Letters in Organic Chemistry

ISSN: 1570-1786

Letters in Organic Chemistry
Volume 5, Number 6, September 2008


Contents


Development of an AM1 “In Silico Tool Box” for Enantioselective Free Radical Chemistry of Chiral Non-Racemic Organostannanes and Organogermanes Pp. 407-416
Victoria T. Perchyonok
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Access to C-Branched Sugars: Stereoselective Synthesis of C3-C5-Linked Deoxy Disaccharide and C-Linked Deoxy Aza Disaccharide Mimetics via a Ring-Closing Metathesis Protocol Pp. 417-424
Palakodety R. Krishna, Appalashetti Manjuvani, Gannoju Srinivasulu and Aajit C. Kunwar
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A Regioselective Synthesis of Aryl Sulfones Using Graphite/MeSO3 H (GMA) Pp. 425-428
Mona Hosseini-Sarvari
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Glycosidation Reactions of 5-Thioxylopyranosyl Donors
Pp. 429-431
Hideya Yuasa, Youichiro Suga and Hironobu Hashimoto
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An Expedient and Selective Approach Towards Disulfides Using Sodium Bromate/Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite Reagent
Pp. 432-434
Khalid M. Khan, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Taha, Shahnaz Perveen, M. Iqbal Choudhary and Wolfgang Voelter
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CuBr2 Catalyzed One-Pot Transprotection of TBDMS Ethers to Acetates/benzoates: Chemoselective Acetylation of Aliphatic in the Presence of Aromatic TBDMS Ethers Pp. 435-443
Suchitra Bhatt and Sandip K. Nayak
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Lanthanide(III) Chelates for Selective Solution Phase Labeling of Biomolecules
Pp. 444-449
Janne Ketola, Lassi Jaakkola and Jari Hovinen
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CBr4 Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl-14H-dibenzo[a, j] Xanthenes Under Solvent-free Conditions
Pp. 450-454
Bhimapaka C. Raju, D. V. Subrahmanya Pradeep, Polepally P. Reddy and Janaswamy M. Rao
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Bi(OTf)3 as Mild, Efficient and Cost-Effective Catalyst for the Alkylation of N-Heterocycles with Epoxides Pp. 455-460
Jhillu S. Yadav, Basi V. Subbareddy, Avvaru D. Krishna, Ailuri R. Reddy and Akkirala V. Narsaiah
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TMSCl-NaI-MeCN Reagent Mediated Simple Two-Step Synthesis of Phenolic Benzosultams
Pp. 461-463
Rui Wang, Fang Fang, Long-Qian Tang and Zhao-Peng Liu
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Michael Reactions of β-Ketoesters Catalyzed by Yb(NTf2 )3 in the Presence of Water Pp. 464-466
Ichiro Suzuki, Yuko Suzumura and Kei Takeda
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Simple and Convenient Synthesis of (±)-Bakuchiol Pp. 467-469
Hongli Chen and Yuanchao Li
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An Efficient Synthesis of (+/-)-Xanthorrhizol: One Pot Decyanation and Demethylation
Pp. 470-472
Jesús A. Luján-Montelongo, Adrián Covarrubias-Zúñiga, Moisés Romero-Ortega and José G. Avila-Zárraga
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Exploration of Molybdenum(V) Chloride as a Lewis Acid Catalyst in Various C-C Bond Formation Reactions
Pp. 473-477
Chada R. Reddy, Nagavaram N. Rao and Ambadi Sudhakar
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A Facile Method for Preparation of Novel Cyclopropanespirohydantoins
Pp. 478-483
Qifeng Zhu, Zaixu Xu, Yongbing Hao, Yuling Xiao, Wenjin Xu, Xianbing Ke, Hanbing Teng, Lamei Wu,Guofu Qiu, Shucai Liang and Xianming Hu
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A Simple and High-Yield Route to N-9-purynil-acetic Acid Derivatives Coupled with Amino Acids Pp. 484-489
Marie-Emmanuelle Million, Sylvie Radix, Sébastien Marrot, Magali Imbert and Joelle Paris
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Oxalic Acid Dihydrate: A Reusable and Cost-Effective Catalyst for the Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)methanes under Solvent-Free Conditions Pp. 490-494
Minoo Dabiri, Mostafa Baghbanzadeh, Seyedeh C. Azimi, Shaghayegh Ahmadzadeh-Asl and Reza R. Ardestani
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Silica-Supported Dichlorophosphate Catalyzed Beckmann Rearrangement and Dehydration of Oximes Under Microwave Irradiation Pp. 495-501
Zheng Li and Zhong Lu
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Novel Photochromic Spiro[Thioxanthene-Naphthopyrans] with Faster Bleaching Kinetics
Pp. 502-506
Érica F. Silva and Paulo J. Coelho
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Melatonin Receptor Antagonist Luzindole: A Facile New Synthesis Pp. 507-509
Andrew Tsotinis and Pandelis A. Afroudakis
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Development of an AM1 “In Silico Tool Box” for Enantioselective Free Radical Chemistry of Chiral Non-Racemic Organostannanes and Organogermanes

