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Carson WP, Tsymbal AV, Pipal RW, Edwards GA, Martinelli JR, Cabré A, MacMillan DWC. Free-Radical Deoxygenative Amination of Alcohols via Copper Metallaphotoredox Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38813987 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Alcohols are among the most abundant chemical feedstocks, yet they remain vastly underutilized as coupling partners in transition metal catalysis. Herein, we describe a copper metallaphotoredox manifold for the open shell deoxygenative coupling of alcohols with N-nucleophiles to forge C(sp3)-N bonds, a linkage of high value in pharmaceutical agents that is challenging to access via conventional cross-coupling techniques. N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-mediated conversion of alcohols into the corresponding alkyl radicals followed by copper-catalyzed C-N coupling renders this platform successful for a broad range of structurally unbiased alcohols and 18 classes of N-nucleophiles.
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- William P Carson
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Lilly Genetic Medicine, Eli Lilly and Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Madrid 28108, Spain
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Du J, Jin B, Liu L, Chen L, Fan X, Lei B, Liang L. Synthesis of Co@CoO/C by micro-tube method and their electrochemical performances. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31362. [PMID: 38813198 PMCID: PMC11133897 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are promising secondary batteries that are widely used in portable electronic devices, electric vehicles and smart grids. The design and synthesis of high-performance electrode materials play a crucial role in achieving lithium-ion batteries with high energy density, prolonged cycle life, and superior safety. CoO has attracted significant attention as a negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high theoretical capacity and abundant resources. However, its limited conductivity and suboptimal cycling performance impede its potential applications. The study proposes a novel micro-tube reaction method for the synthesis of Co@CoO/C, utilizing Kapok fiber as a template with a special hollow structure. The microstructure and composition of the samples were characterized using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). After conducting electrochemical performance tests, it was discovered that at a current density of 100 mA/g and within the range of 0.01-3.0 V for 50 charge and discharge cycles. Co@CoO/C composite negative electrode exhibits a reversible lithium insertion specific capacity of 499.8 mAh/g and keep a discharge capacity retention rate of 97.6 %. The greatly improved lithium storage and stability performance of Co@CoO/C composite anode is mainly attributed to the synergistic effect between Co@CoO nanoparticles and the kapok carbon microtubule structure.
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- Jun Du
- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
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- School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530000, PR China
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Environmental-Friendly Materials and Ecological Remediation, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Carbon Neutralization, School of Materials and Environment, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning, 530105, PR China
- Guangxi Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co., Ltd, Nanning, 530001, PR China
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Zuo HD, Chen X, Yuan YY, Zhang Y, Liu JW, Yan SH, Hao WJ, Jiang B. Photocatalytic Bicyclization of Indole-Tethered 1,6-Enynes for Diastereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolo[3,2,1- jk]carbazoles. Org Lett 2024; 26:3810-3815. [PMID: 38678579 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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A visible-light-driven photocatalytic protocol is established for the diastereoselective synthesis of pyrrolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazoles via a radical-triggered multicomponent bicyclization reaction starting from readily available indole-tethered 1,6-enynes and α-benzyl-α-bromomalonates under mild conditions. This photocatalytic approach exhibits a wide substrate compatibility and excellent tolerability toward various functional groups and boasts the benefit of efficient ring formation and chemical bond creation.
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- Hang-Dong Zuo
- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Safety Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Continuous Flow Engineering Laboratory of National Petroleum and Chemical Industry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
- School of Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Cai Q, McWhinnie IM, Dow NW, Chan AY, MacMillan DWC. Engaging Alkenes in Metallaphotoredox: A Triple Catalytic, Radical Sorting Approach to Olefin-Alcohol Cross-Coupling. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:12300-12309. [PMID: 38657210 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Metallaphotoredox cross-coupling is a well-established strategy for generating clinically privileged aliphatic scaffolds via single-electron reactivity. Correspondingly, expanding metallaphotoredox to encompass new C(sp3)-coupling partners could provide entry to a novel, medicinally relevant chemical space. In particular, alkenes are abundant, bench-stable, and capable of versatile C(sp3)-radical reactivity via metal-hydride hydrogen atom transfer (MHAT), although metallaphotoredox methodologies invoking this strategy remain underdeveloped. Importantly, merging MHAT activation with metallaphotoredox could enable the cross-coupling of olefins with feedstock partners such as alcohols, which undergo facile open-shell activation via photocatalysis. Herein, we report the first C(sp3)-C(sp3) coupling of MHAT-activated alkenes with alcohols by performing deoxygenative hydroalkylation via triple cocatalysis. Through synergistic Ir photoredox, Mn MHAT, and Ni radical sorting pathways, this branch-selective protocol pairs diverse olefins and methanol or primary alcohols with remarkable functional group tolerance to enable the rapid construction of complex aliphatic frameworks.
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- Qinyan Cai
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Cook A, Newman SG. Alcohols as Substrates in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Arylation, Alkylation, and Related Reactions. Chem Rev 2024; 124:6078-6144. [PMID: 38630862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated derivative, while recent years have seen a vast increase in the number of complexity-building transformations that directly harness unprotected alcohols. This Review discusses how transition metal catalysis can be used toward this goal. These transformations are broadly classified into three categories. Deoxygenative functionalizations, representing derivatization of the C-O bond, enable the alcohol to act as a leaving group toward the formation of new C-C bonds. Etherifications, characterized by derivatization of the O-H bond, represent classical reactivity that has been modernized to include mild reaction conditions, diverse reaction partners, and high selectivities. Lastly, chain functionalization reactions are described, wherein the alcohol group acts as a mediator in formal C-H functionalization reactions of the alkyl backbone. Each of these three classes of transformation will be discussed in context of intermolecular arylation, alkylation, and related reactions, illustrating how catalysis can enable alcohols to be directly harnessed for organic synthesis.
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- Adam Cook
- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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Bera S, Kabadwal LM, Banerjee D. Harnessing alcohols as sustainable reagents for late-stage functionalisation: synthesis of drugs and bio-inspired compounds. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:4607-4647. [PMID: 38525675 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00942d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Alcohol is ubiquitous with unparalleled structural diversity and thus has wide applications as a native functional group in organic synthesis. It is highly prevalent among biomolecules and offers promising opportunities for the development of chemical libraries. Over the last decade, alcohol has been extensively used as an environmentally friendly chemical for numerous organic transformations. In this review, we collectively discuss the utilisation of alcohol from 2015 to 2023 in various organic transformations and their application toward intermediates of drugs, drug derivatives and natural product-like molecules. Notable features discussed are as follows: (i) sustainable approaches for C-X alkylation (X = C, N, or O) including O-phosphorylation of alcohols, (ii) newer strategies using methanol as a methylating reagent, (iii) allylation of alkenes and alkynes including allylic trifluoromethylations, (iv) alkenylation of N-heterocycles, ketones, sulfones, and ylides towards the synthesis of drug-like molecules, (v) cyclisation and annulation to pharmaceutically active molecules, and (vi) coupling of alcohols with aryl halides or triflates, aryl cyanide and olefins to access drug-like molecules. We summarise the synthesis of over 100 drugs via several approaches, where alcohol was used as one of the potential coupling partners. Additionally, a library of molecules consisting over 60 fatty acids or steroid motifs is documented for late-stage functionalisation including the challenges and opportunities for harnessing alcohols as renewable resources.
