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Manganese-catalyzed homogeneous hydrogenation of ketones and conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives: A chemoselective, robust, and phosphine-free in situ-protocol
Topf, Christoph,Vielhaber, Thomas
, (2021/07/10)
We communicate a user-friendly and glove-box-free catalytic protocol for the manganese-catalyzed hydrogenation of ketones and conjugated C[dbnd]C[sbnd]bonds of esters and nitriles. The respective catalyst is readily assembled in situ from the privileged [Mn(CO)5Br] precursor and cheap 2-picolylamine. The catalytic transformations were performed in the presence of t-BuOK whereby the corresponding hydrogenation products were obtained in good to excellent yields. The described system offers a brisk and atom-efficient access to both secondary alcohols and saturated esters avoiding the use of oxygen-sensitive and expensive phosphine-based ligands.
NBS-mediated synthesis of β-keto sulfones from benzyl alcohols and sodium arenesulfinates
Muneeswara, Madithedu,Sundaravelu, Nallappan,Sekar, Govindasamy
supporting information, p. 3479 - 3484 (2019/05/21)
An efficient synthetic route towards the synthesis of β-keto sulfones has been developed from secondary benzyl alcohols using N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). The present protocol utilizes NBS as oxidant as well as brominating agent, readily accessible benzyl alcohols and sodium arenesulfinates as the sulfonylating reagent under mild conditions. The control experiments revealed that the reaction proceeds via oxidation of alcohol to ketone, α-bromination of ketone and nucleophilic substitution by sodium arenesulfinate. Furthermore, the efficiency of the methodology was tested with a gram scale reaction and also shown the synthetic utility.
Halogen-bonded iodonium ion catalysis: A route to α-hydroxy ketones: Via domino oxidations of secondary alcohols and aliphatic C-H bonds with high selectivity and control
Guha, Somraj,Kazi, Imran,Mukherjee, Pranamita,Sekar, Govindasamy
supporting information, p. 10942 - 10945 (2017/10/13)
A domino synthesis of α-hydroxy ketones has been developed from benzylic secondary alcohols employing catalytic iodonium ions stabilized by DMSO. The reaction proceeds through an unprecedented sequential oxidation of alcohols to ketone and its α-hydroxylation in a controlled manner. The spectroscopic evidence establishes the possibility of formation of a stable halogen-bonded adduct between DMSO and iodonium ions.
