Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-07-03DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100082
Meng-Die Li, Xin-Ru Wang, Tao-Yan Lin
{"title":"Recent advances in copper-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic substitution","authors":"Meng-Die Li, Xin-Ru Wang, Tao-Yan Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100082","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Copper-catalyzed enantioselective propargylic substitution has become an increasingly reliable strategy to construct stereogenic centers over the past two decades. Currently, various catalytic systems and reaction modes have been developed for the synthesis of different chiral propargylic frameworks. Therein, stereochemical control can be achieved either through the nucleophilic addition at the γ-site of the copper-allenylidene intermediate, or the newly proposed nucleophilic addition of copper-vinylvinylidene intermediate comprising two reactive sites (γ, ε). This review briefly summarizes the development of copper-catalyzed asymmetric propargylic substitution on a variety of different substrates, including but not limited to propargylic esters, cyclic carbonates and carbamates, and yne-allylic esters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100082"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000214/pdfft?md5=1aa6ee4010e77652e0d8df77e22de44f&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000214-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141636807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-06-27DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100080
Sheng Zhang, Man-Bo Li
{"title":"Repurposing HER catalysis toward metal hydride-mediated electro-reductive transformations","authors":"Sheng Zhang, Man-Bo Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is known as one of the most cardinal reactions in energy chemistry. In the field, tremendous efforts have been devoted to discovering highly efficient catalysts and investigating the reaction mechanism. Metal hydrides are the most critical intermediates in the HER catalysis, and they also exhibit versatile reactivity in organic transformations. Redirecting HER catalysis for metal hydride-mediated electrochemical transformations would provide effective solutions for some challenging issues in conventional organic chemistry. Although some remarkable progress has recently been achieved in the cross-subject, the synthetic chemistry community has yet to fully understand the related catalytic mechanism and catalyst design. Herein, we conclude the catalytic HER mechanism and catalyst design principles to facilitate the repurposing HER catalysis toward organic electrochemistry. Recent examples of metal hydride-mediated electro-reductive transformations have also been covered, including the reduction of unsaturated bonds and the functionalization of C–H bonds. Additionally, we discussed challenges and future developments in the field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100080"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000196/pdfft?md5=69ceaa5807bacf0325ed1656a32e9535&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000196-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141486682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-06-17DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100078
Katherine Wang, Coralie Thomas, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, John A. Gladysz
{"title":"A cobalt templated outer sphere hydrogen bond donor catalyst derived from 2-guanidinobenzimidazole: Synthesis, applications in carbon–carbon bond forming reactions, structure","authors":"Katherine Wang, Coralie Thomas, Nattamai Bhuvanesh, John A. Gladysz","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A lipophilic tricationic cobalt tris(chelate) complex of 2-guanidinobenzimidazole (GBI), [Co(GBI)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>3+</sup> 3BAr<sub>f</sub><sup>–</sup> (<strong>2</strong><sup>3+</sup> 3BAr<sub>f</sub><sup>–</sup>; BAr<sub>f</sub> = B(3,5-C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>(CF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>), is prepared from the corresponding hydrophilic trichloride salt and Na<sup>+</sup> BAr<sub>f</sub><sup>–</sup> or Ag<sup>+</sup> BAr<sub>f</sub><sup>–</sup> under aqueous/organic biphasic conditions. This racemic chiral complex, which is obtained as a <em>mer</em> isomer and a tetradecahydrate as assayed by NMR and TGA, is an excellent catalyst for additions of dimethyl malonate and indole to <em>trans-</em>ß-nitrostyrenes (10 mol%), and cycloadditions of CO<sub>2</sub> to epoxides (1 mol%; solvent-free). Average yields (84 %, 91 %, 81 %) and rates are slightly greater than those obtained with a monocationic ruthenium GBI complex [(η<sup>5</sup>-C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)Ru(CO)(GBI)]<sup>+</sup> BAr<sub>f</sub><sup>–</sup> prepared earlier. Attempted crystallization of <strong>2</strong><sup>3+</sup> 3Cl<sup>–</sup> gives a tetramethanol solvate of a salt derived from loss of two molecules of HCl. This can be represented as [Co(GBI)(GBI<sub>–H</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup> Cl<sup>−</sup>, and bond lengths and hydrogen bonding motifs are carefully analyzed, especially in the context of dominant chelate resonance forms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100078"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000172/pdfft?md5=129d87487d5963230aee78924c599c96&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000172-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141433831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-06-15DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100079
