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Chemistry, Organic
Xiao-Long He, You-Wu Wen, Hechen Li, Shan Qian, Mengyang He, Qiao Song, Zhouyu Wang
Summary: By utilizing pyridinium ylides and 2-nitrobenzofurans as reactants in a double-dearomative [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction, we successfully assembled the important molecular structures of spiindolizidine-indoline and dihydrobenzofuran into a small molecule. This method exhibits remarkable advantages including wide substrate scope, mild reaction conditions, high diastereoselectivities, and high yields, allowing for efficient synthesis of a collection of spiroindolizidine-fused dihydrobenzofurans/indolines.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Chemistry, Organic
Jian-Qiang Zhao, Shun Zhou, Zhen-Hua Wang, Yong You, Shuang Chen, Xiong-Li Liu, Ming-Qiang Zhou, Wei-Cheng Yuan
Summary: An organocatalytic asymmetric dearomative [4 + 2] annulation of 2-nitrobenzofurans and 5H-thiazol-4-ones was achieved for the first time, leading to the synthesis of polycyclic compounds with four contiguous stereocenters. The products showed impressive cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines A549 and K562 according to preliminary biological evaluation.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Adrian Lavios, Amparo Sanz-Marco, Carlos Vila, M. Carmen Munoz, Jose R. Pedro, Gonzalo Blay
Summary: In this study, the diastereo- and enantioselective dearomative formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of 2-nitrobenzofurans and alpha-aryl-alpha isocyanoacetate esters successfully produced tricyclic compounds with three consecutive stereogenic centers. The reaction, enabled by a cupreine-ether organocatalyst, exhibited almost complete diastereoselectivity and excellent enantiomeric excesses for various substituted 2-nitrobenzofurans and isocyanoacetates.
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Chemistry, Physical
Jiajia Ma, Shuming Chen, Peter Bellotti, Tobias Wagener, Constantin Daniliuc, Kendall N. Houk, Frank Glorius
Summary: Hybrid fused two-dimensional/three-dimensional rings are important in drugs due to their unique properties. However, their preparation often requires complex synthetic efforts and is inefficient. In this study, a cascade reaction mediated by energy transfer was developed to efficiently synthesize 2D/3D pyridine-fused ring systems.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sushree Ranjan Sahoo, Khushboo Gupta, Vinod K. Singh
Summary: We report a chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective dearomative reaction that enables the synthesis of various naphthopyran derivatives from non-functionalized 1-naphthols. This method offers high yields and good enantioselectivities.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Soumen Pandit, Vinay Kumar Pandey, Amit Singh Adhikari, Suresh Kumar, Arvind Kumar Maurya, Ruchir Kant, Nilanjana Majumdar
Summary: An efficient method for the construction of hydrocarbazoles bearing three continuous sterically hindered stereocenters has been developed using a diastereoselective palladium-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition/dearomatization reaction. The reaction occurs at ambient conditions with the formation of a 1,4-zwitterionic intermediate from gamma-methylidene-delta-valerolactones. The synthetic utility of this method is demonstrated by the various transformations possible from the products, and the catalytic asymmetric aspect has also been explored.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Soumen Pandit, Vinay Kumar Pandey, Amit Singh Adhikari, Suresh Kumar, Arvind Kumar Maurya, Ruchir Kant, Nilanjana Majumdar
Summary: An efficient method has been developed for the construction of hydrocarbazoles bearing three continuous sterically hindered stereocenters via a highly diastereoselective palladium-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition/ dearomatization of 3-nitroindoles. The multifaceted transformations of the products demonstrate the further synthetic utility of this method. The catalytic asymmetric aspect of this transformation has also been explored.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Bradley K. Gall, Avery K. Smith, Eric M. Ferreira
Summary: A direct dearomative photocatalyzed (3+2) cycloaddition between indoles and vinyldiazo reagents is achieved using a novel oxidizing Cr-III photocatalyst. This transformation allows the synthesis of various fused indoline compounds, including densely functionalized ring systems, under base-free conditions. Experimental insights support a cycloaddition initiated by nucleophilic attack of the vinyldiazo species at C3 of the indole radical cation.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Xiao-Jian Zhou, Jian-Qiang Zhao, Yue-Qin Lai, Yong You, Zhen-Hua Wang, Wei-Cheng Yuan
