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One-Pot Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Esters, Ketones, and Nitriles from Alcohols and Phosphonium Salts
Ding, Weijie,Hu, Juan,Jin, Huile,Yu, Xiaochun,Wang, Shun
, p. 107 - 118 (2017/09/28)
A general method for the synthesis of α,β-unsaturated esters, ketones, and nitriles is successfully achieved by a one-pot copper-catalyzed oxidation with O 2 in air as oxidant. The solvent mixture of acetonitrile and formamide (1:1) is optimized to ensure the oxidation of alcohols, deprotonation of phosphonium salt, and Wittig reaction occur efficiently in one pot. A broad range of substrates has been explored for this process, including three electron-withdrawing group (CO 2 Et, COPh, CN) functionalized phosphonium salts. They reacted not only with benzylic and heteroaromatic alcohols, but also with aliphatic alcohols, forming the corresponding α,β-unsaturated esters, ketones, and nitriles in moderate to excellent yields.
Synthesis of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes as potential substrates for bacterial luciferases
Brodl, Eveline,Ivkovic, Jakov,Tabib, Chaitanya R.,Breinbauer, Rolf,Macheroux, Peter
, p. 1487 - 1495 (2017/02/18)
Bacterial luciferase catalyzes the monooxygenation of long-chain aldehydes such as tetradecanal to the corresponding acid accompanied by light emission with a maximum at 490?nm. In this study even numbered aldehydes with eight, ten, twelve and fourteen carbon atoms were compared with analogs having a double bond at the α,β-position. These α,β-unsaturated aldehydes were synthesized in three steps and were examined as potential substrates in vitro. The luciferase of Photobacterium leiognathi was found to convert these analogs and showed a reduced but significant bioluminescence activity compared to tetradecanal. This study showed the trend that aldehydes, both saturated and unsaturated, with longer chain lengths had higher activity in terms of bioluminescence than shorter chain lengths. The maximal light intensity of (E)-tetradec-2-enal was approximately half with luciferase of P. leiognathi, compared to tetradecanal. Luciferases of Vibrio harveyi and Aliivibrio fisheri accepted these newly synthesized substrates but light emission dropped drastically compared to saturated aldehydes. The onset and the decay rate of bioluminescence were much slower, when using unsaturated substrates, indicating a kinetic effect. As a result the duration of the light emission is doubled. These results suggest that the substrate scope of bacterial luciferases is broader than previously reported.
Polyethyleneimine-Supported Triphenylphosphine and Its Use as a Highly Loaded Bifunctional Polymeric Reagent in Chromatography-Free One-Pot Wittig Reactions
Xia, Xuanshu,Toy, Patrick H.
supporting information, p. 1737 - 1743 (2015/07/20)
A polyethyleneimine-supported triphenylphosphine reagent has been synthesized and used as a highly loaded bifunctional homogeneous reagent in a range of one-pot Wittig reactions that afforded high yields of the desired products after simple purification procedures. The approach also served efficiently in tandem reaction sequences involving a one-pot Wittig reaction followed by conjugate reduction of the newly formed alkene product in situ. In these transformations, the phosphine oxide groups generated in the Wittig reaction served as the catalyst for activating trichlorosilane in the subsequent reduction reaction.
