scholarly journals Synthetic chemistry with nitrous oxide

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (17) ◽  
pp. 6375-6386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Severin

Nitrous oxide (N2O, ‘laughing gas’) is a very inert molecule. Still, it can be used as a reagent in synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry, serving as O-atom donor, as N-atom donor, or as a oxidant in metal-catalyzed reactions.

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1382
Author(s):  
Renato Dalpozzo ◽  
Raffaella Mancuso

Coumarin (2H-chromen-2-one) derivatives have important uses in medicinal and synthetic chemistry, for example, as fluorescent probes. These properties have prompted chemists to develop efficient synthetic methods to synthesize the coumarin core and/or to functionalize it. In this context, many metal-catalyzed syntheses of coumarins have been introduced; among them, copper-catalyzed reactions appear to be very promising owing to the non-toxicity and cheapness of copper complexes. In this mini-review, the results in this field are summarized. We hope to stimulate other applications of these complexes in the preparation of coumarin derivatives.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin H. Shaughnessy

Phosphines are widely used ligands in transition metal-catalyzed reactions. Arylphosphines, such as triphenylphosphine, were among the first phosphines to show broad utility in catalysis. Beginning in the late 1990s, sterically demanding and electronrich trialkylphosphines began to receive attention as supporting ligands. These ligands were found to be particularly effective at promoting oxidative addition in cross-coupling of aryl halides. With electron-rich, sterically demanding ligands, such as tri-tertbutylphosphine, coupling of aryl bromides could be achieved at room temperature. More importantly, the less reactive, but more broadly available, aryl chlorides became accessible substrates. Tri-tert-butylphosphine has become a privileged ligand that has found application in a wide range of late transition-metal catalyzed coupling reactions. This success has led to the use of numerous monodentate trialkylphosphines in cross-coupling reactions. This review will discuss the general properties and features of monodentate trialkylphosphines and their application in cross-coupling reactions of C–X and C–H bonds.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Pounder ◽  
Angel Ho ◽  
Matthew Macleod ◽  
William Tam

: Oxabenzonorbornadiene (OBD) is a useful synthetic intermediate which can be readily activated by transition metal complexes with great face selectivity due to its dual-faced nature and intrinsic angle strain on the alkene. To date, the understanding of transition-metal catalyzed reactions of OBD itself has burgeoned; however, this has not been the case for unsymmetrical OBDs. Throughout the development of these reactions, the nature of C1-substituent has proven to have a profound effect on both the reactivity and selectivity of the outcome of the reaction. Upon substitution, different modes of reactivity arise, contributing to the possibility of multiple stereo-, regio-, and in extreme cases, constitutional isomers which can provide unique means of constructing a variety of synthetically useful cyclic frameworks. To maximize selectivity, an understanding of bridgehead substituent effects is crucial. To that end, this review outlines hitherto reported examples of bridgehead substituent effects on the chemistry of unsymmetrical C1-substituted OBDs.


2021 ◽  
pp. 153104
Author(s):  
Francisco Foubelo ◽  
Carmen Nájera ◽  
José M. Sansano ◽  
Miguel Yus

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
Agata J. Pacuła-Miszewska ◽  
Anna Laskowska ◽  
Anna Kmieciak ◽  
Mariola Zielińska-Błajet ◽  
Marek P. Krzemiński ◽  
...  

A series of new bidentate N,S-ligands—aziridines containing a para-substituted phenyl sulfide group—was synthesized and evaluated in the Pd-catalyzed Tsuji–Trost reaction and addition of diethylzinc and phenylethynylzinc to benzaldehyde. A high enantiomeric ratio for the addition reactions (up to 94.2:5.8) was obtained using the aziridine ligand bearing a p-nitro phenyl sulfide group. Collected results reveal a specific electronic effect that, by the presence of particular electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups in the PhS- moiety, influences the σ-donor–metal binding and the enantioselectivity of the catalyzed reactions.


ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takumi Abe ◽  
Hiroyuki Takeda ◽  
Yumi Takahashi ◽  
Yoshihisa Miwa ◽  
Koji Yamada ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
pp. 3409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Maitlis ◽  
Anthony Haynes ◽  
Brian R. James ◽  
Marta Catellani ◽  
Gian Paolo Chiusoli

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