6622-05-5Relevant articles and documents
Reduction of Activated Alkenes by PIII/PV Redox Cycling Catalysis
Longwitz, Lars,Werner, Thomas
supporting information, p. 2760 - 2763 (2020/02/05)
The carbon–carbon double bond of unsaturated carbonyl compounds was readily reduced by using a phosphetane oxide catalyst in the presence of a simple organosilane as the terminal reductant and water as the hydrogen source. Quantitative hydrogenation was observed when 1.0 mol % of a methyl-substituted phosphetane oxide was employed as the catalyst. The procedure is highly selective towards activated double bonds, tolerating a variety of functional groups that are usually prone to reduction. In total, 25 alkenes and two alkynes were hydrogenated to the corresponding alkanes in excellent yields of up to 99 %. Notably, less active poly(methylhydrosiloxane) could also be utilized as the terminal reductant. Mechanistic investigations revealed the phosphane as the catalyst resting state and a protonation/deprotonation sequence as the crucial step in the catalytic cycle.
Radical-mediated dehydrative preparation of cyclic imides using (NH4)2S2O8-DMSO: Application to the synthesis of vernakalant
Garad, Dnyaneshwar N.,Tanpure, Subhash D.,Mhaske, Santosh B.
supporting information, p. 1008 - 1016 (2015/08/18)
Ammonium persulfate-dimethyl sulfoxide (APS-DMSO) has been developed as an efficient and new dehydrating reagent for a convenient one-pot process for the synthesis of miscellaneous cyclic imides in high yields starting from readily available primary amines and cyclic anhydrides. A plausible radical mechanism involving DMSO has been proposed. The application of this facile one-pot imide forming process has been demonstrated for a practical synthesis of vernakalant.
