Scalable and safe synthetic organic electroreduction inspired by Li-ion battery chemistry
作者:Byron K. Peters、Kevin X. Rodriguez、Solomon H. Reisberg、Sebastian B. Beil、David P. Hickey、Yu Kawamata、Michael Collins、Jeremy Starr、Longrui Chen、Sagar Udyavara、Kevin Klunder、Timothy J. Gorey、Scott L. Anderson、Matthew Neurock、Shelley D. Minteer、Phil S. Baran
DOI:10.1126/science.aav5606
日期:2019.2.22
Scaled-up sodium-free Birchreductions The so-called Birchreduction is frequently used by chemists despite its daunting conditions: Pyrophoric sodium is dissolved in pure liquified ammonia to achieve partial reduction of aromatics. Peters et al. surveyed and then optimized small-scale electrochemical alternatives to devise a safer protocol that can work on a larger scale with a broad range of functionally
Sequential Birch reaction and asymmetric Ir-catalyzed hydrogenation as a route to chiral building blocks
作者:Alexander Paptchikhine、Kaori Itto、Pher G. Andersson
DOI:10.1039/c0cc05619g
日期:——
A range of 1,2,4-trisubstituted cyclohexadienes obtained from the Birch reaction were hydrogenated asymmetrically to produce synthetically valuable chiral compounds in high enantio- and diastereoselectivity.
Birch reaction products are asymmetrically hydrogenated with high enantio- and diastereoselectivity via iridium catalysts. This new method of producing chiral compounds was explored for a variety of 1,3-di- and 1,2,4-tri-substituted cyclohexadienes.
Mechanochemical Approach for Air‐Tolerant and Extremely Fast Lithium‐Based Birch Reductions in Minutes
作者:Yunpeng Gao、Koji Kubota、Hajime Ito
DOI:10.1002/anie.202217723
日期:——
mechanochemical Birchreduction is reported for the first time. The newly developed ball-milling method does not require an inert atmosphere or other special precautions. Notably, the reaction completed within one minute for most of the investigated substrates. The present study thus provides a novel, operationally simple, rapid, and scalable alternative to conventional solution-based Birchreduction.
Enantio- and Regioselective Ir-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Di- and Trisubstituted Cycloalkenes
作者:Byron K. Peters、Jianguo Liu、Cristiana Margarita、Wangchuk Rabten、Sutthichat Kerdphon、Alexander Orebom、Thomas Morsch、Pher G. Andersson
DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b07291
日期:2016.9.14
carbons away from the olefin. Substrates having functionalities such as carboxyl groups, alcohols, or heterocycles in the vicinity of the C═C bond were hydrogenated in high enantiomeric excess (up to >99% ee). The hydrogenation was also found to be regioselective, and by controlling the reaction conditions, selective hydrogenation of one of two trisubstituted olefins can be achieved. Furthermore, trisubstituted