Synthetic and Theoretical Studies on Group-Transfer Imidoylation of Organotellurium Compounds. Remarkable Reactivity of Isonitriles in Comparison with Carbon Monoxide in Radical-Mediated Reactions
摘要:
Imidoylation of organotellurium compounds with isonitriles has been investigated in conjunction with the radical-mediated C1 homologation reaction by using CO and isonitriles. Carbon-centered radicals generated photochemically or thermally from organotellurium compounds react with isonitriles in a group-transfer manner to give the corresponding imidoylated products. Organotellurium compounds have been found to serve as effective precursors of a wide variety of stabilized radicals, namely benzyl, alpha -alkoxy, alpha -amino, and acyl radicals, which take part in the imidoylation with high efficiency. The reactions are compatible with various functional groups, and can be carried out in various solvents including environmentally benign water. The reactivity of isonitriles has been compared with that of CO through competition experiments, and the results indicate that isonitriles are superior to CO as radical accepters in reactions with stabilized radicals. The origin of the differences has been addressed in theoretical studies with density functional theory calculations using the B3LYP hybrid functional. The calculations suggest that both carbonylation and imidoylation proceed with low activation energies, and that there an virtually no differences in the kinetic sense, instead, it indicates that thermodynamic effects, namely differences in the stability of the acyl and the imidoyl radicals, control the overall course of the reactions.
Electrochemistry of Chalcogenoglycosides. Rational Design of Iterative Glycosylation Based on Reactivity Control of Glycosyl Donors and Acceptors by Oxidation Potentials
作者:Shigeru Yamago、Koji Kokubo、Osamu Hara、Sadayoshi Masuda、Jun-ichi Yoshida
DOI:10.1021/jo0261350
日期:2002.11.1
also affected by the para-substituents, and the substitution effect correlates very well with the HOMO energy of para-substituted benzenechalcogenol and with the Hammett sigma p + value. Electrochemical glycosylation of telluroglycosides has been examined, and it was found that the use of an undivided cell is more effective than the use of a divided cell. Selective activation of the chalcogenoglycosides
<i>O</i>-Glycosidation of Telluroglycoside by Electrochemical Oxidation
作者:Shigeru Yamago、Koji Kokubo、Jun-ichi Yoshida
DOI:10.1246/cl.1997.111
日期:1997.2
The electrochemical oxidation of telluroglycosides in the presence of primary or secondary alcohols results the O-glycosidation with high efficiency. Difference of the oxidation potential is nicely accounted for that of the reactivity of armed- and disarmed-telluroglycosides.
Arylthiols as Highly Chemoselective and Environmentally Benign Radical Reducing Agents
作者:Shigeru Yamago、Atsushi Matsumoto
DOI:10.1021/jo801200b
日期:2008.9.19
Arylthiols serve as excellent environmentally benign reducing agents for organotellurium, organostibine, and organobismuthine compounds under radical conditions. Both small molecules and macromolecules possessing these heteroatorn groups are reduced under moderate thermal conditions to give near quantitative yields in most cases. The reduction shows high chemoselectivity with respect to the heteroatorn compounds the reactivity decreases in the order alkylbismuthines, alkylstibines, and alkyltellurides, while simple alkyl iodides could not be reduced. Alkyltellurides are selectively reduced in the presence of alkyl iodides even when an excess amount of arylthiol is used. Furthermore, alkylstibines are also selectively reduced in the presence of alkyltellurides. Moreover, the reduction conditions are compatible with the presence of a variety of polar functional groups in the substrates, products, and solvents, which are not tolerant under ionic and metal-catalyzed conditions. Carbon-carbon bond formation is possible with use of the carbon-centered radicals that are generated. The results clearly reveal the synthetic utility of arylthiols in organic synthesis.