Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jyothi Yadav, Atul Jankiram Dolas, Eldhose Iype, Krishnan Rangan, Joji Ohshita, Dalip Kumar, Indresh Kumar
Summary: A direct aza-Diels-Alder reaction between 2-aryl-3H-indolin-3-ones and cyclic-enones has been developed to access chiral indolin-3-one fused polycyclic bridged compounds. The method involves proline-catalyzed Barbas-dienamine intermediate formation from various cyclic-enones and has shown exciting photophysical activities. The synthesized compounds selectively sense Pd2+ and Fe3+ ions through the fluorescence quenching switch-off mode.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Li Lin, Mei Wang, Jiawei Zhou, Fei Li, Huiyun Liu
Summary: The direct C2 addition of 5H-oxazol-4-ones to gamma-keto-alpha,beta-unsaturated esters catalyzed by a chiral squaramide has been achieved, resulting in diverse highly functionalized gamma-keto esters with a C2-oxazolone at the alpha-position in high yields and excellent stereoselectivities (d.r. > 20:1 and up to 98% ee).
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Shinya Adachi, Akira Saito, Masakatsu Shibasaki
Summary: This study reports a method for direct catalytic asymmetric reactions of alkylnitriles and imines. By adding specific catalysts and additives, high yields, high anti/syn diastereoselectivities, and high enantiomeric ratios can be achieved.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Fayang G. Qiu, Linping Wu, Yiming Guo
Summary: In this study, a highly diastereo- and enantioselective formal [4 + 2] cyclization was achieved through a tandem asymmetric Michael addition-intramolecular Henry reaction using dihydroquinine-based phase-transfer catalysis. This method allowed for the one-pot construction of compounds with four contiguous stereochemical centers and multiple functional groups in high yields, with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jingbo Ma, Xinhong Wang, Zhenting Liu, Xiangping Hu
Summary: In this study, a new copper-catalyzed reaction was described for the synthesis of chiral bispropargylic diamines with high yields and excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities. This research has broad applications.
ASIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Stuart C. D. Kennington, Saul F. Teloxa, Miguel Mellado-Hidalgo, Oriol Galeote, Sabrina Puddu, Marina Bellido, Pedro Romea, Felix Urpi, Gabriel Aullon, Merce Font-Bardia
Summary: A direct and asymmetric aldol reaction of N-acyl thiazinanethiones with aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by chiral nickel(II) complexes was reported. The reaction gives high yields of O-TIPS-protected anti-aldol adducts with remarkable stereocontrol and atom economy. The removal of the achiral scaffold provides enantiomerically pure intermediates with synthetic interest for producing anti-alpha-amino-beta-hydroxy and alpha,beta-dihydroxy carboxylic derivatives, with theoretical calculations explaining the observed high stereocontrol.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lona Dutta, Atanu Mondal, Jay Prakash Maurya, Dipto Mukhopadhyay, S. S. V. Ramasastry
Summary: This article introduces the importance of modified organophosphine catalysts in organic synthesis and the principle that designing substrate and reagent combinations can achieve new reaction patterns. These studies provide a foundation for the synthesis of complex molecules and bioactive substances.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lona Dutta, Atanu Mondal, Jay Prakash Maurya, Dipto Mukhopadhyay, S. S. V. Ramasastry
Summary: Catalysis by trivalent nucleophilic organophosphines is an important tool in organic synthesis, introducing new reactivity patterns and enabling the synthesis of complex molecular entities. This article provides an overview of the advances in nucleophilic organophosphine chemistry, discussing the scope, limitations, and applications of metal-free transformations promoted by organophosphines.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Pragya Sharma, Sanjay Singh, Chinmoy Kumar Hazra
Summary: The facile and efficient synthesis of a unique class of 4-aryl-hydrocoumarins with various applications in medicinal chemistry and natural products is reported. The authors have developed a Bronsted acid-catalyzed, multicomponent, one-pot approach for producing 4-aryl-coumarin derivatives. The practicality of this method is demonstrated through the synthesis of bioactive compounds, late-stage functionalization of natural products, and gram-scale synthesis.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Organic
Chao-Jiu Long, Yan-Hong He, Zhi Guan
Summary: This minireview highlights the significant advances in asymmetric oxidative Mannich reactions using photoredox or anodic-oxidation strategies. It discusses the synthesis of chiral beta-amino carbonyl compounds and provides insights into the future development of this field.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Naveen Diddi, Dale E. Ward
Summary: The total synthesis of dolabriferol C was achieved by a series of unique chemical reactions, simplifying the synthetic process significantly. This synthetic approach combines different stereochemical selectivities and enantioselective reactions, providing new insights for the study of related compounds.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Ying Zou, Chen-Yi Li, Min Xiang, Wen-Sheng Li, Jian Zhang, Wen-Juan Wan, Li-Xin Wang
Summary: The evaluation of a new scaffold organocatalyst shows excellent yields and good enantioselectivities in the enantioselective aldol condensation. The steric control plays a more important role in determining the enantioselectivity compared to amide NAH hydrogen bonding.
