Publications associées à Catalytic Enantioselective Pictet–Spengler Reaction of α‐Ketoamides Catalyzed by a Single H‐Bond Donor Organocatalyst

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TiCl3-Mediated Reductive Cyclization of Tetrasubstituted Alkenes and Enol Esters Bearing a 2-Nitrophenyl Substituent

Indole is one of the most important heterocycles widely present in bioactive natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and materials. Being easily accessible, the 2-nitrostyrenes are attractive starting materials for the indole synthesis and the Cad ...

EPFL2023

Direct conversion of lignin to functionalized diaryl ethers via oxidative cross-coupling

Paul Joseph Dyson, Mingyang Liu

Efficient valorization of lignin, a sustainable source of functionalized aromatic products, would reduce dependence on fossil-derived feedstocks. Oxidative depolymerization is frequently applied to lignin to generate phenolic mono- mers. However, due to th ...

Nature Research2023

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Pictet–Spengler Reaction of α‐Ketoesters: Development and Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)‐Alstratine A

Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu, Rémi Julien Sylvain Andres

We report herein an asymmetric Pictet– Spengler reaction of α-ketoesters. In the presence of a catalytic amount of simple alanine-derived squaramide and p-nitrobenzoic acid, reaction of tryptamines with methyl 2-oxoalkanoates afforded the corresponding 1- ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

New Vinylation and Alkynylation Strategies with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents and Diazo Compounds

Guillaume Dominique Pisella

The development of a sequential copper-catalyzed oxy-alkynylation/intramolecular [4+2] cycloaddition of allenes and arenes was investigated at first. This one-pot protocol allowed the construction of complex polycylic architectures with high efficiency fro ...

EPFL2021

Palladium-Catalyzed Functionalization of Olefins and Alkynes: From Oxyalkynylation to Tethered Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformations (DYKAT)

Jérôme Waser, Stefano Nicolai, Bastian Antoine Rodolphe Claude Muriel, Mikus Purins, Ugo Jonathan Orcel, Luca Buzzetti, Phillip Gulliver Dominic Greenwood

This review presents an account of the palladium-catalyzed functionalizations of alkenes and alkynes developed at the Laboratory of Catalysis and Organic Synthesis (LCSO). Starting from the intramolecular oxy- and aminoalkynylation of alkenes, tethered met ...

2020

Enantioselective C(sp(3))-C(sp(3)) cross-coupling of non-activated alkyl electrophiles via nickel hydride catalysis

Xile Hu, Runze Mao, Srikrishna Bera

Cross-coupling of two alkyl fragments is an efficient method to produce organic molecules rich in sp(3)-hybridized carbon centres, which are attractive candidate compounds in drug discovery. Enantioselective C(sp(3))-C(sp(3)) coupling is challenging, espec ...

2020

Exploitation of Unconventional Electrophiles in Enantioselective Pd(0)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalizations

Daria Grosheva

Asymmetric metal-catalyzed C-H functionalization has enjoyed great success as a powerful strategy for the rapid construction of elaborate structures from simple precursors. For example, aryl (pseudo)halides have been extensively employed as electrophilic s ...

EPFL2019

Remote C(sp(3))-H Arylation and Vinylation of N-Alkoxypyridinium Salts to delta-Aryl and delta-Vinyl Alcohols

Qian Wang, Jieping Zhu, Xu Bao

The reaction of readily available and bench-stable N-alkoxypyridinium salts with arylboronic and vinylboronic acids afforded delta-aryl and delta-vinyl alcohols, respectively, in the presence of fac-Ir(ppy)(3) and Cu(OTf)(2) dual catalysts. The reaction ta ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2019

The dilemma between acid and base catalysis in the synthesis of benzimidazole from o-phenylenediamine and carbon dioxide

Alexy Robert Bonnin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Simon Nussbaum, Martin Hulla

The tandem synthesis of benzimidazole and other azoles can be achived by the N-formylation of ortho-substituted anilines followed by a cyclization reaction. However, CO2-based N-formylations with hydrosilane reducing agents are base catalyzed whereas the c ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

Organocatalysts in C-N Bond Forming Reactions of Amines with CO2

Martin Hulla

The thesis describes a simple approach for N-formylation of amines with CO2 and hydrosilane reducing agents, the use of organic salts as N-formylation catalysts, their physical properties required for high catalytic activity and their role in the catalytic ...