Summary: A readily available chiral cyclohexanediamine-derived bifunctional tertiary amine-squaramide catalyst has been developed for the asymmetric dearomative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. The catalyst shows high efficiency, mild reaction conditions, excellent enantioselectivity, wide functional group tolerance, great potential for scale-up synthesis, and attractive product diversification.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Ke-Wei Chen, Dan-Dan Wang, Si-Jia Liu, Xue Wang, Yu-Chen Zhang, Yi-Ming Tian, Qiong Wu, Feng Shi
Summary: The study focuses on the catalytic asymmetric dearomative cycloaddition of 3-alkyl-2-vinylindoles using chiral phosphoric acid, resulting in the synthesis of chiral pyrroloindolines with two tetrasubstituted stereogenic centers in good yields and excellent stereoselectivities. This reaction introduces new reactivity to 3-alkyl-2-vinylindoles and presents a potential strategy for discovering anti-cancer drug candidates.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Subaramaniam Thangamalar, Kannupal Srinivasan
Summary: A series of benzo[d]pyrrolo[2,1-b]thiazoles were synthesized by the (3 + 2) annulation reaction of aroyl-substituted donor- acceptor cyclopropanes with benzothiazoles. The reaction, promoted by a substoichiometric amount of Sc(OTf)3, resulted in the formation of dearomatized (3 + 2) adducts, which underwent unexpected decarbethoxylative and dehydrogenative rearomatization to yield fully aromatized products. The presence of an extra aroyl group in the donor-acceptor cyclopropanes is responsible for the unusual reactivity.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ren-Xiao Liang, Jian-Fei Chen, Ying-Ying Huang, Ya-Ping Yu, Han-Yue Zhang, Yu-Feng Song, Gavin Chit Tsui, Yi-Xia Jia
Summary: Highly enantioselective palladium-catalyzed dearomative reductive Heck reaction and domino Heck-Suzuki reaction of 2-CF3-indoles have been developed. A variety of indolines bearing different stereocenters can be obtained using different reaction systems.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Shi-Jie Zhu, Zhi-Feng Hao, Ya Pan, Ying Zhou, Xiong-Li Liu, Ming Zhang, Chuan-Wen Lei
Summary: The first enantioselective formal (3 + 2) cyclocondensation involving alpha,fi-unsaturated pyrazoleamides as 3-carbon partners was successfully achieved in a stepwise fashion. The protocol led to the synthesis of spiro-fused pentacyclic spirooxindoles with good overall yields, excellent diastereomeric ratios, and high enantiomeric excess values.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Shi-Jie Zhu, Zhi-Feng Hao, Ya Pan, Ying Zhou, Xiong-Li Liu, Ming Zhang, Chuan-Wen Lei
Summary: In this study, a stepwise enantioselective formal (3 + 2) cyclocondensation reaction was successfully accomplished, leading to the synthesis of spiro-fused pentacyclic spirooxindoles. The reaction showed good overall yields, excellent dr, and high ee values.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Xiao-Long He, Cheng Wang, You-Wu Wen, Yi-Bing Zhao, Huan Yang, Shan Qian, Lingling Yang, Zhouyu Wang
Summary: A highly stereoselective dearomative [3 + 2] cycloaddition between cyclic pyridinium ylides and nitroolefins has been developed, using novel cyclic pyridinium salts as ylide precursors. This protocol offers advantages such as broad substrate scope, mild conditions, high yield, and stereoselectivity, providing a concise and efficient method for the construction of spiro-indolizidine scaffolds.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Er-Jun Hao, Gong-Xin Li, Yu-Ru Liang, Ming-Sheng Xie, Dong-Chao Wang, Xiao-Han Jiang, Jia-Yi Cheng, Zhi-Xian Shi, Yang Wang, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: The study designed, synthesized, and evaluated 103 novel acyclic nucleosides for their anticancer activities, with compound 9b showing promising inhibitory effects on colon cancer cells. All (R)-configured derivatives displayed stronger anticancer activity, with compound 9b inducing apoptosis and inhibiting colony formation. Importantly, compound 9b exhibited low systemic toxicity and inhibited tumor growth in a mouse model, suggesting it as a potential lead compound for future anticancer drug discovery.