Preparation of Benzene Derivatives
Chemexpress Two of the most common methods for homologating an aryl halide are the Heck reaction (1 -> 3) and the Suzuki reaction (4 -> 6). Shriniwas D. Samant of the…
Asymmetric Mannich Reaction
Carsten Bolm and Belén Rodríguez from the University of Aachen investigated thermal effects in the (S)-proline-catalyzed Mannich reaction (J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 2888. (R)-2-Methylazetidine hydrochloride structure DOI: 10.1021/jo060064d). By…
Microwave-Assisted Suzuki Couplings with Simultaneous Cooling
Suzuki couplings using a microencapsulated palladium catalyst (Pd EnCat) under microwave heating were investigated by the group of Steven V. PMID:34856019 Ley at the University of Cambridge (Chem. 1450752-97-2 Purity…
Phosphine Gold(I)-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkenes
Chi-Ming Che and co-workers from the University of Hong Kong have reported on the intra- and intermolecular hydroamination of unactivated alkenes (Org. Lett. 2006, 8, ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/ol060719x). In a…
Synthesis of 7-Azaindoles
Hartmut Schirok from Bayer HealthCare, Germany, has reported on a short and flexible synthesis of 1,3-substituted 7-azaindoles 2 starting from oxiranes 1 (J. PMID:23724934 Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 5538.DOI: 10.1021/jo060512h).…
Ring Closing Metathesis for Guaianolide Synthesis
Oliver Reiser and his group from the University of Regensburg, Germany have reported on the ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of a sterically demanding substrate in the context of the total synthesis…
Single-Step Synthesis of Pyrimidine Derivatives
Mohammad Movassaghi and Matthew D. Hill from MIT have developed a protocol for the synthesis of quinazolines 1 via electrophilic activiation of secondary amides utilizing 2-chloropyridine (2-ClPyr) in combination with…
Synthesis of Furocoumarin Libraries
A 144-member library of furocoumarins via three-component reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarins, isocyanides and arylaldehydes was prepared by Jie Wu from VivoQuest Inc., NY (Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 118. (4-Chlorophenyl)(2-nitrophenyl)sulfane web DOI:…
Enzymes in Organic Synthesis
Enzymes have many applications in organic synthesis. One of the most common is the resolution of a secondary alcohol. A shortcoming of this approach is that the separation of the…
Catalyst- and Base-Free Suzuki-Type Coupling
Jie Yan and co-workers from Zhejiang University of Technology, China, have reported on Suzuki-type couplings in water without the use of catalyst and base (Eur. J. PMID:23558135 Org. P(t-Bu)3 Pd…