6114-57-4Relevant articles and documents
"on Water" Direct Organocatalytic Cyanoarylmethylation of Isatins for the Diastereoselective Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-3-cyanomethyl Oxindoles
Zhang, Yong,Luo, Liang,Ge, Jin,Yan, Su-Qiong,Peng, Yan-Xin,Liu, Ya-Ru,Liu, Jin-Xiang,Liu, Chong,Ma, Tianqiong,Luo, Hai-Qing
, p. 4000 - 4008 (2019)
An "on water" organocatalytic cyanoarylmethylation of aryl acetonitrile to isatins is developed, giving products in high yields and up to excellent diastereoselectivities. A remarkable enhancement of reaction rates and diastereoselectivities by water was observed under mild conditions. Moreover, this approach provides a highly efficient and environmentally benign access to thermodynamic 3-hydroxy-3-cyanomethyl oxindoles.
Accelerated Discovery of α-Cyanodiarylethene Photoswitches
Hecht, Stefan,K?nig, Niklas F.,Mutruc, Dragos
supporting information, p. 9162 - 9168 (2021/07/01)
Cyanodiarylethene chromophores are able to undergo constitutional exchange via dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC). During this process, the central ethylene bridge of the molecular scaffold can be broken and thereby enables the assembly of a new combination of aryl moieties around the reformed ethylene bridge. The reversible CC double bond exchange has exemplarily been investigated using α-cyanostilbenes. Establishing a dynamic equilibrium reaction from α-cyanodiarylethene with arylacetonitriles under mild conditions has been the basis to access constitutional libraries of new photoswitches with potentially improved properties. When subject to irradiation with light of adequate wavelength, α-cyanodiarylethenes undergo Z/E isomerization followed by ring-closure. By screening the thus accessible dynamic chromophore libraries using a desired detection wavelength, we could identify specific dithienyl analogues that exhibit three-state photochromism. The combination of dynamic constitutional libraries of functional chromophores in combination with the light-guided screening and selection should lead to more rapid exploration of structural diversity dye chemistry.
Pyrenedione-Catalyzed α-Olefination of Nitriles under Visible-Light Photoredox Conditions
Bains, Amreen K.,Ankit, Yadav,Adhikari, Debashis
supporting information, p. 2019 - 2023 (2021/04/05)
Herein, we report a combination of pyrenedione (PD) and KOtBu to achieve facile alcohol dehydrogenation under visible-light excitation, where aerobic oxygen is utilized as the terminal oxidant. The resulting carbonyl compound can be easily converted to vinyl nitriles in a single-pot reaction, at 60 °C in 6-8 h. This environmentally benign, organocatalytic approach has distinct advantages over transition-metal-catalyzed α-olefination of nitriles, which often operate at a significantly higher temperature for an extended reaction time.
Nickel-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Halides and Hydrocyanation of Alkynes via C-CN Bond Cleavage and Cyano Transfer
Chen, Hui,Sun, Shuhao,Liu, Yahu A.,Liao, Xuebin
, p. 1397 - 1405 (2020/02/04)
We report nickel-catalyzed cyanation and hydrocyanation methods to prepare aryl nitriles and vinyl nitriles from aryl halides and alkynes, respectively. Using inexpensive and nontoxic 4-cyanopyridine N-oxide as the cyano shuttle, the methods provide an efficient approach to prepare aryl cyanides and vinyl nitriles under mild and operationally simple reaction conditions with a broad range of functional group tolerances. In hydrocyanation of alkynes, the method demonstrated good regioselectivity, producing predominantly E- or Z-alkenyl nitriles in a controlled manner and exclusively Markovnikov vinyl nitriles when internal diaryl alkynes and terminal alkynes were applied as the substrates, respectively. The preliminary mechanistic investigation indicated that the C-CN bond cleavage process is promoted by oxidative addition to the nickel(I) complex in the cyanation of aryl halides, and further studies via a series of deuterium exchange experiments indicated that water serves as the hydrogen source for the hydrocyanation of alkynes.
