Palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation of hydrazides: synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones

A novel palladium-catalyzed oxidative carbonylation reaction was developed via the carbon monoxide insertions between the amine group and the carbonyl group to realize the intramolecular cyclization, which provides efficient access to 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones with a wide range of substrates under mild conditions, resulting in good to excellent yields.

Synthesis of tetrahydropyran/tetrahydrofuran-containing macrolides by palladium-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylative macrolactonizations

A novel Pd-catalyzed cascade alkoxycarbonylative macrolactonization to construct tetrahydropyran/tetrahydrofuran-containing bridged macrolactones in one step from alkendiols is described. Products with various ring sizes and substituents were obtained. Challenging macrolactones involving tertiary alcohols were synthesized smoothly as well. Mechanistically, experimental evidence to support a trans-oxypalladation step has been provided. The method was applied to the synthesis of potent anticancer compound 9-demethylneopeltolide.

Synthesis, complex stability and small animal PET imaging of a novel 64Cu-labelled cryptand molecule

The radiosynthesis and radiopharmacological evaluation including small animal PET imaging of a novel ⁶⁴Cu-labelled cryptand molecule ([⁶⁴Cu]CryptTM) possessing a tris-pyridyl/tris-amido set of donor atoms is described.