Victoria T. Perchyonok

The AM1 “in silico tool box” is capable of correctly predicting the preferred stereochemistry and the stereoenhancement effects of Lewis acids during free radical hydrogen transfer reactions for a series of chiral non-racemic organostannanes to several prochiral radicals. While other methods overestimate the difference in energy involved, the accuracy of the predicted magnitude, using the above-mentioned process, for observed enantioselectivities of certain cases is noteworthy. The methodology has shown a remarkable adaptability to various structurally diverse chiral non-racemic hydrides and given reproducibility of the trends in enantioselectivity observed by several independent experimental studies.


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Access to C-Branched Sugars: Stereoselective Synthesis of C3-C5-Linked Deoxy Disaccharide and C-Linked Deoxy Aza Disaccharide Mimetics via a Ring-Closing Metathesis Protocol

Palakodety R. Krishna, Appalashetti Manjuvani, Gannoju Srinivasulu and Aajit C. Kunwar

RCM mediated stereoselective synthetic approaches for the branched C-C disaccharide and its aza analog via Ring Closing Metathesis protocol are described.


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A Regioselective Synthesis of Aryl Sulfones Using Graphite/MeSO3 H (GMA)
Mona Hosseini-Sarvari

A rapid, high yielding and regioselective process has been developed for the synthesis of aryl sulfones via sulfonation reactions using a mixture of graphite/MeSO3H.


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Glycosidation Reactions of 5-Thioxylopyranosyl Donors
Hideya Yuasa, Youichiro Suga and Hironobu Hashimoto

Glycosidation reactions of 5-thioxylopyranosides were examined. The reaction of a 1,5-dithioxyloside derivative with N-iodosuccinimide and trifluoromethanesulfonate gave ring-opened products, but no glycosylated products. On the other hand, a 5-thioxylopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate derivative was found to react with aliphatic alcohols and a sugar alcohol to give a 5-thio analog of biologically important β(1,4)xylopyranoside structures.


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An Expedient and Selective Approach Towards Disulfides Using Sodium Bromate/Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite Reagent

Khalid M. Khan, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Taha, Shahnaz Perveen, M. Iqbal Choudhary and Wolfgang Voelter

Treatment of various aliphatic and functionalized aromatic thiols with a mixture of sodium bromate/sodium hydrogen sulfite gave the corresponding disulfides in good yields.


