40181-00-8Relevant articles and documents
The first one-pot metathesis-hydroformylation procedure: a straight synthesis of 2-arylpropanals from renewable 1-propenylbenzenes
Avenda?o Villarreal, Jesus Alberto,Delolo, Fábio Godoy,Granato, Artur Vicari,Gusevskaya, Elena Vitalievna,dos Santos, Eduardo Nicolau
, p. 8007 - 8013 (2021/12/27)
Hydroformylation is a consolidated synthetic tool in the chemical industry, both in commodity and in the fine chemicals industry. Olefin metathesis has been largely employed in the petrochemical sector, and, more recently, in the synthesis of specialty chemicals. Although these reactions may be involved in the same synthetic route for various industrial chemicals, to the best of our knowledge, they have never been combined in a one-pot procedure. As a proof of concept, we have demonstrated in the present work that the ruthenium-catalyzed ethenolysis of renewable 1-propenylbenzenes followed by the rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of functionalized styrenes formed in the first step could be done in one pot. The integration of these reactions was not straightforward once the catalyst of the first step interfered with the catalyst of the second step. Under optimized conditions, it was possible to synthesize 2-arylpropanals, a class of compounds valuable as synthetic intermediates to access non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, in overall yields of 85-90%, at low catalyst loadings.
Chemoenzymatic Cascades toward Methylated Tetrahydroprotoberberine and Protoberberine Alkaloids
Broomfield, Joseph,Hailes, Helen C.,Keep, Nicholas H.,Roddan, Rebecca,Subrizi, Fabiana,Ward, John M.
supporting information, p. 6342 - 6347 (2021/08/30)
Tetrahydroprotoberberine and protoberberine alkaloids are a group of biologically active natural products with complex molecular scaffolds. Isolation from plants is challenging and stereoselective synthetic routes, particularly of methylated compounds are
Pummerer Cyclization Revisited: Unraveling of Acyl Oxonium Ion and Vinyl Sulfide Pathways
Li, Xin,Carter, Rich G.
supporting information, p. 5541 - 5545 (2018/09/25)
Two viable pathways (vinyl sulfide and acyl oxonium ion) for the Pummerer cyclization have been unraveled that expand the reaction scope and capabilities. Use of Br?nsted-enhanced Lewis acidity was key to realization of the vinyl sulfide pathway, whereas selective complexation of the sulfur lone pair facilitated the unprecedented acyl oxonium ion pathway. Preliminary mechanistic investigations support these hypotheses. A range of substrates have been explored to understand the reaction parameters.
