The first examples of the directed, boron-mediated aldol reaction between different ketones are presented. Transformation of a variety of ketones to their corresponding boron enolates with Chx2BCl/Et3N, followed by reaction with acceptor ketones in diethyl ether, and oxidation of the resultant boron aldolate (H2O2, MeOH/pH 7 buffer), provided the aldol addition products. The reaction was most f...

Ketones are one of the most common functional groups, and ketone-containing compounds are essential in both the nature and the chemical sciences. As such, the acidities (pKa) of ketones provide valuable information for scientists to screen for biological activities, to determine physical properties or to study reaction mechanisms. Direct measurements of pKa of ketones are not readily available ...

A novel and convenient copper (II) bromide and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.1]undec-7-ene (DBU) or 1,10-phenanthroline catalysis protocol for the construction of α-alkyl-β-keto sulfones via C(sp(3))-H bond functionalization followed by C(sp(3))-S bond formation between aryl ketones and sodium sulfinates at room temperature has been developed. This method is applicable to a wide range of aryl ketones an...

1,2,3-Thiadiazole, 1,2,3-selenadiazole, and semicarbazones that are prepared from ketones promising moieties for lead compound development. New 1,2,3-thiadiazole (2c-4c) 1,2,3-selenadiazole derivatives (2d–4d) were the corresponding (2b-4b). The (2b-4b) (2a-4a). Characterization of synthesized compounds was performed using infrared spectra (IR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectr...

gem-dihydroperoxides as nearly stable peroxidic derivatives of aldehydes and ketones are known important intermediates in synthesis of anti-malaria drugs. also, because containing high concentration of peroxidic oxygen, recently, some of these compounds have been used as solid, efficient and powerful oxidants in many oxidation organic reactions. generally, these compounds are synthesized via pe...

The hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones using a silica-supported zirconium catalyst is reported. Reaction of Zr(NMe2)4 and mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) provides the catalytic material Zr(NMe2)n@MSN. Exhaustive characterization of Zr(NMe2)n@MSN with solid-state (SS)NMR and infrared spectroscopy, as well as through reactivity studies, suggests its surface structure is primarily ≡SiOZr...

Ketones have previously shown beneficial effects in models of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly against associated mitochondrial dysfunction and cognitive impairment. However, evidence of a synaptic protective effect of ketones remains lacking. We tested the effects of ketones on synaptic impairment induced by mitochondrial respiratory complex (MRC) inhibitors using electrophysiological...

Functionalized chiral ketones, such as a-amino ketones, bnitro ketones, and their derivatives, are prevalent building blocks and ubiquitous subunits present in natural products and pharmaceutical lead compunds. The synthesis of chiral ketones can be achieved through direct a substitution. For example, the synthesis of a-amino ketones has been developed by Jørgensen and co-workers using an elega...

The Mo(CO)6-mediated photoinduced ring-opening reactions of adamantane isoxazolines involve novel rearrangement that provide enaminoketones as major products and b-hydroxy ketones as minor ones; in contrast, only b-hydroxy ketones and a,b-unsaturated ketones were obtained under thermal condition. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Table 1. Synthesis of substituted adamantane-isoxazolines 1a–d