75633-63-5Relevant articles and documents
APPLICATION OF THE COMBINATION OF SODIUM BISULFITE AS A PROTECTIVE REAGENT AND SOLID SUPPORTS IN THE SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF 4-ACETYLBENZALDEHYDE WITH DIBORANE
Chihara, Teiji,Wakabayashi, Tamie,Taya, Kazuo
, p. 1657 - 1660 (1981)
4-Acetylbenzaldehyde (2) has been selectively reduced by using a combination of protective group and solid supports.The formyl group of 2 was protected by addition of sodium bisulfite.The adduct, supported on silica gel, was then selectively reduced to 4-
Iron-catalyzed chemoselective hydride transfer reactions
Coufourier, Sébastien,Ndiaye, Daouda,Gaillard, Quentin Gaignard,Bettoni, Léo,Joly, Nicolas,Mbaye, Mbaye Diagne,Poater, Albert,Gaillard, Sylvain,Renaud, Jean-Luc
supporting information, (2021/06/07)
A Diaminocyclopentadienone iron tricarbonyl complex has been applied in chemoselective hydrogen transfer reductions. This bifunctional iron complex demonstrated a broad applicability in mild conditions in various reactions, such as reduction of aldehydes over ketones, reductive alkylation of various functionalized amines with functionalized aldehydes and reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones into the corresponding saturated ketones. A broad range of functionalized substrates has been isolated in excellent yields with this practical procedure.
Selective aldehyde reductions in neutral water catalysed by encapsulation in a supramolecular cage
Paul, Avishek,Shipman, Michael A.,Onabule, Dolapo Y.,Sproules, Stephen,Symes, Mark D.
, p. 5082 - 5090 (2021/04/21)
The enhancement of reactivity inside supramolecular coordination cages has many analogies to the mode of action of enzymes, and continues to inspire the design of new catalysts for a range of reactions. However, despite being a near-ubiquitous class of reactions in organic chemistry, enhancement of the reduction of carbonyls to their corresponding alcohols remains very much underexplored in supramolecular coordination cages. Herein, we show that encapsulation of small aromatic aldehydes inside a supramolecular coordination cage allows the reduction of these aldehydes with the mild reducing agent sodium cyanoborohydride to proceed with high selectivity (ketones and esters are not reduced) and in good yields. In the absence of the cage, low pH conditions are essential for any appreciable conversion of the aldehydes to the alcohols. In contrast, the specific microenvironment inside the cage allows this reaction to proceed in bulk solution that is pH-neutral, or even basic. We propose that the cage acts to stabilise the protonated oxocarbenium ion reaction intermediates (enhancing aldehyde reactivity) whilst simultaneously favouring the encapsulation and reduction of smaller aldehydes (which fit more easily inside the cage). Such dual action (enhancement of reactivity and size-selectivity) is reminiscent of the mode of operation of natural enzymes and highlights the tremendous promise of cage architectures as selective catalysts.
