Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(37), P. 7949 - 7955
Published: Sept. 11, 2024
A
novel
electron
donor-acceptor
(EDA)
complex/copper
catalysis
model
has
been
proposed
for
the
construction
of
2,3-diarylpropionitriles
under
visible
light
conditions.
The
developed
protocol
proceeds
via
intermolecular
charge
transfer
between
photoactive
EDA
complex
dibutamine
(DBA),
aryl
thianthrenium
salts,
and
trimethylsilyl
cyanide
(TMSCN),
followed
by
a
copper
catalytic
cycle.
UV-vis
absorption
measurements
confirm
participation
complexes
as
reactive
intermediates.
This
three-component
process
smoothly
in
presence
pharmaceutically
relevant
core
structures
sensitive
functional
groups,
which
offers
possibility
precise
editing
drug
molecules
with
important
scaffolds.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(31), P. 6652 - 6657
Published: July 26, 2024
We
report
a
visible-light-promoted
cyclization/sulfonylation
cascade
of
N-heterocycles
with
thianthrenium
salts
using
DABSO
as
the
SO2
surrogate.
This
method
features
excellent
functional
group
tolerance,
wide
substrate
scope,
and
late-stage
elaboration
bioactive
relevant
molecules.
Mechanistic
investigations
reveal
that
photoactive
electron
donor–acceptor
(EDA)
complexes
between
DABCO
are
capable
generation
aryl
radicals,
which
induce
following
insertion
by
attacking
DABSO,
thus
triggering
key
radical
cyclization
step.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(18), P. 13557 - 13566
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
The
incorporation
of
the
difluoromethyl
(CF2H)
group
into
arenes
has
increasingly
been
recognized
as
important
in
drug
discovery.
Herein,
we
report
a
divergent
cross-coupling
method
for
constructing
both
aryl
difluoromethanes
and
difluoroketones
from
thianthrenium
salts.
Site
selectivity
Negishi-type
coupling
C1
insertion
reactions
was
achieved
under
palladium
catalysis.
Both
transformations
proceed
with
broad
functional
tolerance,
enabling
late-stage
difluoromethylation
difluoromethylcarbonylation
complex
molecules.
synthetic
utility
this
demonstrated
by
synthesizing
four
pharmaceutical
analogues
same
precursor
applying
it
downstream
functionalization
difluoroketones.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(37), P. 7949 - 7955
Published: Sept. 11, 2024
A
novel
electron
donor-acceptor
(EDA)
complex/copper
catalysis
model
has
been
proposed
for
the
construction
of
2,3-diarylpropionitriles
under
visible
light
conditions.
The
developed
protocol
proceeds
via
intermolecular
charge
transfer
between
photoactive
EDA
complex
dibutamine
(DBA),
aryl
thianthrenium
salts,
and
trimethylsilyl
cyanide
(TMSCN),
followed
by
a
copper
catalytic
cycle.
UV-vis
absorption
measurements
confirm
participation
complexes
as
reactive
intermediates.
This
three-component
process
smoothly
in
presence
pharmaceutically
relevant
core
structures
sensitive
functional
groups,
which
offers
possibility
precise
editing
drug
molecules
with
important
scaffolds.