Rhodium-catalyzed regiospecific C-H ortho-phenylation of benzoic acids with Cu/air as an oxidant

Rhodium-catalyzed regiospecific C-H ortho-phenylation of benzoic acids with Cu/air as an oxidant

Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00663A, Research Article

Shiguang Li, Guo-Jun Deng, Feifei Yin, Chao-Jun Li, Hang Gong
An efficient and practical synthetic approach for the regiospecific C-H ortho-phenylation of aromatic carboxylic acids in the absence of silver.

Rhodium-catalyzed regiospecific C–H ortho-phenylation of benzoic acids with Cu/air as an oxidant

Shiguang Li,^a   Guo-Jun Deng,^a   Feifei Yin,^a  Chao-Jun Li*^b and   Hang Gong*^a  *

Corresponding authors

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The Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
 E-mail: hgong@xtu.edu.cn

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Department of Chemistry and FQRNT Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, Canada
 E-mail: cj.li@mcgill.ca

Org. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6QO00663A

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/QO/C6QO00663A#!divAbstract

The development of an efficient and practical synthetic approach for the regiospecific C–H ortho-phenylation of aromatic carboxylic acids without the use of silver or costly coupling partners is reported. The rhodium-catalyzed C–H phenylation proceeded in the presence of Cu/air as a terminal oxidant. In most cases, numerous inactivated benzoic acids could couple with low-cost NaBPh₄ to obtain good to excellent yields.

A solution of aromatic acid 1a (27.2 mg, 0.2 mmol), NaBPh4 (0.27 g, 0.8 mmol), KF (46 mg, 0.8 mmol), [Rh(nbd)Cl]2 (9.2 mg, 0.02 mmol) and CuBr2 (4.5 mg, 0.02 mmol) in chlorobenzene (1.2 mL) was stirred in a sealed tube under air at 150 oC for 24 h. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and acidified by dilute aqueous HCl to pH<3, and then the solvent was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by preparative thin-layer chromatography (TLC) on silica gel with petroleum ether and ethyl acetate as eluent to give the pure product 2a.

2a White solid; Yield 86%; Mp 132-134 oC [lit1 mp 133-135oC]; IR (neat) νmax 3057, 2917, 2849, 2627, 1682, 1461, 1133, 1064, 1000, 759, 696 cm-1; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 7.35-7.40 (m, 6H), 7.23 (m, 2H), 2.45 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ = 174.5, 140.7, 140.2, 135.5, 132.2, 129.7, 129.2, 128.4 (2C), 127.6, 127.5, 20.0; HRMS (ESI) m/z calcd for C14H13O2 213.0910, found [M+H] + 213.0912.

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Eco-Friendly, Catalyst and Solvent-Free, Synthesis of Acetanilides and N-Benzothiazole-2-yl-acetamides

N-(o-Tolyl)acetamide (3b) White solid, 51.5 mg, 71% yield; m.p. 108.4-109.0 °C (Lit.27 108-109 °C); IR (KBr) n / cm-1 3291, 1647, 1587, 1527, 1458, 1369, 1271, 1116, 1039, 933, 854, 756, 698, 651, 607; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) d 2.19 (s, 3H, CH3), 2.30 (s, 3H, CH3), 7.10 (t, 1H, J 7.5 Hz, CH), 7.21 (t, 1H, J 8.0 Hz, CH), 7.71 (d, 1H, J 8.0 Hz, CH); 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) d 17.8, 24.2, 123.7, 125.4, 126.7, 129.7, 130.5, 135.6, 168.6.

Short ReportJ. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2016

Eco-Friendly, Catalyst and Solvent-Free, Synthesis of Acetanilides and N-Benzothiazole-2-yl-acetamides

Silvio Cunha; Lourenço L. B. de Santana

An expeditious and green synthesis of acetamides is described in good yield without external heating, and with simple purification. 

This paper is part of the PubliSBQ Special Issue in honor of the late Prof Angelo da Cunha Pinto.

http://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20160265

Published online: September 27, 2016.

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Synthesis of symmetrical pyridines by iron-catalyzed cyclization of ketoxime acetates and aldehydes

Synthesis of symmetrical pyridines by iron-catalyzed cyclization of ketoxime acetates and aldehydes

Green Chem., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03137D, Paper

YuKun Yi, Mi-Na Zhao, Zhi-Hui Ren, Yao-Yu Wang, Zheng-Hui Guan
A facile iron-catalyzed cyclization of aldehydes with ketoxime acetates for the synthesis of multisubstituted symmetrical pyridines has been developed.

