Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds

• Philipp Gütlich,
• Ana B. Gaspar and
• Yann Garcia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 342–391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.39

Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A sustainable approach

• Pankaj Chauhan and
• Swapandeep Singh Chimni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2132–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.240

• by milling protected glycine hydrochloride 21 and diphenylmethanimine (20), under solvent-free conditions (Scheme 11) [62]. The asymmetric alkylation of glycine imine 22 was carried out by using a phase-transfer catalyst under basic conditions in a ball-mill. The Schiff base reacted rapidly with

Design and synthesis of quasi-diastereomeric molecules with unchanging central, regenerating axial and switchable helical chirality via cleavage and formation of Ni(II)–O and Ni(II)–N coordination bonds

• Vadim A. Soloshonok,
• José Luis Aceña,
• Hisanori Ueki and
• Jianlin Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1920–1928, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.223

• complex 15 was obtained. As it follows from these results, only one carbonyl group in the starting ligands 12 was involved in the formation of the corresponding Schiff base with glycine, similar to the reactivity observed for tridentate ligands with Ni(II) [49][50][51][52][53]. In the 1H and 13C NMR

• elements of chirality giving rise to the most stable diastereomeric stereochemistry. The distances of the Ni–O(5) [1.8651(13) Å] and Ni–N(4) [1.8569(16) Å] bonds of the five-membered chelate ring of the glycine Schiff base fragment were relatively similar, while the bonds Ni–N(3) [1.8417(16) Å] and Ni–N(2

Evaluation of a chiral cubane-based Schiff base ligand in asymmetric catalysis reactions

• Kyle F. Biegasiewicz,
• Michelle L. Ingalsbe,
• Jeffrey D. St. Denis,
• James L. Gleason,
• Junming Ho,
• Michelle L. Coote,
• G. Paul Savage and
• Ronny Priefer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1814–1818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.207

• , MA 01119, USA 10.3762/bjoc.8.207 Abstract Recently, a novel chiral cubane-based Schiff base ligand was reported to yield modest enantioselectivity in the Henry reaction. To further explore the utility of this ligand in other asymmetric organic transformations, we evaluated its stereoselectivity in

• /fragmentation to afford benzaldehyde, which further reacts to give benzyl benzoate [18]. Recently, we synthesized the first cubane-based Schiff base ligand (Figure 1) and screened it in the Henry reaction in the synthesis of β-nitroalcohols [19]. The cubyl moiety can be considered a cross between a tert-butyl

The effect of the formyl group position upon asymmetric isomeric diarylethenes bearing a naphthalene moiety

• Renjie Wang,
• Shouzhi Pu,
• Gang Liu and
• Shiqiang Cui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1018–1026, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.114

• fluorophores via a Schiff base structure. In a previous work, we developed a new class of diarylethenes with a naphthalene group and a thiophene group. The results revealed that these molecules have excellent photochromism with good fatigue resistance and thermal stability [37]. In this study, in order to

The cross-metathesis of methyl oleate with cis-2-butene-1,4-diyl diacetate and the influence of protecting groups

• Arno Behr and
• Jessica Pérez Gomes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.1

• base ligands, they must be chemically activated by the addition of 100 equiv of phenyltrichlorosilane [30][31]. Within this catalyst family it can be concluded that with higher steric hindrance of the Schiff base ligands higher conversions and yields were achievable (Table 1, entries 7 and 8). Schiff

• base ligands with a nitro substituent did not lead to a significant increase or loss of metathesis activity. Consequently, in the oleochemical cross-metathesis reaction [Ru]-7 and [Ru]-8 were the most active catalysts due to their space-filling isopropyl substituted Schiff base ligands [31]. The cross

• -metathesis of methyl oleate (1) with cis-2-butene-1,4-diyl diacetate (2) was feasible with the relatively low catalyst loading of the Schiff base ruthenium catalyst [Ru]-7 to yield two value-added and sustainable intermediates in one step. Methyl 11-acetoxyundec-9-enoate (3) and undec-2-enyl acetate (4) are

Redox-active tetrathiafulvalene and dithiolene compounds derived from allylic 1,4-diol rearrangement products of disubstituted 1,3-dithiole derivatives

• Filipe Vilela,
• Peter J. Skabara,
• Christopher R. Mason,
• Thomas D. J. Westgate,
• Asun Luquin,
• Simon J. Coles and
• Michael B. Hursthouse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1002–1014, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.113

• hindrance by the aromatic units towards the formyl group, compound 21 [4] was reacted with ethylenediamine in the presence of a catalytic amount of acetic acid (Scheme 5). The Schiff base product 22 was obtained in 62% yield as a pale brown crystalline solid. Although highly strained and buckled TTF

Structural studies on encapsulation of tetrahedral and octahedral anions by a protonated octaaminocryptand cage

• I. Ravikumar,
• P. S. Lakshminarayanan,
• E. Suresh and
• Pradyut Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.41

• to the aldehyde also dissolved in dry methanol. Reduction of the resulting Schiff base was achieved using NaBH4. Both higher temperatures (40–50 °C) and fast addition rates lead to mostly polymeric products in the scaled-up synthesis. In the case of 1, a white precipitate is obtained after addition

Enantioselective nucleophilic difluoromethylation of aromatic aldehydes with Me₃SiCF₂SO₂Ph and PhSO₂CF₂H reagents catalyzed by chiral quaternary ammonium salts

• Chuanfa Ni,
• Fang Wang and
• Jinbo Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.21

• the benzyl ring afforded the product with good ee, though the unsubstituted one gave a significantly low ee (Table 2, entries 12 and 14). Although the 9-anthracenylmethyl and 2,3,4-trifluorobenzyl functionality were found to be quite useful for asymmetric alkylation of tert-butylglycinate Schiff base