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Palombi L, Monti M, Scarel E, Morlacci V, Stener M, Aschi M. Unrevealing the Nitrogen Elusive Chirality of 3-Sulfanyl and 3-Sulfinyl N-Tosyl Isoindolinones by ECD Spectra: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400232. [PMID: 38494944 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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The nitrogen-hybridization/pyramidalization of two solvated N-tosylisoindolinone derivatives having chiral residues in adjacent (I) or adjacent and distal (II) position has been investigated by a theoretical-computational procedure based on Molecular Dynamics simulations and Quantum-Chemical calculations. After validation of our methodology in providing a reliable repertory of conformations by modeling the electronic circular dichroism (EDC) spectra, the electronic features associated with N-pyramidalization were further characterized through Natural Bond Order (NBO) analysis. Comparing against the N-geometry observed in crystal structures as a reference, our findings reveal that the presence of neighbouring chiral centers induces a more pronounced N-pyramidalization in solution than in the solid state, both in I and II. Furthermore, NBO analysis confirms that the N-lactam mostly retains the sp2 character but exhibits slight configurational distortion (ξI=13°; ξII=21°), which significantly influences the chiroptical activities observed in ECD spectra of I and II. This substantiates the N-lactams as configurationally stable chiral centers.
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- Laura Palombi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Università di L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 10, Coppito, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli studi di Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli studi di Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Università di L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 10, Coppito, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli studi di Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Università di L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, 10, Coppito, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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Dequina HJ, Jones CL, Schomaker JM. Recent updates and future perspectives in aziridine synthesis and reactivity. Chem 2023; 9:1658-1701. [PMID: 37681216 PMCID: PMC10482075 DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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In this review, selected recent advances in the preparation and reactivity of aziridines using modern synthetic approaches are highlighted, while comparing these new strategies with more classical approaches. This critical analysis is designed to help identify current gaps in the field and is showcasing new and exciting opportunities to move the chemistry of aziridines forward in the future.
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- Hillary J. Dequina
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 N. University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 N. University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 N. University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Musci P, Colella M, Altomare A, Romanazzi G, Sheikh NS, Degennaro L, Luisi R. Dynamic Phenomena and Complexation Effects in the α-Lithiation and Asymmetric Functionalization of Azetidines. Molecules 2022; 27:2847. [PMID: 35566200 PMCID: PMC9103493 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In this work it is demonstrated that enantiomerically enriched N-alkyl 2-oxazolinylazetidines undergo exclusive α-lithiation, and that the resulting lithiated intermediate is chemically stable but configurationally labile under the given experimental conditions that afford enantioenriched N-alkyl-2,2-disubstituted azetidines. Although this study reveals the configurational instability of the diastereomeric lithiated azetidines, it points out an interesting stereoconvergence of such lithiated intermediates towards the thermodynamically stable species, making the overall process highly stereoselective (er > 95:5, dr > 85:15) after trapping with electrophiles. This peculiar behavior has been rationalized by considering the dynamics at the azetidine nitrogen atom, the inversion at the C-Li center supported by in situ FT-IR experiments, and DFT calculations that suggested the presence of η3-coordinated species for diastereomeric lithiated azetidines. The described situation contrasted with the demonstrated stability of the smaller lithiated aziridine analogue. The capability of oxazolinylazetidines to undergo different reaction patterns with organolithium bases supports the model termed “dynamic control of reactivity” of relevance in organolithium chemistry. It has been demonstrated that only 2,2-substituted oxazolinylazetidines with suitable stereochemical requirements could undergo C=N addition of organolithiums in non-coordinating solvents, leading to useful precursors of chiral (er > 95:5) ketoazetidines.
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- Pantaleo Musci
- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (P.M.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (P.M.); (M.C.)
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- National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Christallography IC-CNR, Via Amendola 127/A, 70125 Bari, Italy;
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- DICATECh—Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, del Territorio, Edile e di Chimica, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy;
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- Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (P.M.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy—Drug Sciences, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (P.M.); (M.C.)