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ming-Sheng Xie, Meng Shan, Ning Li, Yang-Guang Chen, Xiao-Bing Wang, Xuan Cheng, Yin Tian, Xiao-Xia Wu, Yun Deng, Gui-Rong Qu, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: An efficient chiral 4-aryl-pyridine-N-oxide (ArPNO) nucleophilic organocatalyst was designed, synthesized, and successfully applied in the dynamic kinetic resolution of azoles, aldehydes, and anhydrides, providing high yields, excellent enantioselectivity, and structural diversity. Mechanistic studies revealed the key role of acyloxypyridinium cation formation and the higher nucleophilic ability of oxygen in pyridine-N-oxide, contributing to the development of diverse chiral 4-substituted pyridine-N-oxides as efficient nucleophilic organocatalysts.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Xiao-Bing Wang, Yin Tian, Li Zhou, Ming-Sheng Xie, Gui-Rong Qu, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: In this study, bifunctional chiral tridentate bis(pyrroloimidazolone)pyridine (PyBPI) ligands were designed, synthesized, and applied in an asymmetric Michael addition. The results showed high yields and enantioselectivity of the products with very low catalyst loading.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Dong-Chao Wang, Pan-Pan Wu, Pei-Yu Du, Gui-Rong Qu, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A palladium-catalyzed domino Heck/decarboxylative alkynylation reaction has been developed for the synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles and hydropyrimidinyl spirooxindoles from trisubstituted alkenes or enamines. The reaction showed good yields and demonstrated its wide applicability through gram-scale syntheses and diverse transformations of the reaction products. The enantioselective version of the reaction was also investigated.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Dong-Chao Wang, Ting-Ting Yang, Gui-Rong Qu, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A Pd/phase-transfer catalyst cooperatively catalyzed domino Heck/allylation reaction is reported, which exhibits interesting substrate-dependent regioselectivity. The products obtained from Ts-protected N-(2-iodophenyl)allenamides are linear allylation products, while Cbz, Ac, or Boc-protected N-(2-iodophenyl)allenamides and N-(2-iodobenzoyl)allenamides generate branch allylation products with an exocylic C=C bond and two vicinal stereocenters. Upscale syntheses and diverse fused cyclization transformations of the products were carried out. The enantioselective version for the domino process was also studied.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Meng-Cheng Zhang, Dong-Chao Wang, Hai-Ming Guo, Gui-Rong Qu, Hai-Ting Wang
Summary: A new Ni(II)/bisoxazoline-catalyzed asymmetric dearomative [3+2] cycloaddition of substituted purines with donor-acceptor oxiranes was developed. This reaction proceeds via highly chemoselective C-C bond cleavage of the oxiranes, resulting in the formation of chiral purino[3,2-c]oxazole compounds. The reactivity of the substrate is influenced by the electronic effects of the purine ring. The general applicability of this method was demonstrated through gram-scale synthesis, diverse transformations of the product, and the promising biological activities of selected derivatives.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Lei Cao, Xing-Ping Zhang, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A CuI-catalyzed C-N coupling reaction between 3-bromoDMAP and L-prolinamides was carried out under 80°C for 12-16 hours, where the structure of prolinamide exerted an accelerating effect on the Ullmann type reaction. This reaction was utilized for the construction of chiral 3-amino DMAP catalysts. Moreover, enantioenriched DMAP analogue C8 was applied in an asymmetric Black rearrangement of 2-benzofuranylcarbonates, leading to the formation of 3,3-disubstituted benzofuran-2-ones with up to 96% yield and 97% ee.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Dong-Chao Wang, Jia-Hui Liu, Yu-Qing Guan, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A direct dearomative [4 + 2] annulation of electron-poor N-heteroarenes with azoalkenes generated in situ from alpha- halogeno hydrazones was developed under mild conditions, leading to the synthesis of fused polycyclic tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazines with potential biological activity in high yields (up to 96%). Various alpha-halogeno hydrazones and N-heteroarenes were successfully used in this reaction, demonstrating the broad applicability of this method.