TETRAHEDRON LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Santanu Mondal, Ravindra D. Aher, Venkati Bethi, Yu-Ju Lin, Tohru Taniguchi, Kenji Monde, Fujie Tanaka
Summary: This study reports amine-based catalyst systems for the enantioselective Mannich reactions of pyruvates as nucleophiles. The reactions of pyruvates and cyclic sulfonylimines yielded the desired Mannich products, including those with tetrasubstituted carbon centers, in high yields and enantioselectivities. The choice of acid in the amine-based catalyst system played a key role in the formation of Mannich products with high enantioselectivities.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Sheng-Nan Xing, Yuan-Zhao Hua, Xiao-Chao Yang, Si-Si Du, Shi-Kun Jia, Guang-Jian Mei, Min-Can Wang
Summary: The umpolung activity of hemiacetals as alpha-carbon nucleophiles has been demonstrated through dinuclear zinc cooperative catalysis. This strategy has been successfully applied to catalytic asymmetric tandem reactions, leading to structurally diverse compounds.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Maira Pasha, Fujie Tanaka
Summary: Trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrahydropyranones were synthesized with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities through diastereo- and enantioselective oxa-hetero-Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by amine-based catalyst systems. The reactions involve a [4 + 2] cycloaddition pathway, providing tetrahydropyran derivatives with desired stereochemistry difficult to synthesize by previously reported methods.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Maria Valle, Laura Martin, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres, Rafael Pedrosa
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Patricia Rodriguez-Ferrer, Miguel Sanz-Novo, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres, Rafael Pedrosa
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Patricia Rodriguez-Ferrer, Daniel Naharro, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres, Rafael Pedrosa
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jana Sendra, Ruben Manzano, Efraim Reyes, Jose L. Vicario, Elena Fernandez
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Marta Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres, Rafael Pedrosa
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Ruben Manzano, Aketza Romaniega, Liher Prieto, Estibaliz Diaz, Efraim Reyes, Uxue Uria, Luisa Carrillo, Jose L. Vicario
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Raquel Mato, Ruben Manzano, Efraim Reyes, Liher Prieto, Uxue Uria, Luisa Carrillo, Jose L. Vicario
Summary: An approximation to the synthesis of several sesquiterpenes from the Guaiane family is presented, wherein the core structure is obtained through a transannular Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction performed under kinetic resolution. Various manipulations of the resulting MBH adduct have been conducted aiming at the total synthesis of gamma-Gurjunene, the formal synthesis of Clavukerin A, the synthesis of a non-natural isomer of isoguaiane, and the synthesis of an advanced intermediate in the total synthesis of Palustrol.
