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Chemistry, Organic
Anh Le, Daesung Lee
Summary: This study explores the substituent-dependent reactivity and selectivity in intramolecular reactions of arynes tethered with different allene isomers. It is found that the presence of 1,3-disubstituted allene favors an Alder-ene reaction over a [2 + 2] cycloaddition, while a 1,1-disubstituted allene prefers the [2 + 2] cycloaddition. Additionally, a 1,1,3-trisubstituted allene-tethered aryne shows preference for an Alder-ene reaction over a [2 + 2] cycloaddition.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Organic
Matteo Lanzi, Racha Abed Ali Abdine, Maxime De Abreu, Joanna Wencel-Delord
Summary: This study reported the synthesis of dissymetric 2,3,2',3',4-substituted biaryls via pericyclic reactions of cyclic diaryl lambda(3)-bromanes. The method provides functional group tolerance and atom economy, allowing access to molecular complexity in a single reaction step. Continuous flow protocol has been designed for scale-up, while postfunctionalizations have been developed leveraging the residual Br-atom.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qun Zhao, Yao Li, Qing-Xia Zhang, Jin-Pei Cheng, Xin Li
Summary: The highly enantioselective aza-Diels-Alder reaction of 2-aryl-3H-indol-3-ones with unactivated dienes using a B(C6F5)(3)/chiral phosphoric acid catalyst system under mild conditions offers rapid access to a broad scope of tetrahydropyridine derivatives with excellent outcomes. The reaction is efficient, with maintained enantioselectivity even at lower catalyst loadings of 0.1 mol %. DFT calculations provide convincing evidence for the interpretation of stereoselection.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
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Chemistry, Organic
Jian-Xiang Zhu, Fu Pi, Teng Sun, Wen-Yu Huang, Lu Gao, Zhi-Chao Chen, Wei Du, Ying-Chun Chen
Summary: This article introduces a palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction that proceeds through sequential 2,4-dienylation/Michael addition/pi-sigma-pi isomerization/allylic alkylation. Using ortho-functionalized aryl enones and 2,4-dienyl carbonates as substrates, enantioenriched architectures with fused and spirocyclic frameworks are constructed in moderate to excellent yields and stereoselectivity. Importantly, the intrinsic intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction pattern of the dienylated intermediates is effectively reversed via Pd(0)-pi-Lewis base catalysis.
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Polymer Science
Paul van den Tempel, Emiel O. van der Boon, Jozef G. M. Winkelman, Antonina V. Krasnikova, Daniele Parisi, Peter J. Deuss, Francesco Picchioni, Ranjita K. Bose
Summary: The furan-maleimide Diels-Alder chemistry is a useful tool for designing thermo-reversible click networks. In this study, a new reaction in furan-maleimide click networks, called the Double-Diels-Alder reaction (DDA), was reported. This reaction forms extra linkages between Diels-Alder adducts and non-reacted furan groups, resulting in stronger materials but reducing thermal recycling efficiency. The study revealed that the DDA reaction can occur in both intramolecular and intermolecular fashion, and it exhibits reversibility like the regular Diels-Alder reaction. The importance of the DDA reaction in furan-maleimide click networks may be easily overlooked, leading to unexpected reactivity in these systems.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zorana Ferjancic, Andrej Kukuruzar, Filip Bihelovic
Summary: An enantioselective total synthesis of the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid (+)-alstonlarsine A (1) has been achieved, which possesses a unique pentacyclic skeleton and rare biological activity. The key step involves an efficient domino sequence, consisting of enamine formation followed by an inverse-electron-demand intramolecular dearomative Diels-Alder cycloaddition for the construction of a 9-azatricyclo[4.3.1.0(3,8)]decane core. This strategy offers a new general entry into other tricyclic frameworks with fused indole ring and 6-, 7-, or 8-membered rings.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhimei Mao, Aimin Huang, Lin Ma, Min Zhang
Summary: A facile visible light-promoted approach has been developed for the synthesis of anthracenone-furans from readily available 2,3-dibromonaphthoquinones and phenylbenzofurans via a formal Diels Alder reaction. This reaction involves wavelength-selective agitation of 4CzIPN, energy transfer to quinones, recombination of 1,6-biradicals, and elimination to give anthracenone-furans in good to excellent yields in one pot.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nicole Houszka, Hannes Mikula, Dennis Svatunek
Summary: 1,2,4,5-Tetrazines are widely used in bioorthogonal chemistry for their high reactivity in Diels-Alder reactions. The substituents in the 3- and 6-positions of the tetrazine scaffold significantly affect the rate of cycloadditions, but this is not explained by frontier molecular orbital interactions. Instead, the high reactivity of mono-substituted tetrazines is due to decreased Pauli repulsion, leading to a more asynchronous approach and reduced distortion energy. Additionally, ethylene is not a good model compound for other alkenes in Diels-Alder reactions.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
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Chemistry, Organic
Casper Larsen Barlose, Jonas Faghtmann, Rene Slot Bitsch, Joseph Daniel Gbubele, Karl Anker Jorgensen
Summary: The combination of asymmetric organocatalysis with the (pseudo)-halogen effect allows for the efficient formation of chiral norcarane scaffolds. These scaffolds can easily undergo rearrangements or lactonization to form intricate chiral ring structures.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jian Rong, Chuanfa Ni, Yucheng Gu, Jinbo Hu
Summary: The stereoselective [3+2] cycloaddition reaction between N-tert-butanesulfinyl ketimines and arynes has been successfully extended to the synthesis of enantiopure [(2-pyridyl)sulfonyl]difluoromethylated cyclic sulfoximines. The use of 2-PySO2CF2 as a facilitating group has opened up new opportunities for further research due to the diverse relativity of 2-pyridyl sulfones.
HELVETICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jan Faehrmann, Gerhard Hilt
Summary: The study presents the acyl nitroso Diels-Alder reaction of 1,3-dienes with electrochemically oxidised hydroxamic acids. By utilizing alternating current electrolysis and optimizing the reaction conditions through Design of Experiments, high purity products were obtained with yields up to 96%, without the need for further purification.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Shuheng Xu, Linwei Zeng, Sunliang Cui
Summary: The Diels-Alder (DA) reaction and hetero-Diels-Alder (HDA) reaction are powerful methods for constructing carbocycles and heterocycles. This study presents an integrated building block that combines both DA and HDA reactions, utilizing triazenyl dienes to undergo the DA reaction and the newly released alkene moiety and triazene to engage in the HDA reaction.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Radomir Jasinski
Summary: The view of the one-step [4+2] cycloaddition (Diels-Alder) reaction mechanism as the only possible one was widely accepted at the end of the twentieth century, but much has changed since then. Multi-step mechanisms with zwitterionic or diradical intermediates have been proposed for a number of processes, as critically analyzed in this review.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Elisa Brambilla, Sara Leoni, Giorgio Abbiati, Valentina Pirovano, Elisabetta Rossi
Summary: Spiroindolenines were used as cyclic imine substrates in formal aza-Diels-Alder reactions with Danishefsky's diene or silyloxy-substituted electron-rich dienes, leading to the synthesis of tetrahydropyrido[1,2-a]spiroindolinones under mild conditions in the presence of ytterbium triflate as a Lewis acidic catalyst, with good yields. The reaction results in the preparation of a small library of a new class of conformational constrained heterocyclic derivatives that easily undergo selective and efficient manipulations.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Organic
Yan Jiang, Hao-Jie Ma, Xue-Long Wang, Yi Yang
Summary: A Yb(OTf)(3)-catalyzed formal (4 + 3) cycloaddition reaction was successfully achieved using donor-acceptor cyclopropanes and 3-benzylideneindoline-2-thiones as reactants. Functionalized 5,10-dihydro-2H-thiepino[2,3-b]indole derivatives were synthesized with good yields and moderate to good diastereoselectivity. This reaction represents the first (4 + 3) cycloaddition of 3-benzylideneindoline-2-thiones.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yun He, Piyush K. Agarwal, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Ruocheng Yu, Bei Cao, Cheng Zou, Xinghua Zhou, Huacheng Xu, Biao Xu, Lei Zhu, Yu Lan, K. C. Nicolaou
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2016)
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Chemistry, Organic
R. Santhosh Reddy, Chandraiah Lagishetti, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Hengyao You, Yun He
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Chemistry, Organic
R. Santhosh Reddy, Chandraiah Lagishetti, Shuo Chen, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Yun He
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Chemistry, Organic
Jian Guo, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, R. Santhosh Reddy, Jiangsheng Gao, Meiqiong Tang, Yuyin Liu, Yun He
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Chemistry, Organic
Jian Guo, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Jiangsheng Gao, R. Santhosh Reddy, Yun He
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
(2016)
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Chemistry, Organic
Hengyao You, Srinivas Rao Vegi, Chandraiah Lagishetti, Shuo Chen, R. Santhosh Reddy, Xiaohong Yang, Jian Guo, Chenhui Wang, Yun He
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2018)
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Chemistry, Organic
Chandraiah Lagishetti, Sreenivas Banne, Hengyao You, Meng Tang, Jian Guo, Na Qi, Yun He
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kyosuke Morimoto, Thien Phuc Le, Sudipta Kumar Manna, I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura
CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Kazuki Fujita, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Indukuru Naga Chaithanya Kiran, Kazuki Fujita, Kazuki Kobayashi, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura
Summary: A monocationic Zn(II) acetate complex has been found to catalyze a highly efficient asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction without the need for an external base. Through detailed analyses of substrate structure, reactivity, and reaction mechanism, the success of the reaction has been explained.
BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
I. N. Chaithanya Kiran, Ramagonolla Kranthikumar
Summary: A direct synthesis of ketones by nickel-catalyzed deaminative cross-coupling of alkylpyridinium salts with thiopyridine esters has been reported. This approach offers an easy and efficient method for the synthesis of ketones from readily available feedstock chemicals, and has proven to be useful in the functionalization of complex bioactives and pharmaceuticals.