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Chemistry, Organic
Writhabrata Sarkar, Aniket Mishra, Arup Bhowmik, Indubhusan Deb
Summary: A copper-catalyzed method has been developed for the direct intermolecular ortho-silylation of benzamides, providing organosilane products in moderate to high yields. This method is operationally simple, tolerates a wide range of functional groups, and has been demonstrated to be practical and effective on a gram-scale experiment for constructing C-Si bonds in synthetic organic chemistry.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Can-Can Bao, Hui-Zhen Du, Yan-Long Luo, Bing-Tao Guan
Summary: A method of direct alkylation of benzamides with methyl sulfides promoted by the base LDA has been reported, successfully achieving an efficient and selective synthesis of alpha-sulfenylated ketones.
COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Rajata Kumar Sahoo, Sharanappa Nembenna
Summary: A highly chemoselective mono-hydrosilylation method for nitriles using a N,N'-PRIME-chelated conjugated bis-guanidinate supported zinc hydride catalyst (Zn-1) is reported. Compared to a similar pre-catalyst (Zn-2), Zn-1 exhibits higher efficiency and selectivity in reducing nitriles to N-silylimines. Mechanistic studies reveal the formation of zinc vinylidenamido complexes (Zn-1 & PRIME; and Zn-2 & PRIME;) via the insertion of the CN bond of nitriles into Zn-H.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xuechao Li, Kaifeng Niu, Junjie Zhang, Xiaojuan Yu, Haiming Zhang, Yuemin Wang, Qing Guo, Pengdong Wang, Fangsen Li, Zhengming Hao, Chaojie Xu, Yanning Tang, Zhichao Xu, Shuai Lu, Peng Liu, Guigu Xue, Yen Wei, Lifeng Chi
Summary: Selective cascade dehydrogenation of n-alkane molecules under surface constraints can yield monodispersed all-trans conjugated polyenes with unprecedented length controllability, demonstrating potential for diverse functionalities and molecular wiring applications.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhi-Peng Bao, Xiao-Feng Wu
Summary: This article develops an efficient and convenient palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reaction for the synthesis of 2-cyano-N-acetamide and 2-cyanoacetate compounds. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions via a radical intermediate, suitable for late-stage functionalization. Gram-scale experiment was successfully performed with low catalyst loading, yielding the target product excellently. Additionally, this transformation can be carried out under atmospheric pressure and provides alternative routes to drug precursors.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Zhaohong Liu, Yong Yang, Qingmin Song, Linxuan Li, Giuseppe Zanoni, Shaopeng Liu, Meng Xiang, Edward A. Anderson, Xihe Bi
Summary: This study reports a chemoselective N-H insertion reaction of inexpensive aqueous ammonia using a TpBr3Ag-catalyzed two-phase system, leading to the conversion into value-added primary amines. The reaction exhibits high chemoselectivity and allows the coupling of inorganic nitrogen sources with diazo compounds or N-triftosylhydrazones to produce useful primary amines.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Suzeeta Bhandari, Kirpal S. Bisht, David J. Merkler
Summary: Fatty acid amides are lipids composed of a fatty acid and a biogenic amine. This review focuses on a lesser-known sub-class of fatty acid amides called N-acyl aromatic amino acids (NA-ArAAs). The review highlights the identified NA-ArAAs from biological sources and presents information on their biosynthesis, degradation, enzymatic modification, and transport, as well as their cellular functions. The aim of this review is to stimulate future research on this underappreciated sub-class of the fatty acid amide family.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Hai-Feng Xu, You-Lu Pan, Gang-Jian Li, Xu-Yang Hu, Jian-Zhong Chen
Summary: A newly established method for the regioselective arylation of inert C3-H bonds in indoles using effective copper-mediated catalysis with the aid of a removable PIP group is reported. The method shows high compatibility with functional groups between coupling partners, leading to simplicity in operation and yielding desired arylated products in good to excellent yields up to 97%. Additionally, the PIP-derived amide moiety can be easily removed under mild reaction conditions to produce useful indole carboxylic acids for further transformation.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kangzhou Wang, Xiaobo Peng, Chengwei Wang, Weizhe Gao, Na Liu, Xiaoyu Guo, Yingluo He, Guohui Yang, Lilong Jiang, Noritatsu Tsubaki
Summary: Researchers reported a highly efficient multifunctional Y-ZnZr/Si-beta catalyst for direct AETB conversion, showing outstanding ethanol conversion and butadiene selectivity. Furthermore, the catalyst exhibited excellent regeneration ability.
CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Atsushi Umehara, Soma Shimizu, Makoto Sasaki
Summary: This report presents a practical and operationally simple method for the direct N-acylation of less nucleophilic heterocycles and amides with carboxylic acids. The method utilizes the DMAPO/Boc(2)O system and does not require pre-activation of substrates. It demonstrates high yield, excellent functional group tolerance, and broad substrate scope, making it suitable for both academic and industrial laboratories.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ying Lin, Dongyang Li, Jingjing Zhang, Zhi Tang, Long Liu, Tianzeng Huang, Chunya Li, Tieqiao Chen
Summary: The protocol efficiently synthesizes N-aryl-substituted azacycles using aryl amines and cyclic ethers with I-2/NaH2PO2, yielding products with good functional group tolerance. The reaction can be easily scaled up to produce gram-scale amounts and further chemical modifications of the products enable useful transformations of the quinoline ring, including bromination and acetylation.
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Guangrong Meng, Elwira Bisz, Blazej Dziuk, Roger Lalancette, Roman Szostak, Michal Szostak
Summary: ItBu is the most important and versatile N-alkyl N-heterocyclic carbene in organic synthesis and catalysis. In this study, we report the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of ItOct (ItOctyl), higher homologues of ItBu. ItOct and SItOct, a new ligand class, have been commercialized to facilitate access for researchers in organic and inorganic synthesis. We demonstrate that the replacement of t-Bu side chain with t-Oct results in the highest steric volume of N-alkyl N-heterocyclic carbenes reported to date, while retaining important electronic properties. Coordination chemistry to various metals and beneficial effects on catalysis are also described.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Atsushi Umehara, Soma Shimizu, Makoto Sasaki
Summary: This report presents a general method for the direct N-acylation of N-heterocycles using the DMAPO/Boc(2)O system. This one-pot method allows for the synthesis of bulky N-acyl heterocycles from less nucleophilic N-heterocycles and sterically hindered carboxylic acids. The protocol has also been successfully applied to the one-pot N-acylation of 7-azaindoles.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nedra Touj, Jerwin Jay Taping, Nikolay Tumanov, Johan Wouters, Lionel Delaude
Summary: The hydrolysis of imidazolinium chlorides occurs readily in a basic water/dichloromethane biphasic mixture at room temperature. Substrates with alkyl or aryl substituents on their nitrogen atoms led to high yields of gamma-aminoformamides. Bulky alkyl or aryl groups on the formamide moiety resulted in high stereoisomeric purity of the (E)-isomer. The presence of bulky aromatic substituents on the nitrogen atoms slowed down the hydrolysis of certain imidazolinium chlorides. The counteranion was found to have a critical influence on the reactivity of imidazolinium cations.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Weirong Wu, Xufang Zhao, Guang Chen, Lingjun Liu, Yulin Li, Tao Chen, Tony D. James, Yuxia Liu
Summary: The Ni-catalyzed reactions of benzamides with bicyclic alkenes were investigated using DFT calculations. A novel N-H deprotonation circumventing catalytic mechanism was proposed, and the overlooked aspects of functionalized N,N-bidentate directing groups were pointed out to be useful for designing new catalytic reactions.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)