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Chemistry, Organic
Qing-Song Dai, Jun-Long Li, Qi-Wei Wang, Si-Lin Yang, Ying-Mao Tao, Mei-Hao He, Qing-Zhu Li, Bo Han, Xiang Zhang
Summary: This study presents an efficient method for constructing cyclopropyl spiroindoline skeletons and transforming them into medicinally interesting pyrrolo[3,4-c]quinoline frameworks through a novel rearrangement process.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Shiji Xu, Qiang Wang, Jing Sun, Ying Han, Weiming Hu, Lei Wang, Chao-Guo Yan
Summary: In this study, Pd/Cu-catalyzed cascade Heck-type reactions between alkenyl halides and terminal alkynes have been developed. This research provides an efficient atom-economical approach to access a variety of highly substituted pyrrolidines in moderate to good yields. This protocol features readily available substrates, broad substrate scope, easy scale-up, high selectivities, and versatile transformations.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jun-Qi Zhang, Yujia Gao, Jinyu Song, Dandan Hu, Maozhong Miao, Hongjun Ren
Summary: A Michael-initiated ring-closure reaction of pyridinium salts with arylidene oxindoles has been developed, resulting in a wide range of aryl-substituted spirocyclopropane oxindoles in moderate to good yields (41-99%). This efficient strategy exhibits good functional group compatibility and may serve as an attractive method for the synthesis of diverse cyclopropanes.
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Yong-Xing Song, Da-Ming Du
Summary: The aza-Michael addition cascade reaction is an important synthetic method for constructing functionalized C-N bonds, widely used in the synthesis of chiral drugs, intermediates, and natural products. This review highlights recent developments in asymmetric synthesis, including various types of aza-Michael addition triggered cascade reactions, reaction mechanisms, and derivatization experiments.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Tong-Hao Li, Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: In this study, a class of o-sulfonylaminostyryl isoxazole synthons were designed for their potential application in asymmetric cascade reactions. The resulting products, structurally complex isoxazole-containing spirooxindole tetrahydroquinolines with three contiguous stereocenters, exhibited high yields, excellent diastereoselectivity, and enantioselectivity, suggesting the synthetic strategy has promising synthetic applications.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Lanjun Su, Huan Sun, Jikai Liu, Chengming Wang
Summary: A quaternary carbon center with an oxindole motif was constructed via NHC-catalyzed transition-metal and aldehyde-free intermolecular Heck-type alkyl radical addition. The redox-neutral protocol offers a simple procedure, broad substrate scope, good functional group tolerance, and scalability to gram scale, with a mechanism involving two sets of SET processes and an NHC radical cation intermediate.
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Chemistry, Organic
Jixin Pian, Qingqing Chen, Yujiao Luo, Zhifei Zhao, Jichang Liu, Lin He, Shi-Wu Li
Summary: An enantioselective cyclopropanation reaction of sulfoxonium ylides with beta,gamma-unsaturated ketoesters catalyzed by a chiral rhodium catalyst has been achieved, leading to the synthesis of various optically pure cyclopropanes.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Guan-Jun Wang, Shu-Yu Zhang, Zhen-Liang Sun, Peng Li, Tong-Mei Ding
Summary: Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed regio- and enantioselective N-H functionalization of N-alkylaniline with pyrazolones derived ketimines as electrophiles, providing chiral pyrazolones containing a tetrasubstituted stereocenter bearing a new N,N'-acetal motif in excellent yields and high enantioselectivities. This strategy is characterized by low catalyst loading, mild conditions, and high efficiency and selectivity.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Heng Zhang, Lu-Yu Cai, Kuo Wang, Hong-Wu Zhao
Summary: The chemical structure of the products obtained in the three-component decarboxylative coupling reactions among alkylidene pyrazolones, allyl carbonates, and active methylene compounds was unambiguously confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Linpeng Liu, Yanyu Jian, Weigao Hu, Shaohu Zhao, Zhang-Jie Shi, Nicklas Selander, Taigang Zhou
Summary: A method for radical cyclization and ring-opening of oxime esters with diselenides has been developed. Both Ni(0) and Fe(ii) catalysts can be used for the selenylation of olefin-containing and cyclic oxime ester derivatives. Using this method, a variety of functionalized pyrrolines and alkyl nitriles can be synthesized in good yields. Additionally, a mechanism involving iminyl radical and carbon-centered radical intermediates has been proposed.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Haixia Zhao, Shumin Ding, Dan Li, Minxue Chai, Yuchen Jiang, Tongqing Weng, Jian Wang, Jing Li, Lixiong Dai
