Aldehydes coupling with

Cook s stereospecific synthesis19" of trans-1,3 -disubstituted tetrahydro-/ -carbolines by condensation of iVb-benzyltryptophan methyl ester with aldehydes, coupled with a simple 13C n.m.r. method for differentiating cis- and trans-tetrahydro-/ -carbolines,196 should afford a promising starting point for the synthesis of complex alkaloids. Angenot and his collaborators have also discussed the 13C n.m.r. spectra of a number of / -carboline and 3,4-dihydro-/Tcarboline derivatives.19"... 

Coupling of aldehydes and acrylates. In the presence of DABCO as catalyst, aldehydes couple with acrylates at the a-position to form 2-(l-hydroxyalkyl)acrylates (equation 1). These products are readily converted into a-methylene-P, y-unsaturated es-... 

Galactose Oxidase (GO) from the filamentous wheat-root fungus Fusarium spp. is a mononuclear type 2 copper enzyme that catalyzes the two-electron oxidation of a large number of primary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes, coupled with the reduction of dioxygen to hydrogen peroxide [1,18] ... 

Alkenylation of 2-methylquinoline occurs with a cobalt catalyst and aldehydes (Scheme 60). This direct C-H alkenylation provides the highest yields in a water solvent. A number of aromatic aldehydes couple with the 2-methylquinoline in good yields. Steric hindrance of orf/jo-substituted aryl... 

More widely used is the addition of MCH2S02Ph to various aldehydes or ketones (Scheme 3.8). From reaction 3.9 [24], it is evident that the higher reactivity of aldehydes, coupled with the judicious choice of the metalating agent, can lead to addition products in a completely chemoselective manner. 

Finally, Ho proposed a novel route to prepare chromanol-type structures via cyanative alkene-aldehyde coupling with concomitant regioselective formation of two new C-C bonds [eqn (10.28)]. ° Of note, the cyclization is stoichiometric in Ni and it does not take place in the absence of NHC ligand. 

In contrast to oxidation in water, it has been found that 1-alkenes are directly oxidized with molecular oxygen in anhydrous, aprotic solvents, when a catalyst system of PdCl2(MeCN)2 and CuCl is used together with HMPA. In the absence of HMPA, no reaction takes place(100]. In the oxidation of 1-decene, the Oj uptake correlates with the amount of 2-decanone formed, and up to 0.5 mol of O2 is consumed for the production of 1 mol of the ketone. This result shows that both O atoms of molecular oxygen are incorporated into the product, and a bimetallic Pd(II) hydroperoxide coupled with a Cu salt is involved in oxidation of this type, and that the well known redox catalysis of PdXi and CuX is not always operalive[10 ]. The oxidation under anhydrous conditions is unique in terms of the regioselective formation of aldehyde 59 from X-allyl-A -methylbenzamide (58), whereas the use of aqueous DME results in the predominant formation of the methyl ketone 60. Similar results are obtained with allylic acetates and allylic carbonates[102]. The complete reversal of the regioselectivity in PdCli-catalyzed oxidation of alkenes is remarkable. 

Hoffmaim-La Roche has produced -carotene since the 1950s and has rehed on core knowledge of vitamin A chemistry for the synthesis of this target. In this approach, a five-carbon homologation of vitamin A aldehyde (19) is accompHshed by successive acetalizations and enol ether condensations to prepare the aldehyde (46). Metal acetyUde coupling with two molecules of aldehyde (46) completes constmction of the C q carbon framework. Selective reduction of the internal triple bond of (47) is followed by dehydration and thermal isomerization to yield -carotene (21) (Fig. 10). 

The in situ cyanosilylation of p-an1saldehyde is only one example of the reaction which can be applied to aldehydes and ketones in general. - The simplicity of this one-pot procedure coupled with the use of inexpensive reagents are important advantages over previous methods. The silylated cyanohydrins shown in the Table were prepared under conditions similar to those described here. Enolizable ketones and aldehydes have a tendency to produce silyl enol ethers as by-products in addition to the desired cyanohydrins. The... 

Aromatic nitro compounds are often strongly colored. They frequently produce characteristic, colored, quinoid derivatives on reaction with alkali or compounds with reactive methylene groups. Reduction to primary aryl amines followed by diazotization and coupling with phenols yields azo dyestuffs. Aryl amines can also react with aldehydes with formation of Schiff s bases to yield azomethines. 

Stereoselective epoxidation can be realized through either substrate-controlled (e.g. 35 —> 36) or reagent-controlled approaches. A classic example is the epoxidation of 4-t-butylcyclohexanone. When sulfonium ylide 2 was utilized, the more reactive ylide irreversibly attacked the carbonyl from the axial direction to offer predominantly epoxide 37. When the less reactive sulfoxonium ylide 1 was used, the nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl was reversible, giving rise to the thermodynamically more stable, equatorially coupled betaine, which subsequently eliminated to deliver epoxide 38. Thus, stereoselective epoxidation was achieved from different mechanistic pathways taken by different sulfur ylides. In another case, reaction of aldehyde 38 with sulfonium ylide 2 only gave moderate stereoselectivity (41 40 = 1.5/1), whereas employment of sulfoxonium ylide 1 led to a ratio of 41 40 = 13/1. The best stereoselectivity was accomplished using aminosulfoxonium ylide 25, leading to a ratio of 41 40 = 30/1. For ketone 42, a complete reversal of stereochemistry was observed when it was treated with sulfoxonium ylide 1 and sulfonium ylide 2, respectively. ... 

Another example of this preference is found in the enantiospecific syntheses of tritium-labeled leukotrienes(/i). Commercially available 3-nonyn-l-ol was converted to its phosphorane (16) and Wittig-coupled with the unsaturated aldehyde (17) to afford 18, which was reduced over Lindlar catalyst to give 19. 

Although carbonyl compounds, such as formaldehyde (27,28], can couple with Ce(IV) ion to initiate acrylonitrile (AN) or methyl methacrylate (MMA) polymerization, the remarkable activity of aliphatic aldehyde had not been noticed until the paper of Sun et al. [29] was published. They found that aliphatic aldehydes always... 

Hydroformylated nitrile rubbers might have potential as binders for coupling with other rubbers due to the presence of polar aldehyde group. This might also open up the still greater potential of NBR containing saturated backbone in composite materials [1]. 

The elaboration of the polyunsaturated side chain of asteltoxin requires a stereoselective coupling of aldehyde 2 with a suitable synthetic equivalent for the anion of 4-formyl-1,3-butadiene (see intermediate 3 in Scheme 4). Acid-induced skeletal reorganization of the aldehyde addition product, followed by an intermolecular... 

A key step in the synthesis of the spiroketal subunit is the convergent union of intermediates 8 and 9 through an Evans asymmetric aldol reaction (see Scheme 2). Coupling of aldehyde 9 with the boron enolate derived from imide 8 through an asymmetric aldol condensation is followed by transamination with an excess of aluminum amide reagent to afford intermediate 38 in an overall yield of 85 % (see Scheme 7). During the course of the asymmetric aldol condensation... 

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