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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Benxiang Zhang, Jiayan He, Yang Gao, Laura Levy, Martins S. Oderinde, Maximilian D. Palkowitz, T. G. Murali Dhar, Michael D. Mandler, Michael R. Collins, Daniel C. Schmitt, Philippe N. Bolduc, Teyu Chen, Sebastian Clementson, Nadia Nasser Petersen, Gabriele Laudadio, Cheng Bi, Yu Kawamata, Phil S. Baran
Summary: Modern retrosynthetic analysis in organic chemistry is a method that guides the design of synthetic routes based on the polar relationships between functional groups. This approach assigns charges to functional groups and disconnects bonds between them. It has applications in undergraduate curriculum and synthetic methods, but requires careful considerations to overcome selectivity and oxidation state issues. In this study, a radical-based Ni/Ag-electrocatalytic cross-coupling of substituted carboxylic acids was reported, enabling a simplified approach to accessing complex molecular architectures.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zi-Yu Zhang, Jie Ren, Ming Zhang, Xiu-Fang Xu, Xiao-Chen Wang
Summary: This study reports the synthesis of N-heterocycles using borane-catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization of 2-cyclopropyl-N,N-dimethylanilines. The key steps include borane-mediated cyclopropane ring-opening and borane-mediated hydride abstraction from the N-methyl group. The substituent at the cyclopropyl unit greatly influences the reaction pathway and determines the major reaction product.
CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Organic
Fang Wang, Qianting Zhou, Xinying Zhang, Xuesen Fan
Summary: A novel and efficient alpha-C(sp(3))-H alkenylation of cyclic amines with maleimides was presented, featuring readily available and structurally diverse substrates, a green and economical catalyst, a unique reaction pathway, mild reaction conditions, high efficiency, and excellent atom economy. This new reaction enriches the application of Fe(III)-catalyzed C(sp(3))-H activation and functionalization.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Elisa Brambilla, Silvia Meraviglia, Edoardo Moneta, Donatella Nava, Silvia Rizzato, Giorgio Abbiati, Valentina Pirovano
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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2023)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Vincent M. Kassel, Christopher M. Hanneman, Connor P. Delaney, Scott E. Denmark
Summary: Reaction conditions have been developed for refractory heteroaryl-heteroaryl Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings using neopentyl heteroarylboronic esters, heteroaryl bromides and chlorides, and potassium trimethylsilanolate (TMSOK) under anhydrous conditions. The addition of trimethyl borate enhances reaction rates by several mechanisms, enabling cross-coupling of diverse reaction partners in good yields and short reaction times.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rupkumar Khuntia, Sanat Kumar Mahapatra, Lisa Roy, Subhas Chandra Pan
Summary: In this study, a new method has been developed to rapidly synthesize structurally diverse and complex molecules from easily available starting materials through catalytic reactions. Through the analysis of the mechanistic intricacies, the roles of chiral and Lewis base catalysts in the reaction have been investigated.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rupkumar Khuntia, Sanat Kumar Mahapatra, Lisa Roy, Subhas Chandra Pan
Summary: An important goal in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry is to efficiently and affordably synthesize structurally diverse and complex molecules from readily available starting materials. In this study, a protocol for the synthesis of benzofuran fused azocine derivatives and spiro-cyclopentanone benzofurans has been developed. The method involves sequential catalysis with chiral H-bonding catalyst and Lewis base catalyst. The products exhibit high yields and high stereo- and enantioselectivities.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lin-Xuan Wang, Bin Qiu, Xiao-De An, Pei-Zhen Dong, Rui-Bin Liu, Jian Xiao
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Liping Ye, Qian Miao
Summary: New molecular scaffolds with C-, Z-, and box-shaped configurations were synthesized by combining phenazine and pyrene units with oxanorbornene. X-ray crystallography revealed that the C-shaped molecules showed two unique π-π stacking modes of phenazine depending on substituent groups, while the box-shaped molecule formed hydrogen bonds with four chloroform molecules and accommodated two more chloroform molecules in the cavity. The pair of diastereomeric C- and Z-shaped molecules exhibited similar charge transfer absorption and emission, indicating that the intramolecular charge transfer between pyrene (p-donor) and phenazine (p-acceptor) was not affected by the overall molecular geometry.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2023)
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Chemistry, Organic
Evgeny B. Ulyankin, Anastasia S. Kostyuchenko, Sergey A. Chernenko, Mikhail O. Bystrushkin, Anna L. Samsonenko, Anton L. Shatsauskas, Alexander S. Fisyuk
Summary: A new approach based on iodine-promoted photocyclization was developed for the synthesis of fused benzothiophene derivatives, providing an efficient method compared to traditional oxidative coupling and palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation. This method allows for the synthesis of a variety of functionally substituted fused heterocycles containing pyridine and carbazole moieties.
SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Yanke Hao, Pan Zhou, Kaikai Niu, Hongjian Song, Yuxiu Liu, Jingjing Zhang, Qingmin Wang
Summary: The study presents a method for synthesizing indole- and pyrrole-fused seven-membered nitrogen heterocycles through acid-base switchable cyclization reactions, which can construct two different kinds of seven-membered rings in one step from the same starting material without the need for a transition-metal catalyst.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Alasdair K. Cooper, Megan E. Greaves, William Donohoe, Paul M. Burton, Thomas O. Ronson, Alan R. Kennedy, David J. Nelson
Summary: A nickel/dppf catalyst system successfully achieved Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of certain chloropyridines and chloroquinolines but not others, due to differences in the reaction mechanism. Chloropyridines rapidly undergo oxidative addition to the catalyst, while alpha-halo-N-heterocycles form catalytically inactive dimeric nickel species.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Genesis Infante, Sara Eisler
Summary: Sequential anionic intramolecular cyclizations and modelling were used to access unusual fused heterocyclic frameworks in excellent yields for the first time. Regioselectivity in the cyclizations was controlled by exploiting stereoelectronic effects via n(C-)->pi*((Ph)) interactions, and modelling studies provided insights into the reaction scope.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sanghyup Seo, Donghyeon Kim, Hyunwoo Kim
Summary: The reductive cross-coupling of terminal alkenes and N-heterocyclic bromides was successfully demonstrated through ligand optimization of Pd and CuH catalysis. The optimized ligands for Pd and CuH catalysis, Briphos and DTB-DPPBz respectively, were further applied to gram-scale production of clathryimine B.
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Svetlana Martynovskaya, Arsalan B. Budaev, Igor A. Ushakov, Tatyana N. Borodina, Andrey Ivanov
Summary: This article demonstrates the synthesis of two important fused heterocyclic compounds by controlling only one reaction parameter and using only two available building blocks. The synthesis is influenced by the water content of the medium.