Alessia Mori , Mariana Isabel Crespo Monteiro , Filipa Siopa , Giovanni Poli , Julie Oble
{"title":"Selective C3- or C5-Borylation of furfural derivatives: Enabling the synthesis of tri- and tetra-substituted furan Analogues","authors":"Alessia Mori , Mariana Isabel Crespo Monteiro , Filipa Siopa , Giovanni Poli , Julie Oble","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A strategy of C3/C4 and C5/C4 bis-C–H functionalization of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural is presented. This task has been accomplished by the initial iridium-catalyzed C–H borylation of furfural, equipped with an appropriate imine function. Depending on the nature of the ligand employed, the borylation takes place selectively at C3 or C5, the products serving in turn as partners in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings. After aldehyde function regeneration, some of the resulting heterobiaryl compounds underwent a, C3- or C5-directed, C4-selective Pd-catalyzed Fujiwara-Moritani olefination. These hitherto unknown serial C3/C4 and C5/C4 bis C–H functionalization strategies allow the straightforward conversion of the bio-sourced platform molecules furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into tri- and tetra-substituted furaldehyde derivatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100079"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000184/pdfft?md5=483828ad7614b7fb594eb87e52ff5dfc&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000184-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141407424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-06-10DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100077
Changmei Liu , Chengyue Miao , Xiaorui Chen , Yan Zhang , Yijian Rao , Zhenbo Yuan
{"title":"Biocatalytic reactions, crystal structures and mechanisms of kynurenine formamidases","authors":"Changmei Liu , Chengyue Miao , Xiaorui Chen , Yan Zhang , Yijian Rao , Zhenbo Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Kynurenine (Kyn) as a non-proteinogenic amino acid, is prevalent in various bioactive natural products, and plays a pivotal role in metabolism and related diseases. Thus, several synthetic methods toward Kyn have been established with the employment of acid/base-mediated hydrolysis reaction to remove the formyl group of <em>N</em>-formylkynurenine (NFK), which is not satisfied with the trend of green chemistry. Learning from nature, kynurenine formamidase is considered a promising biocatalyst to realize the hydrolysis of NFK as alternative to the environmentally unfriendly acid or base. For these reasons, interest in the kynurenine formamidase has increased, but the research area still remains relatively underexplored. In this review, the recent investigations on the biocatalytic reactions, crystal structures and mechanisms of the kynurenine formamidases in combination with the homologous enzymes with inferred kynurenine formamidase activity are summarized. This review may help researchers understand kynurenine formamidase further and apply them in the preparation of Kyn for natural products synthesis and drug development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100077"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000160/pdfft?md5=9ac8cf7e28a6ada9565c2b45b1d4231c&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000160-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141333242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100075
Ruth P. Paulino , Karen Ichikawa , Jonathan Sperry
{"title":"Synthesis and structural affirmation of pubesamides A and B, monoterpene N-benzoyltyramides from white sapote (Casimiroa pubescens)","authors":"Ruth P. Paulino , Karen Ichikawa , Jonathan Sperry","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100075","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Pubesamides A and B are structurally unusual monoterpene <em>N</em>-benzoyltyramides isolated from <em>Casimiroa pubescens</em>, a tropical fruiting tree with known psychotropic properties. Herein we report the structural affirmation of both natural products through a chemical synthesis that features a Lewis-acid assisted cross-metathesis reaction between a 1,1-disubstituted alkene and a dienone in the presence of the Hoveyda-Grubbs second generation catalyst. Stereochemically pure samples of pubesamide A and B isomerise upon standing, suggesting they are both genuine natural products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100075"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000147/pdfft?md5=3c997764006db3c7f4cccf37b4f7f12d&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000147-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141291372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100074
Jie Sheng , Jiaming Cheng , Xu Cheng