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- Sourajit Bera
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Xu W, Fan C, Hu X, Xu T. Deoxygenative Transformation of Alcohols via Phosphoranyl Radical from Exogenous Radical Addition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401575. [PMID: 38357753 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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A general approach to the direct deoxygenative transformation of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols has been developed. It undergoes through phosphoranyl radical intermediates generated by the addition of exogenous iodine radical to trivalent alkoxylphosphanes. Since these alkoxylphosphanes are readily in situ obtained from alcohols and commercially available, inexpensive chlorodiphenylphosphine, a diverse range of alcohols with various functional groups can be utilized to proceed deoxygenative cross-couplings with alkenes or aryl iodides. The selective transformation of polyhydroxy substrates and the rapid synthesis of complex organic molecules are also demonstrated with this method.
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- Wenhao Xu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustain-ability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustain-ability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, 200092, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Liu DP, Zhang XS, Liu S, Hu XG. Dehydroxylative radical N-glycosylation of heterocycles with 1-hydroxycarbohydrates enabled by copper metallaphotoredox catalysis. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3401. [PMID: 38649350 PMCID: PMC11035684 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47711-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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N-Glycosylated heterocycles play important roles in biological systems and drug development. The synthesis of these compounds heavily relies on ionic N-glycosylation, which is usually constrained by factors such as labile glycosyl donors, precious metal catalysts, and stringent conditions. Herein, we report a dehydroxylative radical method for synthesizing N-glycosides by leveraging copper metallaphotoredox catalysis, in which stable and readily available 1-hydroxy carbohydrates are activated for direct N-glycosylation. Our method employs inexpensive photo- and copper- catalysts and can tolerate some extent of water. The reaction exhibits a broad substrate scope, encompassing 76 examples, and demonstrates high stereoselectivity, favoring 1,2-trans selectivity for furanoses and α-selectivity for pyranoses. It also exhibits high site-selectivity for substrates containing multiple N-atoms. The synthetic utility is showcased through the late-stage functionalization of bioactive compounds and pharmaceuticals like Olaparib, Axitinib, and Metaxalone. Mechanistic studies prove the presence of glycosyl radicals and the importance of copper metallaphotoredox catalysis.
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- Da-Peng Liu
- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Synthesis, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China.
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Doi M, Miura H, Shishido T. Borylation of Stable C(sp 3)-O Bonds of Alkyl Esters over Supported Au Catalysts. Org Lett 2024; 26:2902-2907. [PMID: 38572805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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We report herein that supported gold catalysts efficiently promote the borylation of stable C(sp3)-O bonds of alkyl esters. The use of a disilane as an electron source and gold nanoparticles as a single-electron transfer catalyst is the key to generating alkyl radicals via the homolysis of stable C(sp3)-O bonds, thereby enabling cross-coupling between bis(pinacolato)diboron and linear and cyclic alkyl esters to afford the diverse alkyl boronates.
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- Masafumi Doi
- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Bai T, Li H. Revealing the Mechanism of Alcohol Dehydroxylation and C-C Bond Formation through Concerted Catalysis by Ir/Cu Bimetallic Complexes. J Org Chem 2024; 89:5363-5370. [PMID: 38593184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The density functional theory (DFT) was employed to theoretically investigate the reaction mechanism of alcohol deoxygenation/trifluoromethylation. The substrate alcohol (R1) forms a complex (INT3) by binding with benzoxazole salts (NHCs). Under the influence of the photocatalyst ([IrIII]*) and quinuclidine, the C-H bond in INT3 is activated through either electron transfer-proton transfer (ETPT) or hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) mechanisms, resulting in the cleavage of C-O bonds and generation of deoxyalkyl radicals. The distribution of high-valent and low-valent states in the catalytic cycle of [Ir]-complexes is governed by the redox potential mechanism. Investigation was conducted on the source of hydrogen atom transfer reagents in the HAT reaction process under both optimal and nonoptimal conditions. The results demonstrate distinct reactivity among various radicals involved in the Cu-mediated radical capture process. Further investigations into INT3 activation modes, cycling facilitated by [Ir]-complexes, and understanding the role played by [Cu]-complexes in this reaction system provide a valuable theoretical foundation for comprehending and enhancing Ir/Cu bimetallic cooperative catalysis in alcohol deoxygenation/trifluoromethylation reactions. This provides anticipated theoretical support for future designs of more efficient and rational alcohol deoxygenation reactions.
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- Taiming Bai
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, 750021 Yinchuan, China
- Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, 750021 Yinchuan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, North Minzu University, 750021 Yinchuan, China
- Ningxia Key Laboratory of Solar Chemical Conversion Technology, North Minzu University, 750021 Yinchuan, China
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Gong Y, Hu J, Qiu C, Gong H. Insights into Recent Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive and Redox C-C Coupling of Electrophiles, C(sp 3)-H Bonds and Alkenes. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1149-1162. [PMID: 38547518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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ConspectusTransition metal-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of two carbon electrophiles, also known as cross-electrophile coupling (XEC), has transformed the landscape of C-C coupling chemistry. Nickel catalysts, in particular, have demonstrated exceptional performance in facilitating XEC reactions, allowing for diverse elegant transformations by employing various electrophiles to forge C-C bonds. Nevertheless, several crucial challenges remain to be addressed. First, the intrinsic chemoselectivity between two structurally similar electrophiles in Ni-catalyzed C(sp3)-C(sp3) and C(sp2)-C(sp2) cross-coupling has not been well understood; this necessitates an excess of one of the coupling partners to achieve synthetically useful outcomes. Second, the substitution of economically and environmentally benign nonmetal reductants for Zn/Mn can help scale up XEC reactions and avoid trace metals in pharmaceutical products, but research in this direction has progressed slowly. Finally, it is highly warranted to leverage mechanistic insights from Ni-catalyzed XEC to develop innovative thermoredox coupling protocols, specifically designed to tackle challenges associated with difficult substrates such as C(sp3)-H bonds and unactivated alkenes.In this Account, we address the aforementioned issues by reviewing our recent work on the reductive coupling of C-X and C-O electrophiles, the thermoredox strategy for coupling associated with C(sp3)-H bonds and unactivated alkenes, and the use of diboron esters as nonmetal reductants to achieve reductive coupling. We focus on the mechanistic perspectives of the transformations, particularly how the key C-NiIII-C intermediates are generated, in order to explain the chemoselective and regioselective coupling results. The Account consists of four sections. First, we discuss the Zn/Mn-mediated chemoselective C(sp2)-C(sp2) and C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond formations based on the coupling of selected alkyl/aryl, allyl/benzyl, and other electrophiles. Second, we describe the use of diboron esters as versatile reductants to achieve C(sp3)-C(sp3) and C(sp3)-C(sp2) couplings, with an emphasis on the mechanistic consideration for the construction of C(sp3)-C(sp2) bonds. Third, we discuss leveraging C(sp3)-O bonds for effective C(sp3)-C bond formation via in situ halogenation of alcohols as well as the reductive preparation of α-vinylated and -arylated unusual amino esters. In the final section, we illustrate the thermoredox functionalization of challenging C(sp3)-H bonds with aryl and alkyl halides to afford C(sp3)-C bonds by taking advantage of the compatibility of Zn with the oxidant di-tert-butylperoxide (DTBP). Furthermore, we discuss a Ni-catalyzed and SiH/DTBP-mediated hydrodimerization of terminal alkenes to selectively forge head-to-head and methyl branched C(sp3)-C(sp3) bonds. This process, conducted in the presence or absence of catalytic CuBr2, provides a solution to a long-standing challenge: site-selective hydrocoupling of unactivated alkenes to produce challenging C(sp3)-C(sp3) bonds.
