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Monday, October 18, 2010
Douglass F. Taber
University of Delaware

Heteroaromatics: The Mal Synthesis of Clausevatine D

Huanfeng Jiang of the South China University of Technology showed (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 966. DOI: 10.1021/jo902375k) that an alkynoate 1 could be condensed with a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound 2 to give, under oxidizing conditions, the furan 3. Phil Ho Lee of Kangwon National University found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1899. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.026) that the enyne 4 cyclized smoothly to the furan 5. Yahong Li of Suzhou University and Vladimir Gevorgyan of the University of Illinois, Chicago demonstrated (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7645. DOI: 10.1021/ja910290c) that the cyclization of 6 proceeded with silyl migration, to give 7. François Bilodeau and Pat Forgione of Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) optimized (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 1550. DOI: 10.1021/jo9022793) the Pd-mediated decarboxylative coupling of a furoic acid 8 with 9 to give 10. This protocol also worked well with pyrrole carboxylic acids.

In another transformation of a preformed pyrrole, Masatomo Iwao of Nagasaki University observed (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2734. DOI: 10.1021/ol100810c) that in the presence of LDA/diisopropylamine, the initially-formed 2-anion from the deprotonation of 11 gave the 2-product 12 with more reactive electrophiles, but the 5-product 13 with less reactive electrophiles. Umasish Jana of Jadavpur University developed (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 1674. DOI: 10.1021/jo902661y) a route to more highly substituted pyrroles such as 17 using the remarkable four-component coupling of 14, 15 and 16 with nitromethane, the carbon of which was incorporated in the product. Laura L. Anderson, also of the University of Illinois, Chicago, designed (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2290. DOI: 10.1021/ol100659q) a clever approach to pyrroles, based on the Ir-catalyzed rearrangement of O-allyl oximes such as 18.

Xiaofeng Tong of the East China University of Science and Technology reported (Chem. Commun. 2010, 312. DOI: 10.1039/B915825A) the condensation of 20 with 21 to give the dihydropyridine 22. Base-mediated elimination of sulfinate could convert 22 into the pyridine. Jin-Quan Yu of Scripps/La Jolla found (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1275. DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906104) that Pd-mediated activation of the nictotinamide 23 proceeded with high regioselectivity, leading to 25.

Zhiping Li of Remnin University of China demonstrated (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 4636. DOI: 10.1021/jo100796s) that the chloroenamine 26 cyclized to the indole 27 on exposure to NaI. John F. Hartwig of the University of Illinois devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3676. DOI: 10.1021/ja100676r) a Pd catalyst for the cyclization of the oxime acetate 28 to the indole 29. Dipakranjan Mal of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur took advantage (Chem. Commun. 2010, 4411. DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00527D ) of the Sammes carboline construction in the conversion of 30 to Clausevatine D (34).

D. F. Taber, Org. Chem. Highlights 2010, October 18.
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