Zinc‐Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross‐Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Aldehydes: Access to Ynones
作者:Shan Tang、Li Zeng、Yichang Liu、Aiwen Lei
DOI:10.1002/anie.201509042
日期:2015.12.21
Because of the lack of redox ability, zinc has seldom been used as a catalyst in dehydrogenativecross‐coupling reactions. Herein, a novel zinc‐catalyzeddehydrogenativeC(sp2)H/C(sp)H cross‐coupling of terminal alkynes with aldehydes was developed, and provides a simple way to access ynones from readily available materials under mild reaction conditions. Good reaction selectivity can be achieved
37 acetylenic chalcones were designed, synthesized by the Pd/Cu catalyzed
Sonogashira coupling reaction, and evaluated for anti-inflammatory activities. A majority
of these compounds showed remarkable inhibitions of the expression of inflammatory
cytokines in LPS-stimulated macrophages. Six of them demonstrated the
dose-dependent inhibition of inflammatory cytokines, and 4f is the most potent antiinflammatory
compound. Our results suggest that these active acetylenic chalcones could be further developed as promising
candidates for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
An efficient and operationally simple procedure using Pd/BaSO4-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides with in situ generated alkynylzinc derivatives was developed, giving the corresponding ynones at yields of 50%–96%.
An efficient protocol has been established for the synthesis of conjugated ynones via addition of terminalalkynes to aromatic nitriles, which is catalyzed by novel divalent lanthanide amide complexes. All the reactions gave the products in good to excellent yields at room temperature under solvent-free conditions without any additives. The novel lanthanide amide catalysts were also synthesized and
A neat palladium-catalyzed alkynylation reaction was developed with "super-active ester" as the carbonyl electrophile, which provides a dean-and efficient synthetic protocol for a broad array Of ynone compounds under CO-, Cu-,, ligand-, and base-free conditions. The superior activity of triazine ester was rationalized by the strong electron;withdrawing ability and the unique affinity of triazine On palladium. A mechanistic experiment clearly demonstrated that the N-Pd coordination of triazine plays a crucial role for the highly efficient C-O activation.