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Nickel catalysis has been used in a sequential synthesis of terphenyls, starting with 2-, 3-, or 4-bromophenyl neopentanesulfonates. Conventional Pd-catalyzed Suzuki conditions were used for the first step involving coupling of the bromide and then nickel catalysis was utilized for coupling the sulfonate. 

The mechanism of chloroplast ATP synthase is also believed to be essentially identical to that of its mitochondrial analog ADP and P, readily condense to form ATP on the enzyme surface, and the release of this enzyme-bound ATP requires a proton-motive force. Rotational catalysis sequentially engages each of the three JS subunits of the ATP synthase in ATP synthesis, ATP release, and ADP + Pj binding (Figs 19-24, 19-25). 

Comparison of the two strategies for PCA synthesis from DHS depends upon the ultimate goal of die process. If synthesis of PCA as a final product is the goal, the two-step conversion that relies on thermal dehydration of DHS is superior. However, if PCA is needed only as an intermediate which will undergo further catalysis, biocatalytic synthesis using DHS dehydratase is superior, since the need for separate, sequential biocatalytic processes can be avoided. 

Although most of C-5 direct functionalizations of triazoles have been conducted under palladium catalysis, the use of copper in such a reaction might present an attractive alternative. Copper salts are indeed involved in the preparation of 1,4-disubstituted triazoles and could therefore be used in one-pot sequential synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted heterocycles. A protocol based on the use of inexpensive Cul catalyst has been reported (Scheme 44) [99]. 

Nava, H. and Percec, V., Functional polymers and sequential copolymers by phase-transfer catalysis. 18. Synthesis and characterization ofa,co-bis(2,6-dimethylphenol)-poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and a,Q)-bis(vinylbenzyl)-poly (2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) oligomers. J. Polym. Sci., Part A Polym. Chem., 1986. 24(5) p. 965-90. 

Bromoalkynes also couple with vinylstannanes readily to result in enynes. Synthesis of protected enynals via cross-coupling of vinylstannanes with 1-bromoalkynes in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(II) has been reported (equation 143)252. Hiyama and coworkers extended the Stille methodology for sequential three-component coupling of trimethylstannyl(trimethylsilyl)acetylene with a vinyl iodide in the first step and cross-coupling of the intermediate trimethylsilylethyne with another alkenyl iodide in the presence of tris(diethylamino)sulphonium trimethyldifluorosilicate in the second step to generate a dienyne (equation 144)253. Both steps occur under palladium catalysis, in one-pot, to result in stereodefined l,5-dien-3-ynes. 

Sequential hydroformylation/reductive amination of dendritic perallylated polyglycerols with various amines in a one-pot procedure to give dendritic polyamines in high yields (73-99%). Furthermore, the use of protected amines provides reactive core-shell-type architectures after deprotection. These soluble but membrane filterable multifunctional dendritic polyamines are of high interest as reagents in synthesis or as supports in homogeneous catalysis as well as nonviral vectors for DNA-transfection (Scheme 18) [65]. 

Annunziata, R., Benaglia, M., Cinquini, M. and Cozzi, F. (2001) Synthesis of a bifunctional ligand for the sequential enantioselective catalysis of various reactions. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1045-1048. 

This column asymmetric catalysis concept (CAC) has also been extended successfully by the Lectka group to other types of column assembly [51]. It should be added that this sequential CAC methodology is not only an efficient tool for a highly asymmetric /Madam synthesis but also looks promising for preparation of other types of chiral compound. 

Most recently, Wagaw, Yang, and Buchwald published a full account of the synthesis of indoles using the palladium-catalyzed amination process [185]. From the standpoint of catalysis, new results included improved turnover numbers and rates when Xantphos was used as ligand. Moreover, this ligand allowed diarylation of the hydrazone, including a one-pot sequential diarylation to provide mixed diaryl hydrazones. A procedure for the alkylation of N-aryl hydrazones was also reported. These procedures allow the formation of N-aryl and N-alkyl indoles after subjecting the products to Fischer conditions for indole synthesis. 

A new solid-support strategy - the sequential column asymmetric catalysis - has been developed for the synthesis of enantiopure p-lactams <02CEJ4115>. In this strategy, reagents and catalysts are attached to a solid-phase support and loaded onto sequentially-linked colums. The substrates are present in the liquid phase that flows through the column. As a substrate encounters each successive column, it grows in complexity. 

During the last decade, molecular ruthenium catalysts have attracted increasing interest for organic synthesis due to their ability to perform specific new reactions with a large panel of applications. Beside individual catalytic transformations, a variety of multi-step catalytic transformations in one pot have appeared. These transformations present practical and economic advantages as far as they are efficient, selective and proceed with atom economy. Ruthenium catalysis has entered this field with a variety of cascade and sequential catalytic transformations. 

One interesting aspect of asymmetric catalysis is that sequential reactions with a chiral catalyst can often lead to an enhancement in the enantioselectivity over a single transformation with the same catalyst in a process called kinetic amplification. Doyle was able to exploit this phenomenon in the synthesis of novel tricyclic products from the bis-diazoacetate of irans-1,4-cyclohexanediol (56, Scheme 12) [71]. Although formation of C2-symmetric product 58 was expected, resulting from the typically preferred five-membered insertion event, it was found that 57 could be produced preferentially with appropriate choice of catalyst, and with very high ee (95-99%). Bis- )-lactone 59 was never the major product, but could be formed as up to 34% of the product mixture. Notably, similar catalyst-controlled mixtures of [1- and y-lactone products were also obtained with diazoacetates derived from cholesterol derivatives [72],... 

A broadly accepted definition of HTE or combinatorial catalysis is that it is a methodology or a set of tools where large diversities of solid-state materials libraries are prepared, processed and tested predominantly for activity and selectivity [2]. However, catalysts are not combined and tested as a combination of different catalysts, with the impetus to speed up testing routines by using the combine and split methodology as established in pharmaceutical industry. Catalysts are usually synthesized sequentially or in parallel by means of robots following conventional synthesis recipes. 

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