Synthesis of symmetrical pyridines by iron-catalyzed cyclization of ketoxime acetates and aldehydes

YuKun Yi,^a   Mi-Na Zhao,^a   Zhi-Hui Ren,^a  Yao-Yu Wang^a and   Zheng-Hui Guan*^a  

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Corresponding authors

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Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Nature Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, P.R. China
 E-mail: guanzhh@nwu.edu.cn

Green Chem., 2017, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03137D

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A novel and facile iron-catalyzed cyclization of ketoxime acetates and aldehydes for the green synthesis of substituted pyridines has been developed. In the presence of a FeCl₃ catalyst, this reaction exhibited a good functional group tolerance to produce 2,4,6-triarylsubstituted symmetrical pyridines in high yields in the absence of any additive. A gram-scale reaction sequence was performed to demonstrate the scaled-up applicability of this synthetic method.

4-Phenyl-2,6-di-p-tolylpyridine (3bb). Yield 70% (47.0 mg); Yellow solid; mp 148-150 o C; S-3

1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.09 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 4H), 7.82 (s, 2H), 7.72 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.52-7.45 (m, 3H), 7.31 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 4H), 2.42 (s, 6H).

13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 157.3, 149.9, 139.2, 138.9, 136.8, 129.4, 129.0, 128.8, 127.1, 126.9, 116.5, 21.3.

HRMS Calcd (ESI) m/z for C25H22N: [M+H] + 336.1747. Found: 336.1731.





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Product Control Using Substrate Design

Product Control Using Substrate Design

New class of cyclic Weinreb amides for oxidative C-H olefination or Heck reaction

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Silver-initiated radical ring expansion/fluorination of ethynyl cyclobutanols: efficient synthesis of monofluoroethenyl cyclopentanones

Silver-initiated radical ring expansion/fluorination of ethynyl cyclobutanols: efficient synthesis of monofluoroethenyl cyclopentanones

Green Chem., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02656G, Communication

Qingshan Tian, Bin Chen, Guozhu Zhang
A stereoselective synthesis of [small beta]-halogenated 2-methylenecyclopentanones via silver-catalyzed formal ring expansion using water as the cosolvent is described.

Silver-initiated radical ring expansion/fluorination of ethynyl cyclobutanols: efficient synthesis of monofluoroethenyl cyclopentanones

Qingshan Tian,^a   Bin Chen^a and   Guozhu Zhang*^a  

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Corresponding authors

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State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
E-mail: guozhuzhang@sioc.ac.cn

Green Chem., 2016, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02656G

A stereoselective synthesis of β-halogenated 2-methylenecyclopentanones via silver-catalyzed formal ring expansion using water as the cosolvent is described. A variety of 2-methylenecyclopentanones with fluoro, chloro and bromo functionalities are efficiently prepared from 1-alkynyl cyclobutanols. This method offers facile access to halogenated complex molecules which are not only useful chemicals but also valuable building blocks for further derivatizations.

1-(m-tolylethynyl)cyclobutan-1-ol (1b) Yield: 89%; Yellow oil;

1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3)

δ 7.25 (s, 1H), 7.23 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (t, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.10 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 2.51 (dt, J = 15.8, 6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.34 (t, J = 9.3 Hz, 2H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 1.85 (m, 2H);

13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3)

δ 137.94, 132.27, 129.19, 128.72, 128.17, 122.49, 92.16, 83.58, 68.31, 38.64, 21.20, 12.98; HRMS (EI+ , 70 eV): C13H14O [M]+ : calcd. 186.1045, found 186.1047

(E)-2-(fluoro(phenyl)methylene)cyclopentan-1-one (2a) Yield: 85%; Colorless oil;

1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.79 (dd, J = 8.0, 1.5 Hz, 2H), 7.46-7.40 (m, 3H), 2.94 (td, J = 7.3, 3.3 Hz, 2H), 2.43 (td, J = 7.9, 1.2 Hz, 2H),1.99 (m, 2H);

13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) δ 204.7 (d, J = 14.4 Hz), 162.4 (d, J = 270.7 Hz), 131.1, 130.0, 129.7, 128.7 (d, J = 7.0 Hz), 127.8, 117.3 (d, J = 19.4 Hz), 40.7 (d, J = 4.3 Hz), 27.6 (d, J = 3.9 Hz), 19.4;

19F (376 MHz, CDCl3) δ -76.9;

HRMS (EI+ , 70 eV): C12H11FO [M]+ : calcd. 190.0794, found 190.0795.

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Simultaneous rapid reaction workup and catalyst recovery

Simultaneous rapid reaction workup and catalyst recovery

Green Chem., 2016, 18,5769-5772
DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02448C, Communication

Zhichao Lu, Zofia Hetman, Gerald B. Hammond, Bo Xu
By combining reaction work-up and catalyst recovery into a simple filtration procedure we have developed a substantially faster technique for organic synthesis.

By combining reaction work-up and catalyst recovery into a simple filtration procedure we have developed a substantially faster technique for organic synthesis. Our protocol eliminates the time-consuming conventional liquid–liquid extraction and is capable of parallelization and automation. Additionally, it requires only minimal amounts of solvent.