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Haslak ZP, Agopcan Cinar S, Sarigul Ozbek S, Monard G, Dogan I, Aviyente V. Elucidation of the atroposelectivity in the synthesis of axially chiral thiohydantoin derivatives. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:2233-2241. [PMID: 32022073 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02556a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recently, Sarigul and Dogan have synthesized a number of enantiomerically enriched axially chiral atropoisomeric 2-thiohydantoins by the reaction of l-amino acid ester salts and o-aryl isothiocyanates in the presence of triethyl amine (TEA) in dichloromethane. The non-axially chiral derivative 5-methyl-3-phenyl-2-thiohydantoin gave a racemic product whereas the axially chiral 5-methyl-3-o-bromophenyl-2-thiohydantoin was less prone to racemize at C5 of the heterocyclic ring. In this study, we present a computational study (M06-2X/6-311+G(d,p) for C, H, O, N and S; M06-2X/6-311++G(3df,3pd) for Br) in order to propose plausible mechanisms for the racemization and cyclization steps for 2-thiohydantoin derivatives. The study includes rationalization based on steric as well as the electrostatic effects to elucidate the epimerization differences at C5.
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- Zeynep Pinar Haslak
- Department of Chemistry, Bogaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey. and Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LPCT, F-54000 Nancy, France and Faculty of Science and Letters, Piri Reis University, Tuzla, Istanbul, 34940, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bogaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Atasehir, Istanbul, 34752, Turkey
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LPCT, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Bogaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bogaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, 34342, Turkey.
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Musci P, Colella M, Fanelli F, Altomare A, Pisano L, Carlucci C, Luisi R, Degennaro L. Stereo- and Enantioselective Addition of Organolithiums to 2-Oxazolinylazetidines as a Synthetic Route to 2-Acylazetidines. Front Chem 2019; 7:614. [PMID: 31572708 PMCID: PMC6749145 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A new synthetic route to N-alkyl-2-acylazetidines was developed through a highly stereoselective addition of organolithiums to N-alkyl-2-oxazolinylazetidines followed by acidic hydrolysis of the resulting oxazolidine intermediates. This study revealed an unusual reactivity of the C=N bond of the oxazoline group when reacted with organolithiums in a non-polar solvent such as toluene. The observed reactivity has been explained considering the role of the nitrogen lone pair of the azetidine ring as well as of the oxazolinyl group in promoting a complexation of the organolithium, thus ending up with the addition to the C=N double bond. The high level of stereoselectivity in this addition is supported by DFT calculations and NMR investigations, and a model is proposed for the formation of the oxazolidine intermediates, that have been isolated and fully characterized. Upon acidic conditions, the oxazolidine moieties were readily converted into 2-acylazetidines. This synthetic approach has been applied for the preparation of highly enantioenriched 2-acylazetidines starting from chiral not racemic N-alkyl-2-oxazolinylazetidines.
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- Pantaleo Musci
- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy.,Crystallography Institute of the National Research Council (IC-CNR), Bari, Italy
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- Crystallography Institute of the National Research Council (IC-CNR), Bari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Flow Chemistry and Microreactor Technology FLAME-Lab, Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Bari, Italy
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Tayama E, Nishio R, Kobayashi Y. Base-promoted diastereoselective α-alkylation of borane N-((S)-1'-phenylethyl)azetidine-2-carboxylic acid ester complexes. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:5833-5845. [PMID: 30070285 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01395k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The base-promoted α-alkylation of N-((S)-1-phenylethyl)azetidine-2-carboxylic acid esters 1 was investigated. The use of diastereomerically pure borane complexes 3 as substrates, which are easily prepared from 1, dramatically improved the yields and diastereoselectivities of α-alkylated products 2. For example, the treatment of tert-butyl ester (1S,2S,1'S)-3a with 2.4 equivalents of lithium bis(trimethysilyl)amide (LiHMDS) at 0 °C followed by 2.6 equivalents of benzyl bromide afforded α-benzylated (2S,1'S)-2aa in 90% yield as almost a single diastereomer. Our method enables the production of optically active α-substituted azetidine-2-carboxylic acid esters starting from commercially available (S)-1-phenylethylamine, which is one of the least expensive chiral compounds.
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- Eiji Tayama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan.
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Carlucci C, Tota A, Colella M, Ronamazzi G, Clarkson GJ, Luisi R, Degennaro L. Use of Hypervalent Iodine in the Synthesis of Isomeric Dihydrooxazoles. Chem Heterocycl Compd (N Y) 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10593-018-2288-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Degennaro L, Pisano L, Parisi G, Mansueto R, Clarkson GJ, Shipman M, Luisi R. Nitrogen Stereodynamics and Complexation Phenomena as Key Factors in the Deprotonative Dynamic Resolution of Alkylideneaziridines: A Spectroscopic and Computational Study. J Org Chem 2015; 80:6411-8. [PMID: 25996163 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The present work is aimed at shedding light on the origin of the stereoselectivity observed in the reactions of chiral heterosubstituted organolithiums, generated by lithiation of alkylideneaziridines. Factors such as the nitrogen inversion barrier, the stereochemistry at the nitrogen atom, the substitution pattern of the alkylideneaziridines, and the reaction conditions are taken into consideration. The interplay between nitrogen stereodynamics and complexation phenomena seems to be crucial in determining the stereochemical outcome of the lithiation/trapping sequence. The findings were rationalized by a synergistic use of NMR experiments, run on the lithiated intermediates, alongside computational data. It has been demonstrated that, in such systems, the stereochemistry-determining step is the deprotonation reaction, and a model based on a deprotonative dynamic resolution has been proposed. Such findings could find application in dynamic systems other than aziridines.
