Search results for "Ketone"

An improved method for the asymmetric protonation of enolates with chiral α-sulfinyl alcohols/trifluoroethanol

2001

Abstract Enantioselective protonation of 2-methyl tetralone enolate using a stoichiometric amount of 2-sulfinyl alcohol ( S , R s )- 1 as a chiral proton donor yields the corresponding chiral ketone with a high level of enantioselectivity, provided that the chiral proton donor (CPD) is regenerated with an achiral proton source (APS). In contrast, stereoselectivity was only moderate if catalytic CPD (0.2 equiv.) and an APS are used.

Diastereomeric Differentiation in the Quenching of Excited States by Hydrogen Donors

2003

2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1-(4-pyridyl)cyclopentan-1-ol

2007

The crystal structure of the title compound, C16H16FNO, was determined as part of a study of the biological activity of pyridine-substituted cyclo­pentene derivatives as p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors. The 4-fluoro­phenyl and 4-pyridyl rings are trans positioned with respect to each other. The compound exists as a racemic mixture. The synthesis was achieved via direct inter­action between the reactive complex Grignard reagent PyMgCl·LiCl and the enolizable ketone 4-fluoro­phenyl­cyclo­penta­none with the assistance of the neodymium salt catalyst NdCl3·2LiCl. The crystal packing is characterized by zigzag chains of mol­ecules, which are connected by O—H⋯N hydrogen bon…

Neue extrem deformierte (Biphenylen‐)Kohlenwasserstoff‐Gerüste

1992

New Extremely Deformed (Biphenylene)Hydrocarbon Skeletons The tetracyclic carbon skeleton 2-oxo[3](1,8)biphenylenophane (4) was synthesized by cyclization of a mixture of the bis(bromomethyl) compounds 7a, b with p-tolylsulfonylmethyl isocyanide. 2-Hydroxy[3](1,8)biphenylenophane (5) and the [3](1,8)biphenylenophane hydrocarbon 6 were obtained by reduction of 4 with LiAlH4 and NaBH4, respectively. X-ray analyses of 4 and 6 illustrate the dramatic deformation of bond lengths and angles in these molecules.

Double Diastereoselection in Aldol Reactions Mediated by Dicyclohexylchloroborane between Chiral Aldehydes and a Chiral Ethyl Ketone Derived from l-E…

2005

Both matched and mismatched diastereoselections have been observed in the aldol reactions of a range of chiral aldehydes with the dicyclohexylboron enolate of a chiral ethyl ketone related to l-erythrulose. As was previously observed in the corresponding aldol reactions with l-erythrulose derivatives, the Felkin−Anh model provides an adequate explanation for the stereochemical outcome of reactions with chiral α-methyl aldehydes. However, a satisfactory account of the results observed with α-oxygenated aldehydes was only possible with the Cornforth model. As a practical application of the methodology described herein, a C1−C9 fragment of the structure of the antifungal macrolide soraphen A1α…

The Creolophins: A Family of Linear Triquinanes fromCreolophus cirrhatus (Basidiomycete)

2007

Complicatic acid and five novel linear triquinanes were isolated from mycelial cultures of Creolophus cirrhatus. The creolophins A, C, D, and E represent a novel type of highly oxidized triquinane sesquiterpenoids. Whereas those compounds with a secondary alcohol moiety in ring A are stable, the exomethylene ketone creolophin E (5) partly dimerized during workup to form the decacyclic 1,4-dioxepin-6-one neocreolophin (6). Compounds 5 and 6 display cytotoxic activities against several tumor cell lines.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)

Understanding the mechanism of the N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed ring-expansion of 4-formyl-β-lactams to succinimide derivatives

2009

The mechanism of the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed ring-expansion of 4-formyl-β-lactams to succinimides has been studied using DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G∗∗ level. The first step is the nucleophilic attack of NHC to the aldehyde to yield the zwitterionic intermediate, which by a proton-transfer process affords the Breslow intermediate. The lactam N–C breaking bond in this intermediate yields an enol-amidate, which by a keto–enol type equilibrium becomes the ketone form. The subsequent ring-closure achieved by the nucleophilic attack of the amidate to carbonyl carbon allows the formation of the five-membered ring. Finally, elimination of NHC affords the succinimide. Analysis of t…

Synthèse de chalcones à base de tétrathiafulvalène: RC(O)CHC(CH3)TTF, TTFC(O)CHC(CH3)R (R  TTF: C6H3S4; Bct: C6H5Cr(CO)3; Fc: C5H4FeC5H5). Propr…

1992

Abstract Novel chalcones that contain tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and/or metallocene (ferrocenyl or benchrotrenyl) moieties: RC(O)CHC(CH 3 )R′ (R and/or R′  TTF: C 6 H 3 S 4 ; Fc: C 5 H 4 FeC 5 H 5 ; Bct: C 6 H 5 Cr(CO) 3 ) were prepared using TiCl 3 /Et 3 N as the condensation reagent. The 1-1 charge transfer complex with TCNQ (tetracyanoquinodimethane was obtained for the ditetrathiafulvalenic derivative (R  R′ TTF). This complex exhibits the semiconducting behaviour.

Synthesis of Optically Active 15-epi-9,14-Methylene Lipoxin A4

2018

The synthesis of lipoxin A4 and B4 analogues (LXA4, LXB4) to gain access to stabilized inflammation resolving compounds is an important field of research. Starting from known structural requirements of the natural compounds displaying biological activity and a broad investigation of their rapid metabolism, various LXA4 derivatives have been developed and tested. Focusing on variation and stabilization of the conjugated E,E,Z,E C7–C14 tetraene moiety of natural LXA4, a methylene bridge introduced between C9 and C14 might suppress any Z/E isomerization of the C11–C12 olefin. Intending to enable at least known structure variations in connection with the C1–C7 and the C15–C20 fragments, a conve…

Stereoselective synthesis of syn-α-methyl-β-hydroxy esters

2000

Abstract Boron enolates of an ethyl ketone structurally related to erythrulose react with achiral aldehydes in a highly stereoselective fashion to yield 1,2- syn /1,3- syn stereoisomers. Oxidative cleavage of the aldol adducts yields enantiopure O -formylated syn -α-methyl-β-hydroxy esters, easily cleaved to the corresponding hydroxyl-free compounds. The aforementioned ketone behaves therefore as a chiral propionate enolate equivalent.