Simultaneous rapid reaction workup and catalyst recovery

Zhichao Lu,^a   Zofia Hetman,^a   Gerald B. Hammond*^a and  Bo Xu*^b  

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Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
E-mail: gb.hammond@louisville.edu

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College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, 2999 North Renmin Lu, Shanghai 201620, China
E-mail: bo.xu@dhu.edu.cn

Green Chem., 2016,18, 5769-5772

DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02448C

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. General procedure for a reaction Step 1. Reaction setup. The reaction is conducted in the usual way with the supported catalyst. Porelite® (typically 1 mL for every 0.1 gram of product) is added to the reaction mixture under stirring, Step 2. Reaction quench and rigid solvent extraction. If needed, the reaction is quenched with a suitable aqueous solution (e.g. NaHCO3 solution). • If the solvent used in the reaction is water-miscible (eg., DMF, methanol, etc.), a minimum amount of water immiscible solvent (e.g. 3 mL ether for every 1 g of product) is added to help organic material become entrenched in Porelite. • If the reaction is conducted in a water immiscible solvent (e.g. toluene, DCM), no extra solvent is needed in most cases. The excess amount of solvent is removed by rotavapor or by nitrogen/air purging (no need to remove the water from the mixture). The reaction mixture is filtered to remove aqueous-soluble components (starting materials, by-products, etc.) and washed with water (or HCl or Na2CO3 solution to remove basic or acidic byproducts. Vacuum is applied to dry the filtrate for 2 minutes to remove any remaining aqueous and volatile solvents. (For automatic flash chromatographic separation, an empty loading cartridge can be used, which can be directly attached to the commercial system. For manual chromatographic separation, a regular Büchner filter can be used). Step 3. Sample loading to chromatographic system. • The loading cartridge can be directly attached to the commercial flash chromatographic system (e.g., CombiFlash Rf series). • For manual chromatographic separation, the polymer powder is loaded directly onto a manual flash silica gel column (dry loading).

Because the polymer pad may contain some trapped air, it is recommended to start with the least polar solvent (e.g., hexane) during chromatographic separation to remove the trapped air.



1-(biphenyl-4-yl)ethanone

1-(biphenyl-4-yl)ethanone

Han, W.; Liu, C.; Jin, Z.-L. Organic Letters 2007, 9, 4005-4007


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A catalyst-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines and 3-nitroindoles: an easy access to five-ring-fused tetrahydroisoquinolines

A catalyst-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines and 3-nitroindoles: an easy access to five-ring-fused tetrahydroisoquinolines

Green Chem., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02517J, Communication

Xihong Liu, Dongxu Yang, Kezhou Wang, Jinlong Zhang, Rui Wang
A catalyst-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines and 3-nitroindoles has been reported under mild conditions.

A catalyst-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines and 3-nitroindoles: an easy access to five-ring-fused tetrahydroisoquinolines

Xihong Liu,^a   Dongxu Yang,^a   Kezhou Wang,^a  Jinlong Zhang^a and   Rui Wang*^ab  

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School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
E-mail: wangrui@lzu.edu.cn

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State Key Laboratory of Chiroscience, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, P. R. China
E-mail: bcrwang@polyu.edu.hk

Green Chem., 2016, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02517J

We have reported herein a catalyst-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines and 3-nitroindoles by which a series of five-ring-fused tetrahydroisoquinolines featuring an indoline scaffold were obtained as single diastereomers in moderate to high yields without any additives under mild conditions. Moreover, the current method provides a novel and convenient approach for the efficient incorporation of two biologically important scaffolds (tetrahydroisoquinoline and indoline).


ethyl 13b-nitro-8-tosyl-8,8a,13b,13c-tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2',3':3,4]pyrazolo[5,1- a]isoquinoline-9(6H)-carboxylate

ethyl 13b-nitro-8-tosyl-8,8a,13b,13c-tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2',3':3,4]pyrazolo[5,1- a]isoquinoline-9(6H)-carboxylate:
White solid, m.p. 153 – 154 oC; 94% yield; 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.86 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 7.78 (d, J = 7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.30 – 7.13 (m, 5H), 7.1 (s, 1H), 7.05 – 6.94 (m, 1H), 6.94 – 6.87 (m, 1H), 6.59 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 3H), 6.28 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 4.78 (s, 1H), 4.37 (q, J = 7.1 Hz, 2H), 2.80 – 2.58 (m, 2H), 2.33 (s, 3H), 2.31 – 2.11 (m, 2H), 1.41 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H) ppm;

13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ 152.1, 144.6, 142.6, 134.0, 132.1, 129.3, 129.0, 128.7, 128.3, 127.5, 127.3, 126.2, 122.8, 121.1, 115.5, 104.5, 84.9, 70.7, 62.8, 48.5, 29.1, 21. 6, 14.3 ppm;

HRMS (ESI): C27H26N4NaO6S [M + Na]+ calcd: 557.1465, found: 557.1476.


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