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- Yuxin Gong
- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
- Engineering Research Center for Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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Lin PC, Wong CD, Jarvo ER. Cross-selective Deoxygenative Coupling of Aliphatic Alcohols: Installation of Methyl Groups including Isotopic Labels by Nickel Catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202403119. [PMID: 38604974 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling reactions of two aliphatic alcohol derivatives remain a challenge. Herein, we report a nickel-catalyzed reductive methylation reaction of aliphatic mesylates with methyl tosylate. This reaction provides straightforward access to compounds bearing aliphatic methyl groups from alkyl alcohol derivatives. Isotopically labelled substrates and reagents can be employed in the reaction to provide perdeuterated and 13C-labelled products. This transformation can be achieved by employing stoichiometric Mn reductant or electrochemically. Additionally, mechanistic experiments show that alkyl iodides are key intermediates in the transformation which undergo a stereoablative reaction via radical intermediates.
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- Patricia C Lin
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92617, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92617, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92617, United States
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Zhou H, Shang X, Li W, Zhu C, Yang G, Dou Y. Oxidative Dehydroxycyclization of Catechols with o-Mercaptoanilines to Access 1-Hydroxyphenothiazines. J Org Chem 2024; 89:4768-4773. [PMID: 38503266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The protocol of aerobic oxidative dehydroxycyclization installed in the synthesis of rarely studied 1-hydroxyphenothiazines from catechols and o-mercaptoanilines is presented. Utilizing a natural renewable low-toxicity gallic acid as an organocatalyst, this established transformation proceeded smoothly in an aqueous ethanol solution under mild conditions with good functional group compatibility and up to a 94% isolated yield. This protocol is also characterized by its operational simple workup involving only recrystallization, revealing its sustainability and synthetic practicability.
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- Hanyu Zhou
- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
- Pingyuan Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, P. R. China
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Li LJ, Zhang JC, Li WP, Zhang D, Duanmu K, Yu H, Ping Q, Yang ZP. Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters via Cooperative Photoredox/Fe/Chiral Primary Amine Triple Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9404-9412. [PMID: 38504578 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The catalytic and enantioselective construction of quaternary (all-carbon substituents) stereocenters poses a formidable challenge in organic synthesis due to the hindrance caused by steric factors. One conceptually viable and potentially versatile approach is the coupling of a C-C bond through an outer-sphere mechanism, accompanied by the realization of enantiocontrol through cooperative catalysis; however, examples of such processes are yet to be identified. Herein, we present such a method for creating different compounds with quaternary stereocenters by photoredox/Fe/chiral primary amine triple catalysis. This approach facilitates the connection of an unactivated alkyl source with a tertiary alkyl moiety, which is also rare. The scalable process exhibits mild conditions, does not necessitate the use of a base, and possesses a good functional-group tolerance. Preliminary investigations into the underlying mechanisms have provided valuable insights into the reaction pathway.
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- Lian-Jie Li
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People's Republic of China
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Clark KF, Murphy JA. Trio of radicals choreographed for versatile chemical reaction. Nature 2024; 628:42-43. [PMID: 38570714 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00735-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Wang JZ, Lyon WL, MacMillan DWC. Alkene dialkylation by triple radical sorting. Nature 2024; 628:104-109. [PMID: 38350601 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07165-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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The development of bimolecular homolytic substitution (SH2) catalysis has expanded cross-coupling chemistries by enabling the selective combination of any primary radical with any secondary or tertiary radical through a radical sorting mechanism1-8. Biomimetic9,10 SH2 catalysis can be used to merge common feedstock chemicals-such as alcohols, acids and halides-in various permutations for the construction of a single C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond. The ability to sort these two distinct radicals across commercially available alkenes in a three-component manner would enable the simultaneous construction of two C(sp3)-C(sp3) bonds, greatly accelerating access to complex molecules and drug-like chemical space11. However, the simultaneous in situ formation of electrophilic and primary nucleophilic radicals in the presence of unactivated alkenes is problematic, typically leading to statistical radical recombination, hydrogen atom transfer, disproportionation and other deleterious pathways12,13. Here we report the use of bimolecular homolytic substitution catalysis to sort an electrophilic radical and a nucleophilic radical across an unactivated alkene. This reaction involves the in situ formation of three distinct radical species, which are then differentiated by size and electronics, allowing for regioselective formation of the desired dialkylated products. This work accelerates access to pharmaceutically relevant C(sp3)-rich molecules and defines a distinct mechanistic approach for alkene dialkylation.
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- Johnny Z Wang
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Long A, Oswood CJ, Kelly CB, Bryan MC, MacMillan DWC. Couple-close construction of polycyclic rings from diradicals. Nature 2024; 628:326-332. [PMID: 38480891 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Heteroarenes are ubiquitous motifs in bioactive molecules, conferring favourable physical properties when compared to their arene counterparts1-3. In particular, semisaturated heteroarenes possess attractive solubility properties and a higher fraction of sp3 carbons, which can improve binding affinity and specificity. However, these desirable structures remain rare owing to limitations in current synthetic methods4-6. Indeed, semisaturated heterocycles are laboriously prepared by means of non-modular fit-for-purpose syntheses, which decrease throughput, limit chemical diversity and preclude their inclusion in many hit-to-lead campaigns7-10. Herein, we describe a more intuitive and modular couple-close approach to build semisaturated ring systems from dual radical precursors. This platform merges metallaphotoredox C(sp2)-C(sp3) cross-coupling with intramolecular Minisci-type radical cyclization to fuse abundant heteroaryl halides with simple bifunctional feedstocks, which serve as the diradical synthons, to rapidly assemble a variety of spirocyclic, bridged and substituted saturated ring types that would be extremely difficult to make by conventional methods. The broad availability of the requisite feedstock materials allows sampling of regions of underexplored chemical space. Reagent-controlled radical generation leads to a highly regioselective and stereospecific annulation that can be used for the late-stage functionalization of pharmaceutical scaffolds, replacing lengthy de novo syntheses.
