5664-22-2Relevant articles and documents
Controlled Reduction of Nitriles by Sodium Hydride and Zinc Chloride
Chiba, Shunsuke,Ong, Derek Yiren
, p. 1369 - 1378 (2020/04/27)
A new protocol for the controlled reduction of nitriles to aldehydes was developed using a combination of sodium hydride and zinc chloride. The iminyl zinc intermediates derived from aromatic nitriles could be further functionalized with allylmetal nucleophiles to afford homoallylamines. As the method allows the reduction of various aliphatic and aromatic nitriles with a concise procedure under milder reaction conditions and exhibits wide functional group compatibility, it is well suited for use in various opportunities in chemical synthesis.
Iterative Synthesis of Pluripotent Thioethers through Controlled Redox Fluctuation of Sulfur
Colas, Kilian,Mendoza, Abraham
, p. 1329 - 1333 (2018/06/13)
Target- and diversity-oriented syntheses are based on diverse building blocks, whose preparation requires discrete design and constructive alignment of different chemistries. To enable future automation of the synthesis of small molecules, we have devised a unified strategy that serves the divergent synthesis of unrelated scaffolds such as carbonyls, olefins, organometallics, halides, and boronic esters. It is based on iterations of a nonelectrophilic Pummerer-type C-C coupling enabled by turbo -organomagnesium amides that we have recently reported. The pluripotency of sulfur allows the central building blocks to be obtained by regulating C-C bond formation through control of its redox state.
Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Prochiral α,α-Disubstituted Aldehyde Enolates for the Construction of Acyclic Quaternary Stereogenic Centers
Wright, Timothy B.,Evans, P. Andrew
, p. 15303 - 15306 (2016/12/09)
A highly enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed allylic alkylation of prochiral α,α-disubstituted aldehyde enolates with allyl benzoate is described. This protocol provides a novel approach for the synthesis of acyclic quaternary carbon stereogenic centers and it represents the first example of the direct enantioselective alkylation of an aldehyde enolate per se. The versatility of the α-quaternary aldehyde products is demonstrated through their conversion to a variety of useful motifs applicable to target-directed synthesis. Finally, mechanistic studies indicate that high levels of asymmetric induction are achieved from a mixture of prochiral (E)- and (Z)-enolates, which provides an exciting development for this type of transformation.
