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Phthalide synthesis through dehydrogenated lactonization of the C(sp3)-H bond by photoredox catalysis
Cai, Shunyou,Cai, Zhixiong,Chen, Shanyi,Huang, Mingqiang,Lai, Qihong,Lin, Yulin,Liu, Chao,Liu, Hui
supporting information, p. 8212 - 8216 (2021/10/29)
A practical and efficient method is established for the direct oxidative lactonization of the C(sp3)-H bonds relying on visible-light-induced photoredox catalysis. This protocol expediently allows the delivery of diverse phthalides using oxygen as the sole terminal oxidant under metal-free conditions at room temperature. Notably, the choice of an appropriate hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) cocatalyst is revealed to be critical for the success of this process.
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation/Lactonization of 2-Acylarylcarboxylates: Direct Access to Chiral 3-Substituted Phthalides
Lu, Bin,Zhao, Mengmeng,Ding, Guangni,Xie, Xiaomin,Jiang, Lili,Ratovelomanana-Vidal, Virginie,Zhang, Zhaoguo
, p. 3989 - 3996 (2017/09/13)
Highly enantioselective tandem hydrogenation/lactonization of various 2-acylarylcarboxylates including 2-aroylarylcarboxylates were realized by using [RuCl(benzene)(S)-SunPhos]Cl as the catalyst under mild reaction conditions. Excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99.6 % ee) and activities (S/C=1000) were obtained. This convenient and practical method enables a direct access to a series of highly optically pure 3-substituted phthalides that are very important molecules as valuable pharmacological compounds and diversified synthons for medicinal chemistry. Moreover, a gram-scale reaction was performed to further demonstrate the practicality of this approach.
Microbial asymmetric syntheses of 3-alkylphthalide derivatives
Kitayama, Takashi
, p. 3765 - 3774 (2007/10/03)
Phthalide derivatives, almost all of which have an S-configuration, have a wide range of activity and exist in Angerica sinensis Diels and Sligusticum wallichiii Franch. For the first time, optically active (S)-3-methylphthalide derivatives were synthesized using two methods, asymmetric microbial reduction and microbial hydroxylation. For the first method, methyl 2-acetylbenzoate was synthesized as a substrate, which was reduced asymmetrically by Geotrichum candidum IFO 34614 to obtain (S)-3-methylphtalide in 92% yield (99% enantiomeric excess, ee). For the second method, 2-ethylbenzoic acid was employed as a substrate which was hydroxylated asymmetrically at the benzylic position by either Pseudomonas putida ATCC 12633 or Aspergillus niger IFO 6661, whose fermentation was induced by o-toluic acid, to obtain (S)-3-methylphthalide in 80% yield (99% ee). (S)-3-Butylphthalide and (S)-3-octylphthalide were obtained in the same manner in 12% yield (ee = 99%) and 10% yield (ee = 99%), respectively.