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- Alice Long
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Discovery Process Research, Janssen Research and Development LLC, Spring House, PA, USA
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- Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Research and Development LLC, Spring House, PA, USA
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Zhang LL, Gao YZ, Cai SH, Yu H, Shen SJ, Ping Q, Yang ZP. Ni-catalyzed enantioconvergent deoxygenative reductive cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl alcohols and aryl bromides. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2733. [PMID: 38548758 PMCID: PMC10979021 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46713-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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Transition metal-catalyzed enantioconvergent cross-coupling of an alkyl precursor presents a promising method for producing enantioenriched C(sp3) molecules. Because alkyl alcohol is a ubiquitous and abundant family of feedstock in nature, the direct reductive coupling of alkyl alcohol and aryl halide enables efficient access to valuable compounds. Although several strategies have been developed to overcome the high bond dissociation energy of the C - O bond, the asymmetric pattern remains unknown. In this report, we describe the realization of an enantioconvergent deoxygenative reductive cross-coupling of unactivated alkyl alcohol (β-hydroxy ketone) and aryl bromide in the presence of an NHC activating agent. The approach can accommodate substituents of various sizes and functional groups, and its synthetic potency is demonstrated through a gram scale reaction and derivatizations into other compound families. Finally, we apply our convergent method to the efficient asymmetric synthesis of four β-aryl ketones that are natural products or bioactive compounds.
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- Li-Li Zhang
- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules, Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules, Magnetic Information Materials Ministry of Education, The School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, 030031, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People's Republic of China.
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Bissonnette NB, Bisballe N, Tran AV, Rossi-Ashton JA, MacMillan DWC. Development of a General Organophosphorus Radical Trap: Deoxyphosphonylation of Alcohols. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7942-7949. [PMID: 38470101 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Here we report the design of a general, redox-switchable organophosphorus alkyl radical trap that enables the synthesis of a broad range of C(sp3)-P(V) modalities. This "plug-and-play" approach relies upon in situ activation of alcohols and O═P(R2)H motifs, two broadly available and inexpensive sources of molecular complexity. The mild, photocatalytic deoxygenative strategy described herein allows for the direct conversion of sugars, nucleosides, and complex pharmaceutical architectures to their organophosphorus analogs. This includes the facile incorporation of medicinally relevant phosphonate ester prodrugs.
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- Noah B Bissonnette
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Chen R, Intermaggio NE, Xie J, Rossi-Ashton JA, Gould CA, Martin RT, Alcázar J, MacMillan DWC. Alcohol-alcohol cross-coupling enabled by S H2 radical sorting. Science 2024; 383:1350-1357. [PMID: 38513032 DOI: 10.1126/science.adl5890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Alcohols represent a functional group class with unparalleled abundance and structural diversity. In an era of chemical synthesis that prioritizes reducing time to target and maximizing exploration of chemical space, harnessing these building blocks for carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions is a key goal in organic chemistry. In particular, leveraging a single activation mode to form a new C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond from two alcohol subunits would enable access to an extraordinary level of structural diversity. In this work, we report a nickel radical sorting-mediated cross-alcohol coupling wherein two alcohol fragments are deoxygenated and coupled in one reaction vessel, open to air.
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- Ruizhe Chen
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Discovery Chemistry, Janssen Research and Development, Janssen-Cilag, S.A., C/Jarama 75A, 45007 Toledo, Spain
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Wang L, Li Z, Zhou Y, Zhu J. Nickel-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Amidation of Alcohols with Carbamoyl Chlorides. Org Lett 2024; 26:2297-2302. [PMID: 38465891 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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We report a deoxygenative amidation reaction of alcohols with carbamoyl chlorides to afford amides through nickel-photoredox dual catalysis. Good to excellent yields can be obtained even for diverse complex sugar and steroid derivatives. The reaction is scalable, and the synthetic utility of the reaction was demonstrated by the homologation of alcohols to deliver several important γ-amino alcohols and a synthetically challenging bioactive compound intermediate.
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- Lele Wang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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Zhu WF, Empel C, Pelliccia S, Koenigs RM, Proschak E, Hernandez-Olmos V. Photochemistry in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology. J Med Chem 2024. [PMID: 38457829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c02109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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Photochemistry has emerged as a transformative force in organic chemistry, significantly expanding the chemical space accessible for medicinal chemistry. Light-induced reactions enable the efficient synthesis of intricate organic structures and have found applications throughout the different stages of the drug discovery and development processes. Moreover, photochemical techniques provide innovative solutions in chemical biology, allowing precise spatiotemporal drug activation and targeted delivery. In this Perspective, we highlight the already numerous remarkable applications and the even more promising future of photochemistry in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.
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- W Felix Zhu
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy (DoE 2023-2027), University of Naples Federico II, via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Gesmundo NJ, Rago AJ, Young JM, Keess S, Wang Y. At the Speed of Light: The Systematic Implementation of Photoredox Cross-Coupling Reactions for Medicinal Chemistry Research. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 38442262 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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The adoption of new and emerging techniques in organic synthesis is essential to promote innovation in drug discovery. In this Perspective, we detail the strategy we used for the systematic deployment of photoredox-mediated, metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions in AbbVie's medicinal chemistry organization, focusing on topics such as assessment, evaluation, implementation, and accessibility. The comprehensive evaluation of photoredox reaction setups and published methods will be discussed, along with internal efforts to build expertise and photoredox high-throughput experimentation capabilities. We also highlight AbbVie's academic-industry collaborations in this field that have been leveraged to develop new synthetic strategies, along with discussing the internal adoption of photoredox cross-coupling reactions. The work described herein has culminated in robust photocatalysis and cross-coupling capabilities which are viewed as key platforms for medicinal chemistry research at AbbVie.
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- Nathan J Gesmundo
- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies, AbbVie, Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies, AbbVie, Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies, AbbVie, Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Global Medicinal Chemistry, Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Advanced Chemistry Technologies Group, Small Molecule Therapeutics & Platform Technologies, AbbVie, Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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Xiong Y, Zhang Q, Zhang J, Wu X. Visible-Light-Driven Deoxygenative Heteroarylation of Alcohols with Heteroaryl Sulfones. J Org Chem 2024; 89:3629-3634. [PMID: 38364202 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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The visible-light-promoted deoxygenative radical heteroarylation of alcohols was achieved in the absence of any external photosensitizers. The processes occur through the generation of xanthate salts from alcohols, followed by SET and fragmentation, delivering alkyl radicals to react with heteroaryl sulfones. This method is amenable for a wide range of alcohols with good functional group tolerance, providing a practical strategy for the alkylation of benzo-heteroaromatics. Mechanism studies indicate that direct visible-light excitation of xanthate anions and subsequent SET initiate the reactions.
