A Phosphetane Catalyzes Deoxygenative Condensation of α-Keto Esters and Carboxylic Acids via P<sup>III</sup>/P<sup>V</sup>═O Redox Cycling
作者:Wei Zhao、Patrick K. Yan、Alexander T. Radosevich
DOI:10.1021/ja511889y
日期:2015.1.21
A small-ring phosphacycle is found to catalyze the deoxygenative condensation of α-keto esters and carboxylic acids. The reaction provides a chemoselective catalytic synthesis of α-acyloxy ester products with good functional group compatibility. Based on both stoichiometric and catalytic mechanistic experiments, the reaction is proposed to proceed via catalytic P(III)/P(V)═O cycling. The importance
A metal- and additive-free approach has been described for synthesizing α-carbonyloxy esters and β-keto thioethers from readily available aryldiazoacetates with carboxylic acids and thiol derivatives, respectively. α-Carbonyloxy esters and β-keto thioether derivatives were synthesized in good to high yields from aryldiazoacetates, carboxylic acids, and thiol derivatives decorated with various functional
Hydroacylation of Activated Ketones Catalyzed by <i>N</i>-Heterocyclic Carbenes
作者:Audrey Chan、Karl A. Scheidt
DOI:10.1021/ja060833a
日期:2006.4.1
N-heterocyclic carbenes derived from triazolium salts are effective catalysts between 10 and 15 mol % for the hydroacylation of activated ketones. The reducing equivalent is generated via the interaction of a nucleophilic carbene species and an aromatic aldehyde. The subsequent alcohol product can undergo an acylation event with the resulting acyl heteroazolium intermediate formed in situ between the NHC and the aldehyde. This unprecedented multiple bond-forming reaction can accommodate aromatic aldehydes as the hydride source and various electron-deficient ketones. Preliminary mechanistic evidence indicates that the reduction and acylation steps are sequential operations. The intramolecular variant of this organocatalytic reaction affords benzofuranones in good yield.