Synergetic Copper/Zinc Catalysis: Synthesis of Aryl/Heteroaryl-Fused 1H-Pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridines

The scaffolds having 1H-Pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine core show significant biological activity. Herein, we report a synergetic copper/zinc-catalyzed one-step annulation reaction of 2-amino (hetero)arylnitriles with ynamide-derived buta-1,3-diynes to deliver 1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinoline-2,4-diamine derivatives in moderate...

Asymmetric Zinc Catalysis in Green One-Pot Processes

: This review collects for the first time enantioselective one-pot processes promoted by green chiral zinc catalysts. It illustrates how much these cheap, non-toxic and environmentally benign catalysts allow unprecedented asymmetric domino and tandem reactions of many types to be achieved, allowing a direct access to a wide variety of very complex chiral molecules.

Selective Conversion of CO2 and Switchable Alcohols into Linear or Cyclic Carbonates via Versatile Zinc Catalysis

It is promising and challenging to achieve the effective construction of carbonates using CO2 and a non-noble metal catalyst. Herein, selective catalytic conversion of CO2 and switchable alcohol candidates to produce linear or cyclic carbonates and α-hydroxy ketones via effective zinc catalyst was developed. A series of primary alcohols and cyclohexanol, 1,2-diols, and water can serve as nucleophiles to give alkyl or aryl 2-substituted-3-oxobutan-2-yl carbonates, substituted 1,3-dioxolan-2-ones, 3-substituted 3-hydroxybutan-2-ones, respectively with excellent selectivity and high yields.

Heterodinuclear titanium/zinc catalysis: synthesis, characterization and activity for CO2/epoxide copolymerization and cyclic ester polymerization

The preparation of heterodinuclear complexes, especially those comprising early-late transition metals coordinated by a simple or symmetrical ancillary ligand, represents a fundamental challenge and an opportunity to prepare catalysts benefitting from synergic properties.