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- Yanjiao Xiong
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
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Das K, Pedada A, Singha T, Hari DP. Strain-enabled radical spirocyclization cascades: rapid access to spirocyclobutyl lactones and - lactams. Chem Sci 2024; 15:3182-3191. [PMID: 38425517 PMCID: PMC10901517 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05700c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Spirocyclobutane derivatives have gained significant attention in drug discovery programs due to their broad spectrum of biological activities and clinical applications. Ring-strain in organic molecules is a powerful tool to promote reactivity by releasing strain energy, allowing the construction of complex molecules selectively and efficiently. Herein, we report the first strain-enabled radical spirocyclization cascades for the synthesis of functionalized spirocyclobutyl lactones and - lactams, which are finding increasing applications in medicinal chemistry. The reaction of interelement compounds with bicyclobutane (BCB) allyl esters and - amides proceeds with high chemoselectivity under simple, catalyst-free conditions using blue light irradiation. The reaction has been successfully extended to synthesize bis-spirocycles. To introduce a more diverse set of functional groups, we have developed a dual photoredox/nickel catalytic system capable of mediating the carbosulfonylation of BCB allyl amides. The reaction shows broad applicability across various (hetero)aryl halides, aryl sulfinates, and BCB allyl amides, operates under mild conditions and demonstrates excellent functional group compatibility. The functional groups introduced during the cascade reactions served as versatile handles for further synthetic elaboration.
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- Kousik Das
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India 560012
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India 560012
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India 560012
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India 560012
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Mao E, Prieto Kullmer CN, Sakai HA, MacMillan DWC. Direct Bioisostere Replacement Enabled by Metallaphotoredox Deoxydifluoromethylation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5067-5073. [PMID: 38365186 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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The replacement of a functional group with its corresponding bioisostere is a widely employed tactic during drug discovery campaigns that allows medicinal chemists to improve the ADME properties of candidates while maintaining potency. However, the incorporation of bioisosteres typically requires lengthy de novo resynthesis of potential candidates, which represents a bottleneck in their broader evaluation. An alternative would be to directly convert a functional group into its corresponding bioisostere at a late stage. Herein, we report the realization of this approach through the conversion of aliphatic alcohols into the corresponding difluoromethylated analogues via the merger of benzoxazolium-mediated deoxygenation and copper-mediated C(sp3)-CF2H bond formation. The utility of this method is showcased in a variety of complex alcohols and drug compounds.
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- Edna Mao
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Wang C, Liu X, Wang Q, Fang WH, Chen X. Unveiling Mechanistic Insights and Photocatalytic Advancements in Intramolecular Photo-(3 + 2)-Cycloaddition: A Comparative Assessment of Two Paradigmatic Single-Electron-Transfer Models. JACS AU 2024; 4:419-431. [PMID: 38425917 PMCID: PMC10900211 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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The synthesis of 1-aminonorbornane (1-aminoNB), a potential aniline bioisostere, through photochemistry or photoredox catalysis signifies a remarkable breakthrough with implications in organic chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, and sustainable chemistry. However, an understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved in these reactions remains limited and ambiguous. Herein, we employ high-precision CASPT2//CASSCF calculations to elucidate the intricate mechanisms regulating the intramolecular photo-(3 + 2)-cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of 1-aminoNB in the presence or absence of the Ir-complex-based photocatalyst. Our investigations delve into radical cascades, stereoselectivity, particularly single-electron-transfer (SET) events, etc. Furthermore, we innovatively introduce and compare two SET models integrating Marcus electron-transfer theory and transition-state theory. These models combined with kinetic data contribute to recognizing the critical control factors in diverse photocatalysis, thereby guiding the design and manipulation of photoredox catalysis as well as the improvement and modification of photocatalysts.
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- Chu Wang
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People’s Republic of China
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Hu C, Kuhn L, Makurvet FD, Knorr ES, Lin X, Kawade RK, Mentink-Vigier F, Hanson K, Alabugin IV. Tethering Three Radical Cascades for Controlled Termination of Radical Alkyne peri-Annulations: Making Phenalenyl Ketones without Oxidants. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4187-4211. [PMID: 38316011 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Although Bu3Sn-mediated radical alkyne peri-annulations allow access to phenalenyl ring systems, the oxidative termination of these cascades provides only a limited selection of the possible isomeric phenalenone products with product selectivity controlled by the intrinsic properties of the new cyclic systems. In this work, we report an oxidant-free termination strategy that can overcome this limitation and enable selective access to the full set of isomerically functionalized phenalenones. The key to preferential termination is the preinstallation of a "weak link" that undergoes C-O fragmentation in the final cascade step. Breaking a C-O bond is assisted by entropy, gain of conjugation in the product, and release of stabilized radical fragments. This strategy is expanded to radical exo-dig cyclization cascades of oligoalkynes, which provide access to isomeric π-extended phenalenones. Conveniently, these cascades introduce functionalities (i.e., Bu3Sn and iodide moieties) amenable to further cross-coupling reactions. Consequently, a variety of polyaromatic diones, which could serve as phenalenyl-based open-shell precursors, can be synthesized.
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- Chaowei Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, United States
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Majhi J, Matsuo B, Oh H, Kim S, Sharique M, Molander GA. Photochemical Deoxygenative Hydroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes Promoted by a Nucleophilic Organocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317190. [PMID: 38109703 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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The direct utilization of simple and abundant feedstocks in carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions to embellish sp3 -enriched chemical space is highly desirable. Herein, we report a novel photochemical deoxygenative hydroalkylation of unactivated alkenes with readily available carboxylic acid derivatives. The reaction displays broad functional group tolerance, accommodating carboxylic acid-, alcohol-, ester-, ketone-, amide-, silane-, and boronic ester groups, as well as nitrile-containing substrates. The reaction is operationally simple, mild, and water-tolerant, and can be carried out on multigram-scale, which highlights the utility of the method to prepare value-added compounds in a practical and scalable manner. The synthetic application of the developed method is further exemplified through the synthesis of suberanilic acid, a precursor of vorinostat, a drug used for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. A novel mechanistic approach was identified using thiol as a nucleophilic catalyst, which forms a key intermediate for this transformation. Furthermore, electrochemical studies, quantum yield, and mechanistic experiments were conducted to support a proposed catalytic cycle for the transformation.
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- Jadab Majhi
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, 19104-6323, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Mondal S, Midya SP, Mondal S, Das S, Ghosh P. Merging Photocatalytic Doubly-Decarboxylative C sp 2 -C sp 2 Cross-Coupling for Stereo-Selective (E)-α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Synthesis. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303337. [PMID: 37987541 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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A photocatalytic domain of doubly decarboxylative Csp 2 -Csp 2 cross coupling reaction is disclosed. Merging iridium and palladium photocatalysis manifested carbon-carbon bonds in a tandem dual-radical pathway. Present catalytic platform efficiently cross-coupled α, β-unsaturated acids and α-keto acids to afford a variety of α, β-unsaturated ketones with excellent (E)-selectivity and functional group tolerance. Mechanistically, photocatalyst implicated through reductive quenching cycle whereas cross coupling proceeded over one electron oxidative pallado-cycle.