EPFL2019

Total Synthesis of Alstilobanine C, Undulifoline and Alstilobanine B

Nicolas David Gaeng

The total synthesis of pentacyclic monoterpene indole alkaloids is the focus of this thesis. Total syntheses of (±)-alstilobanine C, (±)-undulifoline and (±)-alstilobanine B, three natural products from the Ulean family of alkaloids, were accomplished. The ...

EPFL2018

Developing Reactions of Strained Rings : Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-Diaminocyclopropanes and Annulation of Donor-Acceptor Aminocyclobutanes

Daniele Perrotta

Carbo- and heterocyclic structures containing nitrogen-substituted stereocenters are recurrent structural motifs in natural and bioactive compounds, therefore constituting a privileged class of synthetic targets. In this regard, substituted three- and four ...

EPFL2018

Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N cross-coupling via synergetic photoredox and copper catalysis

Xile Hu, Runze Mao

Amines are a quintessential moiety in bioactive molecules, pharmaceuticals and organic materials. Transition-metal-catalysed C–N coupling of aryl electrophiles has been established as a powerful and reliable method for amine synthesis. However, the analogo ...

2018

In Situ Tethering Strategies for the 3-Component Synthesis of Vicinal Amino Alcohols and Diamines via Pd-Catalyzed Carboetherification and Carboamination

Ugo Jonathan Orcel

Vicinal amino alcohols and diamines are privileged motifs in organic chemistry. As such, they have been targets of choice for exploring and developing novel and more efficient strategies in organic synthesis. In this context, the difunctionalization of ole ...

EPFL2017

Stereoselective synthesis of alkenes via base-metal-catalyzed addition reactions to alkynes and activation of hydrogen peroxide and carbon dioxide by iron complexes

Fedor Zhurkin

Alkene functionality can be found in the majority of natural products, drugs, catalysts and organic materials. Therefore, methods of C-C double bond formation constitute a cornerstone of organic synthesis. Selective formation of either (Z)- or (E)-isomer i ...

EPFL2017

Organocatalysis: Fundamentals and Comparisons to Metal and Enzyme Catalysis

Pierre Vogel

Catalysis fulfills the promise that high-yielding chemical transformations will require little energy and produce no toxic waste. This message is carried by the study of the evolution of molecular catalysis of some of the most important reactions in organi ...

2016

Chiral Calcium–BINOL Phosphate Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of syn-1,2-Disubstituted 1,2-Diamines: Scope and Mechanistic Studies

Jieping Zhu

A highly enantioselective, chiral, Lewis acid calcium–bis(phosphate) complex, Ca[3a]n, which catalyzes the electrophilic amination of enamides with azodicarboxylate derivatives 2 to provide versatile chiral 1,2-hydrazinoimines 4 is disclosed. The reaction ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

From Racemic to Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Trigonoliimines via Development of an Organocatalytic Enantioselective Michael Addition of α-Aryl-α-isocyanoacetate to Vinyl Phenyl Selenone

Jieping Zhu, Qian Wang, Thomas Bertrand Pascal Marie Buyck

Trigonoliimines are hexacyclic bisindole alkaloids isolated recently by Hao and co-workers. A synthesis of (±)-trigonoliimine B was accomplished in seven steps from simple starting materials featuring the Bischler-Napieralski reaction for closing the seven ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2014

Synthetic Studies on the Sporolides: Exploration of the Enediyne Route

Karl Gademann, Cindy Fellay

Synthetic studies towards the construction of the cyclopenta[a]indene fragment of the heptacyclic marine metabolite sporolide are reported based on a hypothetical biosynthesis. The key step of this biogenetic proposal includes a Bergman cyclization of an e ...

Georg Thieme Verlag2010

Preparation of asymmetrically substituted biaryldiphosphines as ligands for enantioselective hydrogenation

Provided is a process for prepn. of asym. substituted biaryldiphosphine ligands I (R1 = C1-6-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms; R2, R3 = aryl, C5-10-cycloalkyl, C1-6-alkyl, or R2 = C5-10-cycloalkyl, C1-6-alkyl; R ...

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