{"title":"Electrochemical hydrodefluorination of an aromatic trifluoromethyl group with ammonia as the hydrogen source","authors":"Jie Sheng , Jiaming Cheng , Xu Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100074","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aromatic difluoromethyl group (Ar-CF<sub>2</sub>H) is an emerging functional group found in pharmaceutical compounds. For synthesis, the hydrodefluorination of Ar-CF<sub>3</sub> molecules is a straightforward approach in terms of atom economy and substrate scope. The reported hydrodefluorination reaction focused on the Ar-CF<sub>3</sub> substrate bearing electron-withdrawing groups. In this report, we utilized electricity as the driving force for the hydrodefluorination of ArCF<sub>3</sub>, which involves electron-donating groups. By using ammonia as a traceless hydrogen and electron donor, the reaction could tolerate a variety of labile groups, including unprotected amine, pyrrole, furan, thioether, and silyl group, without sacrificial anodes in undivided cells. In this work, <em>t</em>BuOLi was found to be an essential additive for achieving good reactivity and chemoselectivity. Several Ar-CF<sub>2</sub>H pharmaceutical and intermediate products were synthesized via this approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100074"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000135/pdfft?md5=81d7a2cae6ce30b12c26a34a87698976&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000135-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140823089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100073
Viktor Klöpfer , Anurag Chinchole , Oliver Reiser
{"title":"Dual iron- and organophotocatalyzed hydroformylation, hydroacylation and hydrocarboxylation of Michael-acceptors utilizing 1,3,5-trioxanes as C1-Synthone","authors":"Viktor Klöpfer , Anurag Chinchole , Oliver Reiser","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100073","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A protocol based on photocatalytic cycles of both iron(III)chloride and 9,10-dicyanoanthracene (DCA) is developed for the masked hydroformylation, hydroacylation, and hydrocarboxylation of Michael-Acceptors utilizing readily available 1,3,5-trioxanes. Initiated by the LMCT of [FeCl<sub>4</sub>]<sup>–</sup> to generate chlorine radicals that promote hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from the trioxanes, 9,10-dicyanoanthracene is used as co-photocatalyst to accelerate the formation of the desired products by facilitating the reoxidation of iron(II) to iron(III). The methodology is robust, allowing the generation of aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids either by altering the trioxane and deprotection strategy or by subsequent photocatalyzed conversion of the initially obtained aldehydes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100073"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000123/pdfft?md5=6c9aa4e457cd19c96e477addafae25df&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000123-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140644658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100070
Qian-Qian Hu , Jie Chen , Yang Yang , Hui Yang , Ling Zhou
{"title":"Strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and [1.1.1]propellanes","authors":"Qian-Qian Hu , Jie Chen , Yang Yang , Hui Yang , Ling Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes (BCBs) and [1.1.1]propellanes (tricyclo[1.1.1.0<sup>1,3</sup>]pentanes, TCPs) are structurally unique compounds with different chemical properties. Strain-release driven reactions have emerged as an atom- and step-economic strategy for the organic synthesis. Using this strategy, a variety of functional ring molecules have been efficiently synthesized, including various cyclobutane molecules, bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes, bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes, and others. More specifically, these strain release-driven reactions include aspects of nucleophilic addition, radical addition, electrophilic or transition metal catalysis. This review will discuss the recent developments in the strain-release transformations of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and [1.1.1]propellanes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100070"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X24000093/pdfft?md5=0fe1d49a839e529aa565a8430072be9e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X24000093-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140016179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100068
Anrong Chen , Guoqiang Cheng , Feng Zhu
{"title":"Recent advances in stereoselective synthesis of non-classical glycosides","authors":"Anrong Chen , Guoqiang Cheng , Feng Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100068","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Currently, glycosylation reactions predominantly target classical anomeric positions, with limited exploration of glycosylation at non-classical positions. However, there is ample reason to believe that this area is evolving into the next focal point and hotspot in glycosylation research. Therefore, summarizing and prospecting glycosylation reactions at non-classical positions over the past 5 years is deemed essential. This Minireview provides an overview of these transformations, emphasizing the reaction models and synthetic applications. We hope to stimulate future research to address the unmet synthetic challenges for the discovery of new non-classical glycosides, as well as to enhance the efficiency and overcome limitations of existing methods, especially in the construction of predictable and controllable stereoselective glycosides. By offering a comprehensive overview of the progress, our goal is to inspire further research and innovation in this exciting field.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"9 ","pages":"Article 100068"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X2400007X/pdfft?md5=dfe71b357fcc6db15f489e0469c12b3e&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X2400007X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139992911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}