Summary: A novel strategy has been developed for accessing unsymmetrically linked heterocycles via palladium-catalyzed acylcycloimidoylation of alkyne-tethered carbamoyl chlorides with isocyanides. Functionalized isocyanides were used as imine-containing heterocycle precursors to capture the vinyl-PdII intermediate, which was formed through a syn-carbopalladation of alkyne followed by intramolecular C-H bond activation/imidoylative Heck reactions. Z-tetrasubstituted olefins with methylene oxindoles were obtained in high yields and excellent stereoselectivities, with tolerance to a wide range of functional groups under mild reaction conditions.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Haixia Zhao, Shumin Ding, Dan Li, Minxue Chai, Lixiong Dai, Jing Li, Yuchen Jiang, Tongqing Weng, Jian Wang
Summary: A novel strategy for accessing unsymmetrically linked heterocycles has been developed through palladium-catalyzed acylcycloimidoylation of alkyne-tethered carbamoyl chlorides with isocyanides. Functionalized isocyanides were successfully used as imine-containing heterocycle precursors to capture the vinyl-PdII intermediate generated from a syn-carbopalladation of alkyne, followed by subsequent intramolecular C-H bond activation/imidoylative Heck reactions. The reaction provided high yields of Z-tetrasubstituted olefins with excellent stereoselectivities, and a wide range of functional groups were well tolerated under mild reaction conditions.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Julian Klepp, Thomas Bousfield, Hugh Cummins, Sarah V. A-M Legendre, Jason E. Camp, Ben W. Greatrex
Summary: This paper reports a novel aldol/Michael cascade reaction, which involves the reactions of aromatic aldehydes and levoglucosenone promoted by methoxide. The reaction yields bridged alpha,0-unsaturated ketones, with up to 91% yield in 14 examples. The formation of the bridged species is thermodynamically favored, except in the case of 5-methylfurfural and pyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde.
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Stephanie Lee, Tilo Sohnel, Jonathan Sperry
Summary: In this study, unexpected results emerged during the synthetic study of the unique triazocane present in hicksoane alkaloids. The mechanisms behind the formation of the reaction products were elucidated through control reactions.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Cong Zhang, Yuhang He, Guanghui An
Summary: Iron-mediated divergent reductive coupling reactions of heteroarenes with alkenes have been developed. By switching the substituent site at the C2 and C4 positions of quinolines, either C2 Minisci alkylation or C4 reductive alkylation could be achieved. These approaches feature mild conditions and sensitive functional group tolerance, which enables the functionalization of natural products and medicines. Mechanism investigation revealed that Fe(dibm)(3) would be a dual promoter for both alkyl radical transfer and generation of the more reactive hydrogen donor Ph(RO)SiH2.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Chunxia Wang, Yuxin Yan, Daming Du, Xiaolu Xiong, Yurong Ma
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2020)
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Yong-Xing Song, Da-Ming Du
Summary: The aza-Michael addition cascade reaction is an important synthetic method for constructing functionalized C-N bonds, widely used in the synthesis of chiral drugs, intermediates, and natural products. This review highlights recent developments in asymmetric synthesis, including various types of aza-Michael addition triggered cascade reactions, reaction mechanisms, and derivatization experiments.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Xiao-Yan Dong, Da-Ming Du
Summary: This paper investigated the organocatalytic asymmetric 1,4-Michael addition reaction of azadienes and alpha-thiocyanoindanones, successfully synthesizing a series of chiral thiocyano compounds. By describing a possible reaction mechanism, it broadens the scope of application of azadiene substrates.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jiang-Song Zhai, Da-Ming Du
Summary: A bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation reaction has been developed to synthesize chiral dispiro[indene-pyrrolidine-pyrimidine] compounds from 2-isothiocyanato-1-indanones and barbiturate-based olefins. The reaction has shown excellent yields and stereoselectivities. The synthetic utility of the products has been demonstrated through gram-scale synthesis, one-pot three-component reactions, and further transformation experiments.
BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: An efficient and practical organocatalytic asymmetric strategy was developed using unsaturated benzothiophenones and alpha-nitroketones catalyzed by bifunctional squaramide via Michael addition and acyl transfer steps, leading to a broad range of chiral acyloxybenzothiophene derivatives with high yields and excellent enantioselectivities. Furthermore, employing different chiral squaramide catalysts and unsaturated benzothiophenones can deliver the acyloxy unit at different positions on the benzothiophene ring.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Tong-Hao Li, Da-Ming Du
Summary: A highly efficient squaramide-catalysed asymmetric domino Michael/Mannich [3 + 2] cycloaddition synthesis method was used to obtain a new class of complex and diverse-skeleton isoxazole compounds with good yields and excellent diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities. The potential applications of this method were demonstrated through gram-scale synthesis and further transformation experiments.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: A new protocol for accessing CF3-containing bispiro[isoquinolone-pyrrolidine-benzothiophenone]s has been described. A series of 1,3-dipoles were synthesized from isoquinolinetrione and CF3CH2NH2, and the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of isoquinolinedione trifluoroethyl ketimines and unsaturated benzothiophenones in the presence of 10 mol% DABCO delivered the corresponding adducts with excellent yields (up to 98%) and diastereoselectivities (up to >20 : 1 dr).
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dong-Hua Xie, Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: In this paper, a new protocol for building a chiral ring-fused chroman skeleton was developed through organocatalytic asymmetric Michael addition/hemiketalization cascade reactions. The reactions provided chiral chroman-fused pyrrolidinediones with high yields and excellent stereoselectivities. A scale-up synthesis was also conducted, and a possible reaction mechanism was proposed.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiang-Song Zhai, Dong-Hua Xie, Da-Ming Du
Summary: A new synthetic method has been developed for the synthesis of chiral bispirocyclic indanone compounds through squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric Michael/cyclization tandem reaction. The obtained products were further transformed through oxidation and methylation reactions.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: This review highlights the recent advancements in sulfa-Michael addition-triggered cascade reactions for the stereoselective synthesis of sulfur-containing compounds. It discusses various types of reactions, including sulfa-Michael/aldol, sulfa-Michael/Henry, sulfa-Michael/Michael, sulfa-Michael/Mannich and some sulfa-Michael triggered multi-step processes. The review also introduces reaction mechanisms and derivatization experiments.
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Cheng Niu, Dong-Hua Xie, Da-Ming Du
Summary: An isothiourea-catalysed asymmetric Michael/lactamization cascade reaction of 2-aminobenzothiophenes and alpha,beta-unsaturated anhydrides was developed for the first time, yielding various benzothienopyridinones in good to excellent yields with excellent enantioselectivities.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Tong-Hao Li, Cheng Niu, Da-Ming Du
Summary: In this study, a class of o-sulfonylaminostyryl isoxazole synthons were designed for their potential application in asymmetric cascade reactions. The resulting products, structurally complex isoxazole-containing spirooxindole tetrahydroquinolines with three contiguous stereocenters, exhibited high yields, excellent diastereoselectivity, and enantioselectivity, suggesting the synthetic strategy has promising synthetic applications.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Yu Wang, Cheng Niu, Dong-Hua Xie, Da-Ming Du
Summary: This strategy for the stereoselective synthesis of spiro isoxazolone-cyclohexenimines involves a bifunctional squaramide-catalysed vinylogous Michael addition/cyclization cascade reaction. The process is atom-economical, can proceed smoothly under extremely low catalyst loading and mild conditions, and the products have shown moderate to good yields and enantioselectivities. Furthermore, scale-up reaction and product transformation have also been demonstrated.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Xi-Qiang Hou, Jiang-Bo Wen, Li Yan, Da-Ming Du
Summary: The highly efficient cinchona alkaloid-derived squaramide catalyzed reaction successfully synthesizes indanone-derived spiropyrrolidone scaffolds with three contiguous stereocenters, including two spiroquaternary stereocenters, in excellent yields. The protocol provides an economical and practical approach for the asymmetric synthesis of medicinally relevant molecules.
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Xi-Qiang Hou, Ye Lin, Da-Ming Du
Summary: An efficient asymmetric domino annulation method was developed for the enantioselective construction of functionalized bridged fused ring heterocycles bearing three adjacent stereogenic centers in high yields with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2021)