New N-(benzyl carbamothioyl)-2-hydroxy substituted benzamides 13, 20, and 21 were synthesized using sodium bicarbonate and benzyl amine with 2-thioxo-substituted-1,3-benzoxazines 6, 10a, b, 11c, and 12a-n. The 2-thioxo-substituted-1,3-oxazines 6, 10a-b, 11d 12a-n, and 26 were converted to the corresponding 2-methylthio-substituted-1,3-oxazines 14a-l and 24 which were then converted to 2-benzyl ...

Enantiomers (2S, 4S)- and (2R, 4R)-3-(naphthalene-1-ylmethyl) pentane-2,4-diols were synthesized by the reduction of (Z)-4-hydroxy-3-(naphthalene-1-ylmethyl) pent-3-en-2-one with NaBH4 in methanol (MeOH). Crystallization dichloromethane this racemic mixture led to simple crystals a crystalline habit similar morphologies; however, group them, it was possible find barely observable difference tha...

Due to the steric hindrance of the starting prochiral ketones, the preparation of chiral 1,4-diaryl-1,4-diols through the asymmetric hydrogen transfer reaction has been mainly restricted to the use of metal-based catalysts, oxazaborolidines, or organocatalysts. Herein, we demonstrated the versatility of oxidoreductases, finding overexpressed alcohol dehydrogenase from Ralstonia sp. (E. coli/Ras...

A novel osmium-catalysed oxidative cyclisation of 1,2-diols bearing a pendant vinyl silane affords THFs that contain silicon functionality at the ring junction. When the cyclisation occurs onto a vinyl benzyldimethylsilyl group, the resulting silyl group can act as a masked hydroxyl group and undergo a Fleming-Tamao type oxidation at a later stage to form the corresponding lactol. The scope of ...

The present work reports the Metschnikowia koreensis-catalyzed one-pot deracemization of secondary alcohols/1,2-diols and their derivatives with in vivo cofactor regeneration. Reaction is stereoselective and proceeds with sequential oxidation of (R)-secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones and the reduction of the ketones to (S)-secondary alcohols. Method is applicable to a repertoire of...

This review is dedicated to the state-of-the art routes used for synthesis of CO2-based (a)cyclic carbonates and polycarbonates from alcohol substrates, with an emphasis on their respective main advantages limitations. The first section reviews organic such as dialkyl or cyclic carbonation alcohols. Many different synthetic strategies have been reported (dehydrative condensation, alkylation rou...