Efficient ruthenium-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones using pyridyl methanols
摘要:
By employing an easily available [Ru(p-cymene)Cl-2](2)/Xantphos/t-BuOK catalyst system, the alpha-alkylation of ketones was demonstrated by using pyridyl methanol as the alkylating reagents. The synthetic protocol allows synthesizing a wide range of alpha-pyridyl methylated ketones in reasonable to excellent isolated yields with high atom-efficiency. The transformation is operationally simple, the substrate scope is wide, and the starting materials are readily-available. There is no need for addition of alkenes as the hydrogen receptors or the use of stoichiometric amount of base. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
By employing an easily available [Ru(p-cymene)Cl-2](2)/Xantphos/t-BuOK catalyst system, the alpha-alkylation of ketones was demonstrated by using pyridyl methanol as the alkylating reagents. The synthetic protocol allows synthesizing a wide range of alpha-pyridyl methylated ketones in reasonable to excellent isolated yields with high atom-efficiency. The transformation is operationally simple, the substrate scope is wide, and the starting materials are readily-available. There is no need for addition of alkenes as the hydrogen receptors or the use of stoichiometric amount of base. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.