Catalytic Asymmetric Activation of a C sp 3[BOND]H Bond Adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom: A Versatile Approach to Optically Active α-Alkyl α-Amino Acids and C1-Alkylated Tetrahydroisoquinoline Derivatives - Zhang - 2011 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...
"10.1002/anie.201105123" Combination of Cu and DDQ, but not surprising given Li's example of a similar reaction with alkynes.
- Matthew Todd
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A Structurally Simple Self-Immolative Reagent That Provides Three Distinct, Simultaneous Responses per Detection Event, Scott T. Philips, http://pubs.acs.org/doi...
An oxidative cross-dehydrogenative-coupling reaction in water using molecular oxygen as the oxidant: vanadium catalyzed indolation of tetrahydroisoquinolines - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) - http://pubs.rsc.org/en...
Sometime back, i used V2O5, O2, in toluene to do alcohol oxidation. If i remember correctly R. A. Sheldon used this system in early 80's for various oxidations. The conditions are very old and well known, just two will-work-for-sure substrates. But cant be in Chem Commun.
- Ahamed
10.1002/anie.201104017 Another rxn on this ring system from Maruoka. Elaborate catalyst system and substrate but which delivers something challenging. One to reference.
- Matthew Todd
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Teasing one. Must have worked hard to optimize this one.
- Ahamed
"10.1126/science.1208839" "Preliminary mechanistic studies are inconsistent with Friedel-Crafts–type electrophilic activation of the alcohols, suggesting instead a vinyl C–H activation pathway with opposite electronic polarization. " Soo. Any similarity?
- Matthew Todd
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Aerobic oxidation of secondary benzylic alcohols and direct oxidative amidation of aryl aldehydes promoted by sodium hydride, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
A Dual-Catalysis Approach to the Asymmetric Steglich Rearrangement and Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of O-Acylated Azlactones to Isoquinolines
http://pubs.acs.org/doi...
Direct Functionalization of (Un)protected Tetrahydroisoquinoline and Isochroman under Iron and Copper Catalysis: Two Metals, Two Mechanisms
http://pubs.acs.org/doi...
Construction of ISQ ring with different strategy. Possibility of generating chiral center at 1-position using chiral bronsted acid, a well known chemistry developed by Rueping.
- Ahamed
Azidomethyl-ruthenocene: facile synthesis of a useful metallocene derivative and its application in the ‘click’ labelling of biomolecules, http://pubs.rsc.org/en...
Highly Efficient Synthesis of Polysubstituted 1,2-Dihydroquinolines via Tandem Reaction of α-Ketoesters and Arylamines Catalyzed by Indium Triflate,
ACS catalysis, http://pubs.acs.org/doi...
Site-selective DNA hydrolysis induced by a metal-free peptide nucleic acid–cyclen conjugate - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) - http://pubs.rsc.org/en...
Direction of Kinetically versus Thermodynamically Controlled Organocatalysis and Its Application in Chemoenzymatic Synthesis - Rulli - 2011 - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...
Abstract: In 2010, GlaxoSmithKline published the structures of 13533 chemical starting points for antimalarial lead identification. By using an agglomerative structural clustering technique followed by computational filters such as antimalarial activity, physicochemical properties, and dissimilarity to known antimalarial structures, we have identified 47 starting points for lead optimization. Their structures are provided. We invite potential collaborators to work with us to discover new clinical candidates.
- Ahamed
Indeed - ours is one of those series. Such a spectacular paper on so many levels.
- Matthew Todd
A Simple, Multidimensional Approach to High-Throughput Discovery of Catalytic Reactions
Science 9 September 2011:
Vol. 333 no. 6048 pp. 1423-1427
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207922