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- Subal Mondal
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, 700032, India
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Gorelik DJ, Desai SP, Jdanova S, Turner JA, Taylor MS. Transformations of carbohydrate derivatives enabled by photocatalysis and visible light photochemistry. Chem Sci 2024; 15:1204-1236. [PMID: 38274059 PMCID: PMC10806712 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05400d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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This review article highlights the diverse ways in which recent developments in the areas of photocatalysis and visible light photochemistry are impacting synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. The major topics covered are photocatalytic glycosylations, generation of radicals at the anomeric position, transformations involving radical formation at non-anomeric positions, additions to glycals, processes initiated by photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer from sugars, and functional group interconversions at OH and SH groups. Factors influencing stereo- and site-selectivity in these processes, along with mechanistic aspects, are discussed.
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- Daniel J Gorelik
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 3H6 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George St. Toronto ON M5S 3H6 Canada
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Song S, Li Z, Wang L, Zeng T, Hu Q, Zhu J. Photoredox and NHC Enabled Deoxygenative Alcohol Homologation via Formal 1,2-Addition. Org Lett 2024; 26:264-268. [PMID: 38147643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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A highly efficient photoinduced iron-catalyzed method has been developed for the direct use of alcohols as surrogates for organometallic reagents in the synthesis of tertiary alcohols. This method can be applied to both primary and secondary alcohols with diverse structures, enabling their reaction with aryl ketones under mild conditions. A variety of functional groups, including those that are typically reactive under conventional tertiary alcohol synthesis conditions, are compatible. Mechanistically, this reaction proceeds through the direct addition of the radical to the carbonyl pathway.
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- Shuo Song
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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Zhang L, Nagib DA. Carbonyl cross-metathesis via deoxygenative gem-di-metal catalysis. Nat Chem 2024; 16:107-113. [PMID: 37697035 PMCID: PMC11090164 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01333-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Carbonyls and alkenes are versatile functional groups, whose reactivities are cornerstones of organic synthesis. The selective combination of two carbonyls to form an alkene-a carbonyl cross-metathesis-would be a valuable tool for their exchange. Yet, this important synthetic challenge remains unsolved. Although alkene/alkene and alkene/carbonyl cross-metathesis reactions are known, there is a lack of analogous methods for deoxygenative cross-coupling of two carbonyl compounds. Here we report a pair of strategies for the cross-metathesis of unbiased carbonyls, allowing an aldehyde to be chemo- and stereoselectively combined with another aldehyde or ketone. These mild, catalytic methods are promoted by earth-abundant metal salts and enable rapid access to an unprecedentedly broad range of either Z- or E-alkenes by two distinct mechanisms-entailing transiently generated (1) carbenes and ylides (via Fe catalysis) or (2) doubly nucleophilic gem-di-metallics (via Cr catalysis).
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- Lumin Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Yue F, Ma H, Ding P, Song H, Liu Y, Wang Q. Formation of C-B, C-C, and C-X Bonds from Nonstabilized Aryl Radicals Generated from Diaryl Boryl Radicals. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:2268-2276. [PMID: 38161365 PMCID: PMC10755731 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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With the development of organoboron chemistry, boron-centered radicals have become increasingly attractive. However, their synthetic applications remain limited in that they have been used only as substrates for addition reactions or as initiators for catalytic reactions. We have achieved a new reaction pathway in which tetraarylborate salts are used as precursors for aryl radicals via boron radicals, by introducing a simple activation reagent. In addition, we carried out a diverse array of transformations involving these aryl radical precursors, which allowed the construction of new C-B, C-C, and C-X bonds in the presence of visible light.
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- Fuyang Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic
Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers
Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
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Niu K, Jiao H, Zhou P, Wang Q. Photoinduced Direct Electron Transfer between Quinoxalin-2(1 H)-ones and Alkyl Carboxylic Acids for C-H Alkylation. Org Lett 2023; 25:8970-8974. [PMID: 38085538 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The progress of efficient and sustainable approaches for decarboxylative coupling reactions is synthetically appealing due to the structural diversity, lack of toxicity, and widespread commercial accessibility of carboxylic acids. However, the decarboxylation reaction still encounters challenges related to the utilization of oxidants, catalysts, and prefunctionalization conditions. We report herein a mild method that facilitates direct electron transfer between alkyl carboxylic acids and excited-state substrates for C-H alkylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones without the involvement of any catalyst or additive.
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- Kaikai Niu
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255000, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Xiong Y, Wu X. Deoxygenative coupling of alcohols with aromatic nitriles enabled by direct visible light excitation. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:9316-9320. [PMID: 37982141 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01676e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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A general and practical protocol is presented for visible-light-driven deoxygenative coupling of alcohols with aromatic nitriles in the absence of external photocatalysts. Utilizing a hydroxyl activation strategy with carbon disulfide, this C(sp3)-C(sp2) constructing platform accommodates a broad scope of alcohols and aryl nitriles to deliver various alkyl-substituted arenes. Mechanism studies show that a single electron transfer event between a photoexcited aryl nitrile and a xanthate anion is key to the transformation.
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- Yanjiao Xiong
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry & Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
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Palkowitz MD, Emmanuel MA, Oderinde MS. A Paradigm Shift in Catalysis: Electro- and Photomediated Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions. Acc Chem Res 2023; 56:2851-2865. [PMID: 37772915 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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ConspectusTransition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are fundamental reactions in organic chemistry, facilitating strategic bond formations for accessing natural products, organic materials, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Redox chemistry enables access to elusive cross-coupling mechanisms through single-electron processes as an alternative to classical two-electron strategies predominated by palladium catalysis. The seminal reports of Baran, MacMillan, Doyle, Molander, Weix, Lin, Fu, Reisman, and others in merging redox perturbation (photochemical, electrochemical, and purely chemical) with catalysis are pivotal to the current resurgence and mechanistic understanding of first-row transition metal-based catalysis. The hallmark of this redox platform is the systematic modulation of transition-metal oxidation states by a photoredox catalyst or at a heterogeneous electrode surface. Electrocatalysis and photocatalysis enhance transition metal catalysis' capacity for bond formation through electron- or energy-transfer processes that promote otherwise challenging elementary steps or elusive mechanisms. Cross-coupling conditions promoted by electrocatalysis and photocatalysis are mild, and bond formation proceeds with exceptionally high chemoselectivity and wide functional group tolerance. The interfacing of abundant first-row transition-metal catalysis with electrocatalysis and photocatalysis has brought about a paradigm shift in cross-coupling technology as practitioners are quickly applying these tools in synthesizing fine chemicals and pharmaceutically relevant motifs. In particular, the merger of Ni catalysis with electro- and photochemistry ushered in a new era for carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom cross-couplings with expanded generality compared to their thermally driven counterparts. Over the past decade, we have developed enabling photo- and electrochemical methods throughout our combined research experience in industry (BMS, AstraZeneca) and academia (Professor Baran, Scripps Research) in cross-disciplinary collaborative environments. In this Account, we will outline recent progress from our past and present laboratories in photo- and electrochemically mediated Ni-catalyzed cross-couplings. By highlighting these cross-coupling methodologies, we will also compare mechanistic features of both electro- and photochemical strategies for forging C(sp2)-C(sp3), C(sp3)-C(sp3), C-O, C-N, and C-S bonds. Through these side-by-side comparisons, we hope to demystify the subtle differences between the two complementary tools to enact redox control over transition metal catalysis. Finally, building off the collective experience of ourselves and the rest of the community, we propose a tactical user guide to photo- and electrochemically driven cross-coupling reactions to aid the practitioner in rapidly applying such tools in their synthetic designs.
