An enantioselective oxa-Michael addition of oximes to β-CF3-β-disubstituted nitroalkenes catalyzed by a chiral bifunctional cinchona alkaloid-based thiourea has been developed. A variety of trifluoromethylated oxime ethers possessing a tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenter were obtained in good yields with high enantioselectivities.

Hydrogenation of a series of cyclic beta-(acylamino)acrylates with tetrasubstituted olefins has been accomplished successfully with the use of Ru catalysts with chiral biaryl ligands such as C3-TunaPhos, and up to over 99% ee's have been achieved. This methodology provides an efficient catalytic method for the synthesis of both cis and trans chiral cyclic beta-amino acid derivatives.

A Chan-Lam reaction has been used to prepare N-alkenyl-α,β-unsaturated nitrones, which undergo a subsequent thermal rearrangement to the corresponding tri- and tetrasubstituted pyridines. The optimization and scope of these transformations is discussed. Initial mechanistic experiments suggest a reaction pathway involving oxygen transfer followed by cyclization.

Nitration of three regioisomers of bromo-fluorobenzaldehyde proceeds regioselectively, notably with H2SO4/HNO3 at 0 °C. The thereby synthesized tetrasubstituted aromatics, endowed with orthogonal substituents, can be elaborated via Pd-catalysed coupling, reduction and reductive amination reactions. As a test-case, these compounds were converted into EGFR inhibitors related to Gefitinib, whose a...

This is a study of a small group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, in whom the urine excretion of imidazole compounds was examined by Figlu assay and chromatography of 12-hour urine collections following 15 g. histidine load, and by assay of 4 amino-imidazole-5 carboxamide (AIC) in 12hour urines with and without histidine load. Gough, McCarthy, Read, Mollin, and Waters (1964) found low ser...

A series of tetrasubstituted fluoroalkene derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of α-fluoro-β-carbonyl benzothiazol-2-yl sulfones with various nucleophiles in good yields with high stereoselectivities. The predominant cis configuration of fluorine and alkynyl groups was observed. A single isomer was obtained when a ketone, acetate or amide was used as the substrate in the presence of a b...

The Pd(0)-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective addition of organoboronic acids to allenes leads to stereodefined tri- or tetrasubstituted alkenes. Furthermore, this method shows high substitutent-loading capability and tolerance of various substitutents. A hydropalladation-Suzuki coupling mechanism, which may account for the regio- and stereoselectivity, is proposed.

Copper catalysts enable the electrophilic carbofunctionalization of alkynes with vinyl- and diaryliodonium triflates. The new process forms highly substituted alkenyl triflates from a range of alkynes via a pathway that is opposite to classical carbometalation. The alkenyl triflate products can be elaborated through cross-coupling reactions to generate synthetically useful tetrasubstituted alke...