764-01-2Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and Photoswitching Properties of Bioinspired Dissymmetric I-Pyrone, an Analogue of Cyclocurcumin
Pecourneau, Jérémy,Losantos, Raúl,Monari, Antonio,Parant, Stéphane,Pasc, Andreea,Mourer, Maxime
, p. 8112 - 8126 (2021/06/30)
Cyclocurcumin (CC), a turmeric curcuminoid with potential therapeutic properties, is also a natural photoswitch that may undergo E/Z photoisomerization under UV light. To be further exploited in relevant biological applications, photoactivation under near-infrared (NIR) irradiation is required. Such requirement can be met through opportune chemical modifications, by favoring two-photon absorption (TPA) probability. Herein, a general and efficient synthesis of a biomimetic 2,6-disubstituted-δ-pyrone analogue of CC is described, motivated by the fact that molecular modeling previews an order of magnitude increase of its NIR TPA compared to CC. Three retrosynthetic pathways have been identified (i) via an aryl-oxazole intermediate or via aryl-diynone through (ii) a bottom-up or (iii) a top-down approach. While avoiding the passage through unstable synthons or low-yield intermediate reactions, only the latest approach could conveniently afford the 2,6-disubstituted-I-pyrone analogue of CC, in ten steps and with an overall yield of 18%. The photophysical properties of our biomimetic analogue have also been characterized showing an improved photoisomerization yield over the parent natural compound. The potentially improved nonlinear optical properties, as well as enhanced stability, may be correlated to the enforcement of the planarity of the pyrone moiety leading to a quadrupolar D-π-A-π-D system.
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 2,5-dihydrofurans using synergistic bifunctional Ag catalysis
Shi, Taoda,Teng, Shenghan,Gopi Krishna Reddy, Alavala,Guo, Xin,Zhang, Yueteng,Moore, Kohlson T.,Buckley, Thomas,Mason, Damian J.,Wang, Wei,Chapman, Eli,Hu, Wenhao
supporting information, p. 8737 - 8744 (2019/10/16)
We report a bifunctional Ag catalyst promoted intramolecular capture of oxonium ylides with alkynes for the enantioselective synthesis of 2,5-dihydrofurans. This represents unprecedented synergistic catalysis of a bifunctional Ag catalyst. Mechanistic studies revealed that [(R)-3,5-DM-BINAP](AgSbF6)2 (9) is likely to be the active catalytic species and that the reaction involves second order kinetics with respect to 9, suggesting that two molecules of 9 are involved in the intramolecular trapping of a Ag-associated oxonium ylide with a Ag-activated alkyne. Based on our mechanistic hypothesis, we further optimized the reaction, rendering a facile approach to 2,5-dihydrofurans in good to excellent yields in a highly chemo- and enantioselective fashion.
Electrochemical Deprotection of para-Methoxybenzyl Ethers in a Flow Electrolysis Cell
Green, Robert A.,Jolley, Katherine E.,Al-Hadedi, Azzam A. M.,Pletcher, Derek,Harrowven, David C.,De Frutos, Oscar,Mateos, Carlos,Klauber, David J.,Rincón, Juan A.,Brown, Richard C. D.
supporting information, p. 2050 - 2053 (2017/04/27)
Electrochemical deprotection of p-methoxybenzyl (PMB) ethers was performed in an undivided electrochemical flow reactor in MeOH solution, leading to the unmasked alcohol and p-methoxybenzaldehyde dimethyl acetal as a byproduct. The electrochemical method removes the need for chemical oxidants, and added electrolyte (BF4NEt4) can be recovered and reused. The method was applied to 17 substrates with high conversions in a single pass, yields up to 92%, and up to 7.5 g h-1 productivity. The PMB protecting group was also selectively removed in the presence of some other common alcohol protecting groups.