In the presence of excess amounts of elemental sulfur, the dimolybdenum dinitrogen complex {Cp*Mo[N(Pr-i)C(Ph)N(Pr-i)]}(2)(mu-N-2) (4; Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me8) serves as a precatalyst for the production of isothiocyanates from isonitriles via highly efficient and atom-economical metal-mediated sulfur atom transfer (SAT) under mild conditions. Mechanistic and structural studies support a catalytic cycle for SAT involving initial formation of a Mo(II) bis(isonitrile) complex that then undergoes sulfination to generate a formal "side-bound" Mo(IV) kappa(2)-(C,S)-isothiocyanate as the key intermediate. This metal-catalyzed SAT process has further been employed for the "on-demand" production of isothiocyanates that are trapped in situ by benzhydrazides to provide thiosemicarbazides, which are useful precursors to biologically active thiadiazoles.
molecules, because blocking fucosylation will allow glycosidase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the labeled oligosaccharide to produce a fluorescent signal. Employing this assay, we have screened a focused library of small molecules for inhibitors of a human FUT enzyme involved in the synthesis of sialyl LewisX and demonstrated that our approach can be used to identify potent FUT inhibitors from compound libraries
Catalytic Production of Isothiocyanates via a Mo(II)/Mo(IV) Cycle for the “Soft” Sulfur Oxidation of Isonitriles
作者:Wesley S. Farrell、Peter Y. Zavalij、Lawrence R. Sita
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00302
日期:2016.7.25
In the presence of excess amounts of elemental sulfur, the dimolybdenum dinitrogen complex Cp*Mo[N(Pr-i)C(Ph)N(Pr-i)]}(2)(mu-N-2) (4; Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me8) serves as a precatalyst for the production of isothiocyanates from isonitriles via highly efficient and atom-economical metal-mediated sulfur atom transfer (SAT) under mild conditions. Mechanistic and structural studies support a catalytic cycle for SAT involving initial formation of a Mo(II) bis(isonitrile) complex that then undergoes sulfination to generate a formal "side-bound" Mo(IV) kappa(2)-(C,S)-isothiocyanate as the key intermediate. This metal-catalyzed SAT process has further been employed for the "on-demand" production of isothiocyanates that are trapped in situ by benzhydrazides to provide thiosemicarbazides, which are useful precursors to biologically active thiadiazoles.