20359-56-2Relevant articles and documents
A Fast and General Route to Ketones from Amides and Organolithium Compounds under Aerobic Conditions: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects
Ghinato, Simone,Territo, Davide,Maranzana, Andrea,Capriati, Vito,Blangetti, Marco,Prandi, Cristina
, p. 2868 - 2874 (2021/01/21)
We report that the nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction of aliphatic and (hetero)aromatic amides by organolithium reagents proceeds quickly (20 s reaction time), efficiently, and chemoselectively with a broad substrate scope in the environmentally responsible cyclopentyl methyl ether, at ambient temperature and under air, to provide ketones in up to 93 % yield with an effective suppression of the notorious over-addition reaction. Detailed DFT calculations and NMR investigations support the experimental results. The described methodology was proven to be amenable to scale-up and recyclability protocols. Contrasting classical procedures carried out under inert atmospheres, this work lays the foundation for a profound paradigm shift of the reactivity of carboxylic acid amides with organolithiums, with ketones being straightforwardly obtained by simply combining the reagents under aerobic conditions and with no need of using previously modified or pre-activated amides, as recommended.
Controlled photo-flow oxidative reaction (UV-FOR) platform for ultra-fast phthalide and API synthesis
Aand, Dnyaneshwar,Karekar, Sanjeev,Mahajan, Bhushan,Pawar, Amit B.,Singh, Ajay K.
supporting information, p. 4584 - 4590 (2018/10/23)
An integrated photo-flow oxidative reaction (UV-FOR) platform approach is presented for the synthesis of phthalides. The current protocol is catalyst-free, and uses economical and abundant hydro-carbons and hydrocarbon derivatives such as benzoic acid, benzene, and xylene, as starting materials. The reaction is performed using oxygen as a green oxidant in a time- and labour-efficient manner. This integrated approach has been shown to be successful in making a UV-FOR platform suitable for the on-demand synthesis of phthalides and their further syntheses to 2-arylmethylbenzoic acids and arylogous Michael addition products under relatively mild conditions. The current protocol was further extended to the gram scale synthesis of an ischemic stroke-relevant active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), 3-N-butylphthalide (NBP), in a continuous flow process.
Mild and direct conversion of esters to morpholine amides using diisobutyl(morpholino)aluminum: Application to efficient one-pot synthesis of ketones and aldehydes from esters
Jeon, Ah Ram,Kim, Min Eai,Park, Jae Kyo,Shin, Won Kyu,An, Duk Keun
, p. 4420 - 4424 (2014/06/10)
Morpholine amide intermediates, which are easily prepared by aminolysis of various esters with diisobutyl(morpholino)aluminum, react with organolithium and reducing agents (DIBALH or LDBMA) without isolation of the aminolysis intermediates to give ketones in 83-95% yields and aldehydes quantitatively.