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- Maximilian D Palkowitz
- Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Bristol Myers Squibb, 250 Water Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141, United States
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- Chemical Process Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, 1 Squibb Drive, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
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- Small Molecule Discovery Chemistry, Bristol Myers Squibb Research & Early Development, Route 206 & Province Line Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, United States
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Day CS, Martin R. Comproportionation and disproportionation in nickel and copper complexes. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:6601-6616. [PMID: 37655600 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00494a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Disproportionation and comproportionation reactions have become increasingly important electron transfer events in organometallic chemistry and catalysis. The renewed interest in these reactions is in part attributed to the improved understanding of first-row metals and their ability to occupy odd and even oxidation states. Disproportionation and comproportionation reactions enable metal complexes to shuttle between various oxidation states, a matter of utmost relevance for controlling the speciation and catalytic turnover. In addition, these reactions have a direct impact in the thermodynamic and kinetic stability of the corresponding metal complexes. This review covers the relevance and impact of these processes in electron transfer reactions and provides valuable information about their non-negligible influence in Ni- and Cu-catalysed transformations.
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- Craig S Day
- The Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
- ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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Carson Ii WP, Sarver PJ, Goudy NS, MacMillan DWC. Photoredox Catalysis-Enabled Sulfination of Alcohols and Bromides. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:20767-20774. [PMID: 37721547 PMCID: PMC10680125 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Sulfinates are important lynchpin intermediates in pharmaceutical production; however, their synthesis via photoredox catalysis is challenging because of their facile oxidation. We herein disclose a photocatalytic strategy for the direct conversion of alcohols and alkyl bromides into alkyl sulfinates. These transformations are enabled by the utilization of easily oxidized radical precursors─namely, alcohol N-heterocyclic carbene adducts and N-adamantyl aminosupersilane─that facilitate efficient synthesis of the oxidatively labile sulfinate products. A broad range of functional groups are amenable to the reported transformations, providing rapid access to sulfonamides, sulfonyl halides, sulfones, and sulfonic acids. The utility of these methods is further demonstrated via the late-stage diversification of natural products and drugs into pharmaceutically relevant sulfonamides and "clickable" sulfonyl fluorides. In summary, this work illustrates the potential of novel radical precursors to expand the breadth of photoredox transformations.
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- William P Carson Ii
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Jiang Y, Zhang Y, Lee BC, Koh MJ. Diversification of Glycosyl Compounds via Glycosyl Radicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305138. [PMID: 37278303 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Glycosyl radical functionalization is one of the central topics in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. Recent advances in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling chemistry and metallaphotoredox catalysis provided powerful platforms for glycosyl radical diversification. In particular, the discovery of new glycosyl radical precursors in conjunction with these advanced reaction technologies have significantly expanded the space for glycosyl compound synthesis. In this Review, we highlight the most recent progress in this area starting from 2021, and the reports included will be categorized based on different reaction types for better clarity.
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- Yi Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117544, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117544, Republic of Singapore
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117544, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117544, Republic of Singapore
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Wang H, Zhao JF, Zhu XL, Tian QQ, He W. Photoinduced Borylation of the Inert C(sp 3)-O Bond of Alkyl Heteroaryl Ethers. Org Lett 2023; 25:6485-6489. [PMID: 37668383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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A photoinduced reductive Calkyl-O borylation of alkyl heteroaryl ethers with very negative reduction potential in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) and bis(catecholato)diborane(B2cat2) was developed. Despite the high reducing power, various substrates with liable functional groups were well-tolerated as well as ethers derived from natural products and medicinal-relevant compounds. Mechanistic investigation implied that an intra-single electron transfer process in an electron donor-acceptor complex formed from ethers with the adduct of B2cat2 and DMAP should be involved.
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- Hua Wang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, People's Republic of China
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He Z, Moreno JA, Swain M, Wu J, Kwon O. Aminodealkenylation: Ozonolysis and copper catalysis convert C(sp 3)-C(sp 2) bonds to C(sp 3)-N bonds. Science 2023; 381:877-886. [PMID: 37616345 PMCID: PMC10753956 DOI: 10.1126/science.adi4758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Great efforts have been directed toward alkene π bond amination. In contrast, analogous functionalization of the adjacent C(sp3)-C(sp2) σ bonds is much rarer. Here we report how ozonolysis and copper catalysis under mild reaction conditions enable alkene C(sp3)-C(sp2) σ bond-rupturing cross-coupling reactions for the construction of new C(sp3)-N bonds. We have used this unconventional transformation for late-stage modification of hormones, pharmaceutical reagents, peptides, and nucleosides. Furthermore, we have coupled abundantly available terpenes and terpenoids with nitrogen nucleophiles to access artificial terpenoid alkaloids and complex chiral amines. In addition, we applied a commodity chemical, α-methylstyrene, as a methylation reagent to prepare methylated nucleosides directly from canonical nucleosides in one synthetic step. Our mechanistic investigation implicates an unusual copper ion pair cooperative process.
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- Zhiqi He
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, USA
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Yedase GS, Arif M, Kuniyil R, Yatham VR. Photocatalytic Hydro Tri/Difluoromethylation of Alkenes with Bench Stable Tri/Difluoromethylating Reagents. Org Lett 2023; 25:6200-6205. [PMID: 37578816 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Herein, we demonstrate the synthesis and characterization of bench stable tri/difluoromethylating reagents and their potential applications in redox neutral hydro tri/difluoromethylation of alkenes enabled by visible light. The new tri/difluoromethylating reagents are obtained on a gram-scale through simply cyclocondensation of commercially available anthranilamide with phenyltrifluoro or difluoromethyl ketone. Preliminary mechanistic studies indicated that a canonical photoredox catalytic cycle is being operative. DFT studies support this and further reveal that deprotonation occurs before radical cleavage. DFT studies also show that the better yield with HCF2 reagent is attributed to the favorable expulsion of the corresponding radical moiety.
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- Girish Suresh Yedase
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad 678557, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad 678557, India
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- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India
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Ma X, Wang L, Meng X, Li W, Wang Q, Gu Y, Qiu L. NHC-mediated photocatalytic deoxygenation of alcohols for the synthesis of internal alkynes via a Csp 3-Csp coupling reaction. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:6693-6696. [PMID: 37548245 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01066j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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NHC-mediated deoxygenation of alcohols under photocatalytic conditions is described. The process provides various alkyl radicals, which can react with 1-bromoalkyne via Csp3-Csp coupling to afford internal alkynes in moderate to good yields. The method offers a new and convenient approach to synthesize internal alkynes.
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- Xueji Ma
- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Key Laboratory of Nano-carbon Modified Film Technology Engineering of Henan Province, Xinxiang University, Xinxiang 453000, P. R. China.
