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Safe and Facile Access to Nonstabilized Diazoalkanes Using Continuous Flow Technology
Rullière, Pauline,Benoit, Guillaume,Allouche, Emmanuelle M. D.,Charette, André B.
supporting information, p. 5777 - 5782 (2018/05/14)
Despite the high synthetic potential of nonstabilized diazo compounds, their utilization has always been hampered by stability, toxicity, and safety issues. The present method opens up access to the most reactive nonstabilized diazoalkanes. Among diazo compounds, nonstabilized alkyl diazo compounds are the least represented because of their propensity to degrade during preparation. The continuous flow oxidation process of hydrazones on a silver oxide column afforded an output stream of base- and metal-free pure diazo solution in dichloromethane. Starting from innocuous ketones and aldehydes, this methodology allows the production of a broad range of unprecedented diazoalkanes compounds in excellent yields, while highlighting their synthetic potential and the possibility of safe large-scale diazo production.
Dipole-Stabilized Carbanions from Esters: α-Oxo Lithiations of 2,6-Substituted Benzoates of Primary Alcohols
Beak, Peter,Carter, Linda G.
, p. 2363 - 2373 (2007/10/02)
The synthetic utility of dipole-stabilized carbanions from esters is illustrated by the preparations, α-oxo lithiations, electrophilic substitutions, and cleavages of the 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzoates and the 2,6-bis(dimethylamino)-3,5-diisopropylbenzoates of primary alcohols, 2 and 3, respectively.Typical electrophiles used in this methodology include primary alkyl halides, aldehydes, ketones, trimethylsilyl chloride, and tri-n-butyltin chloride.Cleavages of the substituted esters of 2 are accomplished with lithium aluminum hydride while hydrolyses of derivatives of3 can be achieved under acidic conditions.The 2,6-substitutions of 2 and 3 are considered to enforce orthogonality of the carbonyl group and the phenyl ring and thereby to inhibit addition to the carbonyl by the organolithium base used for the metalation by placing the substituents in the trajectory for nucleophilic addition along the LUMO of the carbonyl.The acidic hydrolysis of 3 under conditions where 2 is stable is attributed to protonation of the dimethylamino group which provides subsequent assistance for nucleophilic addition.These metalations provide the key steps in the preparation of secondary α-lithio alcohol synthetic equivalents from primary alcohols.Lithiation of 1'-methylbenzyl 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzoate proceeds α to oxygen as expected, but attempts to prepare analogous unactivated tertiary α-lithio esters were unsuccessful.The lithiation of 2'-methoxyethyl 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzoate is followed by elimination of methoxide and α-oxo metalation of the resulting vinyl ester.Lithiation of allyl 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzoate provides 1-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)-1,2-butanedione by rearrangement.
