22050-10-8Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of 3-phenyl- and 5- phenyl- 2- pyrrolidinone via rhodium catalysed carbonylation of allylamines
Bertozzi, Sergio,Salvadori, Piero
, p. 2959 - 2965 (1996)
The Rh4(CO)12 catalysed reaction with CO and H2 of 1-phenyl- and 3-phenyl allylamine gives 5-phenyl- and 3-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone respectively, in good yield. A reasonable reaction pathway of the carbonylation reaction is
Tropylium-promoted Ritter reactions
Doan, Son H.,Hussein, Mohanad A.,Nguyen, Thanh Vinh
supporting information, p. 8901 - 8904 (2021/09/10)
The Ritter reaction used to be one of the most powerful synthetic tools to functionalize alcohols and nitriles, providing valuableN-alkyl amide products. However, this reaction has not been frequently used in modern organic synthesis due to its employment of strongly acidic and harsh reaction conditions, which often lead to complicated side reactions. Herein, we report the development of a new method using salts of the tropylium ion to promote the Ritter reaction. This method works well on a range of alcohol and nitrile substrates, giving the corresponding products in good to excellent yields. This reaction protocol is amenable to microwave and continuous flow reactors, offering an attractive opportunity for further applications in organic synthesis.
Direct Synthesis of Chiral NH Lactams via Ru-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Amination/Cyclization Cascade of Keto Acids/Esters
Shi, Yongjie,Tan, Xuefeng,Gao, Shuang,Zhang, Yao,Wang, Jingxin,Zhang, Xumu,Yin, Qin
supporting information, p. 2707 - 2713 (2020/03/30)
Lactams with a stereogenic center adjacent to the N atom have existed in many medicinal agents and bioactive alkaloids. Herein we report a broadly applicable synthesis of enantioenriched NH lactams through a one-pot asymmetric reductive amination/cyclization sequence of easily available keto acids/esters. Such cascade processes alleviate the demand for protecting group manipulations as well as intermediate purification. This strategy is capable of constructing enantioenriched lactams and benzo-lactams of a five-, six-, or seven-membered ring in generally high yield and with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 97% ee). Scalable and concise syntheses of key drug intermediates have further displayed the importance of this methodology.
Tuning Triplet Energy Transfer of Hydroxamates as the Nitrene Precursor for Intramolecular C(sp3)-H Amidation
Chang, Sukbok,Jung, Hoimin,Keum, Hyeyun,Kweon, Jeonguk
supporting information, p. 5811 - 5818 (2020/04/10)
Reported herein is the design of a photosensitization strategy to generate triplet nitrenes and its applicability for the intramolecular C-H amidation reactions. Substrate optimization by tuning physical organic parameters according to the proposed energy transfer pathway led us to identify hydroxamates as a convenient nitrene precursor. While more classical nitrene sources, representatively organic azides, were ineffective under the current photosensitization conditions, hydroxamates, which are readily available from alcohols or carboxylic acids, are highly efficient in accessing synthetically valuable 2-oxazolidinones and γ-lactams by visible light. Mechanism studies supported our working hypothesis that the energy transfer path is mainly operative.