 1,3-oxazines. The reaction usually requires high temperatures and/or pressures. We discovered that N,N-diallyl amines undergo the reaction at lower temperatures than their monoallyl analogs. An extreme example, 1-N,N-diallylamino-9,10-anthraquinone, undergoes the keto-ene reaction near ambient temperature. In the case of 1-N,N′-dialkylaminoanthraquinones, electron deficient ene components can even be used, allowing the preparation of a broad spectrum of oxazines. Furthermore, the N-allyl-1,3-oxazine can be easily deallylated to produce a 1,3-oxazine that contains a secondary amine.