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CuBr
2 Catalyzed One-Pot Transprotection of TBDMS Ethers to Acetates/benzoates: Chemoselective Acetylation of Aliphatic in the Presence of Aromatic TBDMS Ethers
Suchitra Bhatt and Sandip K. Nayak

A variety of TBDMS ethers were directly transprotected into their acetates/benzoates with acetyl chloride/benzoyl chloride in a one-pot procedure using CuBr2 (30 mol%). Chemo-selective transprotection of aliphatic TBDMS ethers in the presence of aromatic TBDMS ethers was achieved using 10 mol% of the catalyst. Various sensitive functional groups such as ketals, ketones, alkenes, allyl and benzyl ethers were found to be compatible under the reaction conditions.


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Lanthanide(III) Chelates for Selective Solution Phase Labeling of Biomolecules
Janne Ketola, Lassi Jaakkola and Jari Hovinen

Synthesis of photoluminescent lanthanide(III) chelates that allow selective solution phase labeling of bioactive molecules using phosphate elimination, native chemical ligation, and ´click-chemisty´ is described.


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CBr4 Catalyzed Synthesis of Aryl-14H-dibenzo[a, j] Xanthenes Under Solvent-free Conditions
Bhimapaka C. Raju, D. V. Subrahmanya Pradeep, Polepally P. Reddy
and Janaswamy M. Rao


A convenient procedure has been developed for the synthesis of heteroaryl, aryl and alkyl 14-[H]-dibenzo [a,j] xanthenes by one-pot condensation of β-naphthol with heteroaryl, aryl and alkyl aldehydes in the presence of CBr4, under solvent free conditions in very good yields. The catalyst is readily available and is inexpensive to promote the synthesis of xanthenes.


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Bi(OTf)3 as Mild, Efficient and Cost-Effective Catalyst for the Alkylation of N-Heterocycles with Epoxides
Jhillu S. Yadav, Basi V. Subbareddy, Avvaru D. Krishna, Ailuri R. Reddy and Akkirala V. Narsaiah

Epoxides undergo smooth ring opening with N-heterocyclic compounds such as indoles and pyrroles in the presence of a catalytic amount of bismuth triflate under mild conditions to produce C-alkylated indole and pyrrole derivatives in high yields with a high regioselectivity. Imidazole and benzotriazole affords N-alkylated products under identical conditions.


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TMSCl-NaI-MeCN Reagent Mediated Simple Two-Step Synthesis of Phenolic Benzosultams

Rui Wang, Fang Fang, Long-Qian Tang and Zhao-Peng Liu

A novel simple two-step synthesis of phenolic benzosultams is first reported. o-Lithiation of N-Boc-o-toluenesulfonamide followed by reaction with methoxybenzaldehydes gave carbinol sulfonamides, which were converted to the cyclic phenolic compounds via TMSCl/NaI/MeCN reagent mediated sequence involving N-deprotective cyclization and O-demethylation.


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Michael Reactions of β-Ketoesters Catalyzed by Yb(NTf2 )3 in the Presence of Water
Ichiro Suzuki, Yuko Suzumura and Kei Takeda

Yb(NTf2)3 catalyzed Michael reactions of β-ketoesters to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds more efficiently than did Yb(OTf)3 without any additives in pure water, providing Michael adducts in moderate to good yields.


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Simple and Convenient Synthesis of (
±)-Bakuchiol
Hongli Chen and Yuanchao Li

A simple and convenient synthesis of (±)-bakuchiol has been developed. The key intermediate was obtained in only one step from the easily available starting material, citral, by an 1,4-addition procedure. (±)-Bakuchiol was finally produced in 4 steps to give 50% overall yield.


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An Efficient Synthesis of (+/-)-Xanthorrhizol: One Pot Decyanation and Demethylation
Jesús A. Luján-Montelongo, Adrián Covarrubias-Zúñiga, Moisés Romero-Ortega and José G. Avila-Zárraga

A new and short total synthesis affording (±)-Xanthorrhizol in 90% overall yield is described. The method comprises three steps: 1) C-alkylation of 3-methoxy-4-methyl-benzylcyanide with 5-iodine-2-methyl-pent-2-ene; 2) C-methylation of the resulting cyanide; and 3) one-pot decyanation and demethylation carried out by the action of lithium.


