time-economical TfOH-catalyzed N–H insertion between anilines and α-alkyl and α-aryl-α-diazoacetates provides a straightforward approach to access unnatural α-amino esters, which readily undergo various transformations and can thus be used for the synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant molecules. The α-amino esters were obtained in moderate to excellent yields.
We report herein the synthesis of new glycoporphyrin ligands which bear a glucopyranoside derivative on each meso-aryl moiety of the porphyrin skeleton. The saccharide unit is directly conjugated to the porphyrin or a triazole spacer is placed between the carbohydrate and porphyrin ring. The obtained glycoporphyrin ligands were employed to synthesize cobalt(II), ruthenium(II), and iron(III) complexes which were tested as catalysts of C-H bond aminations by organic azides. Two of the synthesized complexes were very efficient in promoting catalytic reactions, and the results achieved indicated that ruthenium and iron complexes show an interesting complementary catalytic activity in several amination reactions. The eco-friendly iron catalyst displayed very good chemical stability in catalyzing the amination reaction for three consecutive runs without losing catalytic activity.
Gold (I) catalysis of X–H bond insertions
作者:Ian K. Mangion、Mark Weisel
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.08.038
日期:2010.10
The utility of gold catalysis for carbene X-H bond insertion chemistry is described for the first time, taking advantage of the unique reactivity of sulfoxonium ylides as metal carbene precursors. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Compounds by Ruthenium Porphyrin Catalyzed Amination of Benzylic C–H Bonds
Herein we report the catalytic activity of ruthenium porphyrin complexes to promote the amination of benzylic C-H bonds by aryl azides, yielding alpha- and beta-amino esters. The catalytic methodology is also effective to synthesize two derivatives of methyl L-3-phenyllactate in order to convert one of them into the corresponding beta-lactam. The catalytic experimental conditions have been optimized on the basis of a preliminary mechanistic investigation which underlines the pivotal role of the substrate concentration to maximize the reaction productivity.