European Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 28, 2024
Abstract
An
efficient
method
has
been
developed
for
the
preparation
of
1,4‐naphthoquinones
via
a
palladium‐catalyzed
reaction
2‐aryl‐1,3‐indandiones
with
olefins.
This
involves
tertiary
C−H
alkylation
olefins
to
produce
alcohol,
followed
by
C−C
bond
cleavage.
The
fascinating
benzenoid
and
troponoid
Cephalotaxus
diterpenoids
are
highly
related
biosynthetically,
both
of
which
popular
targets
for
total
synthesis.
Herein,
we
describe
a
unified
strategy
the
concise
synthesis
cephanolide
A
harringtonolide
in
14
16
steps
respectively.
Palladium
catalyzed
Csp2-Csp3
cross-coupling
followed
by
doubly
electron-deficient
intramolecular
Diels-Alder
reaction
secure
rapid
construction
carbon
framework.
Late-stage
benzenoid-to-troponoid
ring
expansion
was
accomplished
employing
Büchner-Curtius-Schlotterbeck
(BCS)
reaction,
furnishing
two
from
A.
This
work
shed
light
on
chemical
synthetic
connection
between
diterpenoids.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: July 17, 2024
Abstract
Molecular
structure-editing
through
nitrogen
insertion
offers
more
efficient
and
ingenious
pathways
for
the
synthesis
of
nitrogen-containing
compounds,
which
could
benefit
development
synthetic
chemistry,
pharmaceutical
research,
materials
science.
Substituted
amines,
especially
alkyl
heterocyclic
are
widely
found
in
nature
products
drugs.
Generally,
accessing
these
compounds
requires
multiple
steps,
result
low
efficiency.
In
this
work,
a
molecular
editing
strategy
is
used
to
realize
using
aryl
alkanes
as
starting
materials.
Using
derivatives
O
-tosylhydroxylamine
source,
method
enables
precise
into
C
sp
2
-C
3
bond
alkanes.
Notably,
further
applications
demonstrate
that
be
prepare
bioactive
molecules
with
good
efficiency
modify
skeleton
Furthermore,
plausible
reaction
mechanism
involving
transformation
carbocation
imine
intermediates
has
been
proposed
based
on
results
control
experiments.
Organosilicon
compounds
have
attracted
considerable
attention
because
of
their
special
biological
activities.
Direct
difunctionalization
unsaturated
hydrocarbons
with
organosilicon
reagents
for
the
efficient
construction
synthetically
valuable
silicon-functionalized
are
featured
a
high
step
and
atom
economy,
which
could
form
carbon-silicon/carbon-carbon
bonds
or
carbon-silicon/carbon-hetero
in
one
step.
This
review
summarizes
recent
advances
on
this
topic
based
different
along
typical
examples
mechanisms.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 6, 2025
Abstract
We
present
a
skeletal
editing
strategy
for
transforming
isoindolines
into
tetralins
via
cascade
N‐atom
removal
deconstruction
followed
by
Diels‐Alder
reaction
between
in
situ
generated
o‐
quinodimethanes
and
activated
alkenes.
This
approach
features
broad
substrate
scope,
excellent
stereoselectivity,
high
yields,
demonstrating
its
applicability
to
complex
bioactive
compounds
natural
products.
Notably,
case
studies
showcase
the
efficient
construction
of
challenging
spirocyclic
bridged
systems,
underscoring
method's
versatility
potential
advancing
applications
synthetic
chemistry.
ChemistrySelect,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(11)
Published: March 1, 2025
Abstract
3‐Methylene‐substituted
oxindoles
play
crucial
roles
as
pharmaceutically
important
reagents
well
valuable
synthons
in
medicinal
and
organic
synthesis.
In
this
study,
a
uniform
nucleophilic
vinylic
substitution
(S
N
V)
reaction
for
the
construction
of
phosphonyl
sulfonyl
substituted
3‐methylene‐oxindole
was
developed
with
application
(
E
)‐3‐(nitromethylene)
oxindole
powerful
precursor.
addition,
preliminary
study
revealed
that
these
have
potential
applications
both
constructing
intriguing
molecules
serving
antibacterial
agents.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 28, 2025
Described
herein
is
a
novel
base-promoted
[4
+
2]
annulation
reaction
of
3-methyl-indolin-2-ones
with
ortho-haloacetophenones,
which
enables
the
modular
and
reliable
synthesis
2,3-fused
indolines
bearing
quaternary
carbon.
Two
C-C
bonds
can
be
successively
constructed
through
tandem
sequence
involving
SNAr
aldol
condensation.
This
protocol
highlighted
by
transition
metal-free
conditions,
high
efficiency,
simple
operation.