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Guan W, Chang Y, Lin S. Electrochemically Driven Deoxygenative Borylation of Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:16966-16972. [PMID: 37499221 PMCID: PMC10624253 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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We present a new, unified approach for the transformation of benzylic and allylic alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones into boronic esters under electroreductive conditions. Key to our strategy is the use of readily available pinacolborane, which serves both as an activator and an electrophile by first generating a redox-active trialkylborate species and then delivering the desired deoxygenatively borylated product. This strategy is applicable to a variety of substrates and can be employed for the late-stage functionalization of complex molecules.
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- Weiyang Guan
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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Gould CA, Pace AL, MacMillan DWC. Rapid and Modular Access to Quaternary Carbons from Tertiary Alcohols via Bimolecular Homolytic Substitution. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:16330-16336. [PMID: 37471294 PMCID: PMC10680126 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Quaternary carbons are ubiquitous in bioactive molecules; however, synthetic methods for the construction of this motif remain underdeveloped. Here, we report the synthesis of quaternary carbons from tertiary alcohols, a class of structurally diverse, bench-stable feedstocks, via the merger of photoredox catalysis and iron-mediated SH2 bond formation. This alcohol-bromide cross-coupling is enabled by a novel halogen-atom transfer (XAT) reagent, which is the first reductively activated XAT reagent to be reported. A wide variety of sterically congested quaternary products can be accessed through this mild and practical protocol including products derived from both alkylation and benzylation of tertiary fragments. We further demonstrate the synthetic utility of this method through the expedited synthesis of a liver receptor agonist and through a two-step conversion of ketones and esters to quaternary products, which enables the modular control of up to three of the four substituents on a quaternary center.
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- Colin A Gould
- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Chen A, Zhao S, Han Y, Zhou Z, Yang B, Xie LG, Walczak MA, Zhu F. Stereoselective alkyl C-glycosylation of glycosyl esters via anomeric C-O bond homolysis: efficient access to C-glycosyl amino acids and C-glycosyl peptides. Chem Sci 2023; 14:7569-7580. [PMID: 37449071 PMCID: PMC10337754 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01995k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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C-Glycosyl peptides possess excellent metabolic stability and therapeutic properties and thus play critical roles in biological studies as well as drug discoveries. However, the limited accessibility of C-glycosyl amino acids has significantly hindered the broader research of their structural features and mode of action. Herein, for the first time we disclose a novel visible-light-driven radical conjugate addition of 1,4-dihydropyridine (DHP)-derived glycosyl esters with dehydroalanine derivatives, generating C-glycosyl amino acids and C-glycosyl peptides in good yields with excellent stereoselectivities. Redox-active glycosyl esters, as readily accessible and bench-stable radical precursors, could be easily converted to glycosyl radicals via anomeric C(sp3)-O bond homolysis under mild conditions. Importantly, the generality and practicality of this transformation were fully demonstrated in >40 examples including 2-dexosugars, oligosaccharides, oligopeptides, and complex drug molecules. Given its mild reaction conditions, robust sugar scope, and high anomeric control and diastereoselectivity, the method presented herein could find widespread utility in the preparation of C(sp3)-linked sugar-based peptidomimetics.
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- Anrong Chen
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309 USA
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules (FSCTM), Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 P. R. China
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Suh SM, Jambu S, Chin MT, Diao T. Selective Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds via a Reverse Biosynthesis Mechanism. Org Lett 2023; 25:4792-4796. [PMID: 37294132 PMCID: PMC10334464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Selective depolymerization of lignin remains a significant challenge in biomass conversion. The biosynthesis of lignin involves the polymerization of monolignol building blocks through oxidative radical coupling reactions. A strategy for lignin degradation leverages photoredox deoxygenative radical formation to trigger reverse biosynthesis, which cleaves model compounds of the β-O-4 and β-5-β-O-4 linkages to produce monolignols, precursors to flavoring compounds. This mild method preserves important oxygen functionality and serves as a platform for achieving selective lignin depolymerization.
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- Sang Mi Suh
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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Liu W, Mulhearn J, Hao B, Cañellas S, Last S, Gómez JE, Jones A, De Vera A, Kumar K, Rodríguez R, Van Eynde L, Strambeanu II, Wolkenberg SE. Enabling Deoxygenative C(sp 2)-C(sp 3) Cross-Coupling for Parallel Medicinal Chemistry. ACS Med Chem Lett 2023; 14:853-859. [PMID: 37312855 PMCID: PMC10258906 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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Herein we report the development of an automated deoxygenative C(sp2)-C(sp3) coupling of aryl bromide with alcohols to enable parallel medicinal chemistry. Alcohols are among the most diverse and abundant building blocks, but their usage as alkyl precursors has been limited. Although metallaphotoredox deoxygenative coupling is becoming a promising strategy to form C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond, the reaction setup limits its widespread application in library synthesis. To achieve high throughput and consistency, an automated workflow involving solid-dosing and liquid-handling robots has been developed. We have successfully demonstrated this high-throughput protocol is robust and consistent across three automation platforms. Furthermore, guided by cheminformatic analysis, we examined alcohols with comprehensive chemical space coverage and established a meaningful scope for medicinal chemistry applications. By accessing the rich diversity of alcohols, this automated protocol has the potential to substantially increase the impact of C(sp2)-C(sp3) cross-coupling in drug discovery.
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- Wei Liu
- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development LLC, Janssen-Cilag, S.A., E-45007 Toledo, Spain
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development LLC, Janssen-Cilag, S.A., E-45007 Toledo, Spain
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development LLC, Janssen-Cilag, S.A., E-45007 Toledo, Spain
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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- Discovery
Chemistry, Janssen Research & Development
LLC, 1400 McKean Road, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, United States
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Blackner JJ, Rooney DM, Hollett JW, McCubbin JA. Ferrocenium Boronic Acid Catalyzed Deoxygenative Coupling of Alcohols with Carbon- and Nitrogen-Based Borate and Silane Nucleophiles. J Org Chem 2023. [PMID: 37285506 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A boronic acid catalyzed carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bond-forming reaction for the functionalization of various π-activated alcohols has been developed. Ferrocenium boronic acid hexafluoroantimonate salt was identified as an effective catalyst in the direct deoxygenative coupling of alcohols with a variety of potassium trifluoroborate and organosilane nucleophiles. In a comparison between these two classes of nucleophiles, the use of organosilanes leads to higher reaction yields, increased diversity of the alcohol substrate scope, and high E/Z selectivity. Furthermore, the reaction proceeds under mild conditions and yields up to 98%. Computational studies provide a rationalization for a mechanistic pathway for the retention of E/Z stereochemistry when E or Z alkenyl silanes are used as nucleophiles. This methodology is complementary to existing methodologies for deoxygenative coupling reactions involving organosilanes, and it is effective with a variety of organosilane nucleophile sub-types, including allylic, vinylic, and propargylic trimethylsilanes.
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- Jake J Blackner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9, Canada
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