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Exploration of Molybdenum(V) Chloride as a Lewis Acid Catalyst in Various C-C Bond Formation Reactions

Chada R. Reddy, Nagavaram N. Rao and Ambadi Sudhakar

The catalytic activity of Molybdenum(V) chloride as a Lewis acid in carbon-carbon bond formation reactions has been described. The reactions of various substrates viz. aldehydes, benzyl alcohols, glucals and aminals with carbon nucleophiles were studied in the presence of MoCl5 as a catalyst. Progress of all the reactions proceeded smoothly to furnish the corresponding products in good yields.


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A Facile Method for Preparation of Novel Cyclopropanespirohydantoins
Qifeng Zhu, Zaixu Xu, Yongbing Hao, Yuling Xiao, Wenjin Xu, Xianbing Ke, Hanbing Teng, Lamei Wu,Guofu Qiu, Shucai Liang and Xianming Hu

A facile synthetic approach to 3’-substituted-5-cyclopropanespirohydantoins has been developed and used to synthesize some new spirohydantoins. The key aspect is the preparation of α-carboethoxy isocyanate basing on Curtius rearrangement, which can be ring-closed to the expected spirohydantoins after the reaction with various amines and hydrazines. Interestingly the cyclopropane ring doesn’t open during the whole process.


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A Simple and High-Yield Route to N-9-purynil-acetic Acid Derivatives Coupled with Amino Acids
Marie-Emmanuelle Million, Sylvie Radix, Sébastien Marrot, Magali Imbert and Joelle Paris

A facile route to synthesize amide type N-9-purinyl-acetic acid derivatives both in guanine and hypoxanthine series is described. The regioselective alkylation of the 6-chloro-purine derivatives followed by their conversion into guanine or hypoxanthine nucleus in mild acidic conditions, are the key steps that allow the efficient preparation of compounds with an acetic function coupled with various amino acids.


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Oxalic Acid Dihydrate: A Reusable and Cost-Effective Catalyst for the Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)methanes under Solvent-Free Conditions

Minoo Dabiri, Mostafa Baghbanzadeh, Seyedeh C. Azimi, Shaghayegh Ahmadzadeh-Asl and Reza R. Ardestani

Oxalic acid as a solid organic acid catalyzed the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by the reaction of indole derivatives and different carbonyl compounds. All the reactions were performed at ambient temperature and completely het-erogeneous conditions and the products were obtained in high yields.


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Silica-Supported Dichlorophosphate Catalyzed Beckmann Rearrangement and Dehydration of Oximes Under Microwave Irradiation

Zheng Li and Zhong Lu

Silica-supported dichlorophosphate had been proved to be an efficient, recoverable and reusable catalyst for Beckmann rearrangement of a variety of ketoximes and dehydration of various aldoximes in THF under microwave irradiation. This protocol has advantages of high conversion, high selectivity, short reaction time, no environmental pollution and simple work-up procedure.


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Novel Photochromic Spiro[Thioxanthene-Naphthopyrans] with Faster Bleaching Kinetics

Érica F. Silva and Paulo J. Coelho

Novel spiro[thioxanthene-naphthopyrans] were prepared and their photochromic properties in solution investigated under UV-Vis continuous irradiation. When compared to known similar naphthopyrans these new compounds showed a significant bathochromic shift of the maximum wavelength of absorption and faster ring closure kinetics.


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Melatonin Receptor Antagonist Luzindole: A Facile New Synthesis

Andrew Tsotinis and Pandelis A. Afroudakis

A new, convenient and high yield route to luzindole, the most commonly used melatonin receptor antagonist, is described. The new method involves the Sonogashira coupling reaction between 2-iodoaniline and 3-phenyl-1-propyne followed by cyclisation of the adduct formed, C-3 indole nitroolefination with 1-(dimethylamino)-2-nitroethylene/TFA, reduction to the respective tryptamine and finally acetylation.




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