Schiff bases Ar1CH=NAr2 that are refractory towards Et3Al are activated at room temperature by cerium(IV) compounds. The ethylation takes place selectively at the methine moiety of the imine. The process is strongly influenced by steric hindrance and depends on the electronic nature of the substrate: electron-donating substituents promote the reaction while electron-withdrawing groups cause it to slow down. Application of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate as promoter gives the best results. In the absence of excess Et3Al it causes, however, transformation of the Schiff base to the corresponding aldehydes and amines.
Diethylzinc: A Chain-Transfer Agent in Intermolecular Radical Additions. A Parallel with Triethylborane
作者:Michèle P. Bertrand、Laurence Feray、Robert Nouguier、P. Perfetti
DOI:10.1021/jo9912404
日期:1999.12.1
In the presence of oxygen, diethylzinc can be used to promote radical additions to C=N bond containing radical accepters and to enones. In these reactions, it plays at the same time the role of the initiator and the role of the chain-transfer reagent. A parallel with triethylborane-mediated reactions is established. The methodology is restricted to secondary and tertiaryalkyl radicals generated from the corresponding alkyl iodides. It could not be extended either to C=C bond containing radical accepters such as methyl methacrylate and nitrocyclohexene or to diethylazodicarboxylate.
Lanthanide-Promoted Ethylation of Schiff Bases by Triethylaluminum
作者:Dmitry Tsvelikhovsky、Dmitri Gelman、Gary A. Molander、Jochanan Blum
DOI:10.1021/ol049420+
日期:2004.6.1
Schiff bases of aromatic aldehydes and anilines that fail to react with triethylaluminum are smoothly alkylated at room temperature in the presence of lanthanide catalysts. The alkylation takes place selectively at the vinylic carbon atom.
Addition of diethylzinc to imines promoted by Lewis acid
作者:Xue Long Hou、Xiao Lan Zheng、Li Xin Dai
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(98)01442-7
日期:1998.9
The alkylation of imines by using diethylzinc reagent in the presence of Lewis acid afforded secondary amines in high yield. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
<scp>l</scp>-Piperazine-2-carboxylic Acid Derived <i>N</i>-Formamide as a Highly Enantioselective Lewis Basic Catalyst for Hydrosilylation of <i>N</i>-Aryl Imines with an Unprecedented Substrate Profile
作者:Zhouyu Wang、Mounuo Cheng、Pengcheng Wu、Siyu Wei、Jian Sun
DOI:10.1021/ol060984i
日期:2006.7.1
l-Piperazine-2-carboxylic acid derived N-formamides have been developed as highlyenantioselectiveLewis basic catalysts for the hydrosilylation of N-aryl imines with trichlorosilane. The arene sulfonyl group on N4 was found to be critical for the high enantioselectivity of the catalyst. High isolated yields (up to 99%) and enantioselectivities (up to 97%) were obtained for a broad range of substrates, including