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hai-Xia Wang, Chun Yang, Bai-Yu Xue, Ming-Sheng Xie, Yin Tian, Cheng Peng, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: In this study, a catalytic asymmetric dearomative [3 + 2] annulation of indoles with donor-acceptor aminocyclopropanes was achieved, using a C-1-symmetric bifunctional tridentate imidazoline-pyrroloimidazolone pyridine ligand as the key catalyst. Diverse tricyclic indolines containing cyclopentamine moieties were obtained in good chemoselectivities, high diastereoselectivities, and excellent enantioselectivities under the reaction conditions. Mechanistic studies revealed a dual activation manner involving the coordination of Ni(II) complex with the geminal diester and the H-bond formation between the imidazolidine NH and the succinimide moiety.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Sai-Ya Lian, Ning Li, Yin Tian, Cheng Peng, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: This study reports a desymmetrization reaction of meso-vic-diols with a reversal of enantioselectivity catalyzed by chiral pyridine-N-oxides with l-proline as a single source of chirality. The reaction achieved a complete and controlled switch in stereoselectivity, and chiral six-membered carbocyclic uracil nucleosides were generated with excellent enantioselectivities. Through control experiments and density functional theory calculations, it was confirmed that the reaction proceeded in a bifunctional activated manner, and the distance-directed switching of enantioselectivity played a vital role.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Yang-Guang Chen, Heng-Bin Yu, Yin Tian, Cheng Peng, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A chiral 4-aryl-pyridine-N-oxide nucleophilic organocatalyst was used to efficiently synthesize chiral phthalidyl ester prodrugs via acylative dynamic kinetic resolution process. The phthalidyl esters were produced with up to 97% yield and 97% ee at room temperature using the 3,5-dimethylphenyl-derived ArPNO catalyst. Two phthalidyl esters of prodrugs, talosalate and talmetacin, were successfully generated. An acyl transfer mechanism was proposed based on control experiments and density functional theory calculations.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xing-Yu Wang, Xiao-Bing Wang, Yin Tian, Cheng Peng, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A highly enantioselective dearomative [3 + 2] annulation reaction was achieved using quinolines, isoquinolines, and pyridines with donor-acceptor aminocyclopropanes. By utilizing a C-1-symmetric imidazoline-pyrroloimidazolone pyridine as the tridentate ligand and Co(OTf)2 as the Lewis acid, chiral indolizidine and benzo-fused indolizidine derivatives were obtained with good yields (up to 98%), excellent diastereoselectivities (>20:1 dr), and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98% ee). Mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations revealed that the tridentate nitrogen ligand acted as a bifunctional chiral ligand, coordinating with the Co(II) salt and forming a H-bond to facilitate the nucleophilic attack of N-heteroaromatics and achieve high enantioselectivity.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Bai-Yu Xue, Chen-Ying Hou, Xiao-Bing Wang, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A regio- and enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation/N-hemiacetalization and dehydration sequence using N-methyl-4-aminoindole as the 1,4-bisnucleophile and beta,gamma-unsaturated alpha-ketoesters was reported. The reaction was catalyzed by 5 mol% Ni(ii)-PyBPI complex and resulted in the formation of diverse chiral 7-membered-ring-bridged 3,4-fused tricyclic indoles with good yields (up to 91%) and high enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee). The by-products obtained were 6-membered-ring-bridged 4,5-fused tricyclic indoles.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Yang-Guang Chen, Ying Hu, Jia-Yi Liu, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: A catalytic strategy for accessing P-stereogenic phosphinates through acylative desymmetrization of bisphenols catalyzed by chiral 4-arylpyridine-N-oxide has been reported. The process achieved high yields and enantioselectivities, leading to the synthesis of a series of chiral phosphorus compounds containing carboxylic acid drug molecules.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Min Yang, Yu-Lin Gao, Ming-Sheng Xie, Hai-Ming Guo
Summary: In this study, bifunctional chiral 4-aryl-pyridine-N-oxides (ArPNO) were used as efficient catalysts for the acylative kinetic resolution of 3-hydroxy-3-substituted oxindoles, where the oxygen serves as the nucleophilic site. The N-oxide group and N-H proton in ArPNO were found to be crucial for high selectivity and enhanced catalytic reactivity. Compared with other catalysts, chiral ArPNO exhibited higher selectivity and catalytic activity in the kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)