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- Leonardo Degennaro
- †Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Via E. Orabona 4, Bari 70125, Italy
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Vienna 2, Sassari 07100, Italy
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- †Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Via E. Orabona 4, Bari 70125, Italy
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- †Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Via E. Orabona 4, Bari 70125, Italy.,§Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- §Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- §Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- †Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "A. Moro", Via E. Orabona 4, Bari 70125, Italy
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Amaral MFZJ, Baumgartner AA, Vessecchi R, Clososki GC. Directed Metalation of 1-Ester-Substituted Indolizines: Base/Electrophile-Controlled Regioselective Functionalization. Org Lett 2014; 17:238-41. [DOI: 10.1021/ol503288e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Mônica F. Z. J. Amaral
- Núcleo
de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos, Faculdade de
Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. do Café S/N, Ribeirão Preto - SP 14040-903, Brazil
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- Núcleo
de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos, Faculdade de
Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. do Café S/N, Ribeirão Preto - SP 14040-903, Brazil
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- Departamento
de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras
de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av.
Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto -
SP 14040-901, Brazil
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- Núcleo
de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais e Sintéticos, Faculdade de
Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. do Café S/N, Ribeirão Preto - SP 14040-903, Brazil
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Ha HJ, Jung JH, Lee WK. Application of Regio- and Stereoselective Functional Group Transformations of Chiral Aziridine-2-carboxylates. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201402098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Carroccia L, Degennaro L, Romanazzi G, Cuocci C, Pisano L, Luisi R. Straightforward access to 4-membered sulfurated heterocycles: introducing a strategy for the single and double functionalization of thietane 1-oxide. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:2180-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00173g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
A strategy for the stereoselective functionalization of thietane 1-oxide has been developed by using the corresponding organometallic intermediates that reacted with electrophiles leaving intact the 4-membered ring.
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- Laura Carroccia
- Department of Pharmacy – Drug Sciences
- University of Bari “A. Moro”
- Bari 70125 – I, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy – Drug Sciences
- University of Bari “A. Moro”
- Bari 70125 – I, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia (IC-CNR)
- 70125 Bari – I, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- University of Sassari
- 07100 Sassari – I, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy – Drug Sciences
- University of Bari “A. Moro”
- Bari 70125 – I, Italy
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de Loera D, Liu F, Houk KN, Garcia-Garibay MA. Aziridine Nitrogen Inversion by Dynamic NMR: Activation Parameters in a Fused Bicyclic Structure. J Org Chem 2013; 78:11623-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jo4022315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Denisse de Loera
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, United States
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Yildirim A, Konuklar FAS, Catak S, Van Speybroeck V, Waroquier M, Dogan I, Aviyente V. Solvent-catalyzed ring-chain-ring tautomerization in axially chiral compounds. Chemistry 2012; 18:12725-32. [PMID: 22976311 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2012] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The mechanism of ring-chain-ring tautomerization and the prominent effect of the solvent environment have been computationally investigated in an effort to explain the enantiomeric interconversion observed in 2-oxazolidinone derivatives, heterocyclic analogues of biphenyl atropisomers, which were isolated as single stable enantiomers and have the potential to be used as axially chiral catalysts. This study has shed light on the identity of the intermediate species involved in the ring-chain-ring tautomerization process as well as the catalytic effect of polar protic solvents. These mechanistic details will prove very useful in predicting and understanding ring-chain tautomeric equilibria in similar heterocyclic systems and will further enable experimentalists to devise appropriate experimental conditions in which axially chiral catalysts remain stable as single enantiomers.
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- Asli Yildirim
- Department of Chemistry, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
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de Ceglie MC, Degennaro L, Falcicchio A, Luisi R. Restricted rotations and stereodynamics of aziridine-2-methanol derivatives. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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