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Rhodium-Catalyzed Aerobic Decomposition of 1,3-Diaryl-2-diazo-1,3-diketones: Mechanistic Investigation and Application to the Synthesis of Benzils
Zhu, Jia-Liang,Tsai, Yi-Ting
, p. 813 - 828 (2020/12/22)
The conversion of 1,3-diaryl-2-diazo-1,3-diketones to 1,2-daryl-1,2-diketones (benzils) is reported based on a rhodium(II)-catalyzed aerobic decomposition process. The reaction occurs at ambient temperatures and can be catalyzed by a few dirhodium carboxylates (5 mol %) under a balloon pressure of oxygen. Moreover, an oxygen atom from the O2 reagent is shown to be incorporated into the product, and this is accompanied by the extrusion of a carbonyl unit from the starting materials. Mechanistically, it is proposed that the decomposition may proceed via the interaction of a ketene intermediate resulting from a Wolff rearrangement of the carbenoid, with a rhodium peroxide or peroxy radical species generated upon the activation of molecular oxygen. The proposed mechanism has been supported by the results from a set of controlled experiments. By using this newly developed strategy, a large array of benzil derivatives as well as 9,10-phenanthrenequinone were synthesized from the corresponding diazo substrates in varying yields. On the other hand, the method did not allow the generation of benzocyclobutene-1,2-dione from 2-diazo-1,3-indandione because of the difficulty of inducing the initial rearrangement.
Non-metal catalytic method for preparing 1,3-diketone compounds based on acetyenic ketone
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, (2020/02/19)
The invention discloses a non-metal catalytic method for preparing 1,3-diketone compounds based on acetyenic ketone. The preparation method is a stepwise method or a one-pot method. The stepwise method comprises the following steps: mixing an acetyenic ketone compound I, a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound II and a No.1 base for a reaction, performing separation and purification to obtain an intermediate product, mixing the intermediate product and a No.2 base for a reaction, and performing separation and purification to obtain the product; and the one-pot method comprises the following steps: firstly mixing an acetyenic ketone compound I and a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound II, adding a No.1 base, performing a reaction for a period of time, adding a No.2 base, continuing a reaction for a period of time, and finally performing separation and purification to obtain the product. The method provided by the invention has mild reaction conditions, simple operation and a higher yield, wherein the yield is generally 80% or more, and the method has greater practical application value in drug synthesis.
Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of unsymmetrical benzils
Zhang, Hao,Feng, Dandan,Sheng, Haibo,Ma, Xuebing,Wan, Jinwei,Tang, Qian
, p. 6417 - 6423 (2014/02/14)
In this paper, the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of unsymmetrical benzils with m, p-substituents was conducted with a substrate/catalyst molar ratio of 100 at 40°C for 24 h to produce (S,S)-hydrobenzoins in good yields (76.2% to 97.1%) with high diastereomeric (syn/anti = 10.8 to 29.7/1) and enantiomeric purities (86.1%ee syn to 98.9%ee syn). Unfortunately, the unsymmetrical benzils with the o-substituents such as electron-donating (R = CH3, OCH3) and electron-withdrawing groups (R = F, Cl, CF3) resulted in poor yields (0% to 31.2%), even at 40°C for 72 h. These products had inefficient diastereoselectivities (syn/anti = 1.5 to 5.0/1) caused by steric effects. Furthermore, the results of a dynamic-kinetic study were used to propose a plausible reaction pathway of unsymmetrical benzil using 3-methoxy-1,2-diphenyl ethanedione as an example.