Review
Chemistry, Organic
Julia Altarejos, Antonio Valero, Ruben Manzano, Javier Carreras
Summary: This review provides an overview of recent methodologies for the selective preparation of highly substituted alkenyl boronates.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marta Gil-Ordonez, Camille Aubry, Cristopher Nino, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres
Summary: A series of N-Boc ketimines derived from pyrazolin-5-ones have been successfully used as electrophiles in enantioselective Mannich reactions with different 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. The reaction enables the synthesis of 4-amino-5-pyrazolone derivatives with diverse structures, including the beta-diketone and pyrazolinone substructures. The use of a quinine-derived bifunctional squaramide as an organocatalyst with a very low loading proves to be highly effective in terms of yield and enantioselectivity. The obtained products can be further transformed into enantioenriched diheterocyclic systems, which show potential as drug candidates.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Marta Gil-Ordonez, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres
Summary: The stereoselective synthesis of spirocyclic pyrazolin-5-ones by N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis has been explored. Here, the NHC-catalyzed [3+2]-asymmetric annulation of beta-bromoenals and 1H-pyrazol-4,5-diones to produce chiral spiropyrazolone-butenolides is reported. The synthesis is applicable to various aryl and heteroaryl beta-bromo-alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes and 1,3-disubstituted pyrazolones, resulting in good yields (up to 88%) and enantioselectivities (up to 97:3 er). This study presents the first example of using pyrazoldiones as starting materials for the synthesis of spiro compounds.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Raquel Mato, Efraim Reyes, Luisa Carrillo, Uxue Uria, Liher Prieto, Ruben Manzano, Jose L. Vicario
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Laura Martin, Alicia Maestro, Jose M. Andres, Rafael Pedrosa
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lin Zhang, Ken Yamazaki, Jamie A. Leitch, Ruben Manzano, Victoria A. M. Atkinson, Trevor A. Hamlin, Darren J. Dixon
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Faiza Diaba, Gisela Trenchs
Summary: The first violet light-mediated synthesis of gamma- and delta-lactams from N-alkenyl trichloroacetamides is reported in this paper. The reactions are conducted in tetrahydrofuran or 2-methyltetrahydrofuran as the sole solvent without catalysts or additives, under non-anhydrous conditions in an air atmosphere where the solvent serves as the radical initiator.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Feroze Hussain, Sajjad Ahmed, Ashiq Hussain Padder, Qazi Naveed Ahmed
Summary: This study reports a novel and efficient one-pot synthesis method for mixed phosphorotrithioates, which does not require supplementary additives and shows broad applicability.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Hyunjin Oh, Ikyon Kim
Summary: A new 1,2,4-triazole-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine hybrid system, 6-acylpyrrolo[1,2-a][1,2,4]triazolo[5,1-c]pyrazine, was synthesized using a catalyst-free method. This method involved sequential exposure of pyrrole-2-carbonitrile-derived substrates to DMF-DMA and acyl hydrazide, resulting in the formation of acylated pyrazine and 1,2,4-triazole rings, enabling the installation of various substituents at specific positions on the core skeleton.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Ming Yan, Si-fan Wang, Yong-po Zhang, Jin-zhong Zhao, Zhuo Tang, Guang-xun Li
Summary: Here we developed an efficient photocatalytic approach for the convenient preparation of sulfinamides. The reaction allows for the gram-scale preparation of sulfinamides and the one-pot synthesis of various sulfonyl amides.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Farzaneh Bandehali-Naeini, Zahra Tanbakouchian, Noushin Farajinia-Lehi, Nicolas Mayer, Morteza Shiri, Martin Breugst
Summary: Two tandem catalytic systems were developed for the synthesis of novel 3,4-disubstituted maleimides using the same Ugi adducts. Different maleimide structures can be synthesized using either Pd or Cu catalysis.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Tanya Raghava, Anjan Chattopadhyay, Subhadeep Banerjee, Nivedita Sarkar
Summary: Amine substitution of two ortho fluorine atoms of tetrafluoroterephthalonitrile through SNAr chemistry is easily achievable. But further fluorine substitution is only possible under forcing conditions, yielding valuable fluorophores for bioimaging.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Organic
Anju Chadha, Santosh Kumar Padhi, Selvaraj Stella, Sowmyalakshmi Venkataraman, Thangavelu Saravanan
Summary: Alcohol dehydrogenases are enzymes that use cofactors for oxidation or reduction reactions of alcohols or carbonyl compounds. They are utilized in green chemistry and have applications in the production of pharmaceuticals. Recombinant enzymes have solved the challenge of producing purified enzymes in large quantities. Engineered alcohol dehydrogenases have been used in asymmetric synthesis in industry. Various methods have been established for regenerating expensive cofactors to make the enzymatic process more efficient and economically viable.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2024)