A facile synthetic route has been developed for the preparation of pyrrolizinone derivatives employing N-allyl imides as starting materials. The nucleophilic addition of a vinyl Grignard reagent/RCM/elimination sequence afforded pyrrolizinones in good yields and has been applied for the preparation of naturally occurring quinolactacide and marinamide.

A Cu-mediated preparation of 2-substitiuted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines from N-benzoylpyridinium imides and terminal alkynes is described using stoichiometric Cu(OAc)2 as both the mediator and the oxidant. Extensive DFT calculations suggest a Cu(III) intermediate via disproportionation of Cu(II).

Coulometric titrations of mineral acids, sulphonic acids, carboxylic acids, enols, imides and phenols have been carried out in t-butanol or in acetone with electrically generated tetrabutylammonium hydroxide. Either a potentiometric titration or a visual indicator end-point may be used. The amount of acid titrated ranges from 10 to 60 muequiv, and the precision and accuracy of the method are ex...

An insertion of arenes into both imides and anhydrides via reactive aryne intermediates is presented. The reaction is performed under exceptionally mild conditions, and the corresponding ketoamide products are amenable to derivatization to deliver a variety of synthetically useful motifs such as quinolones, indoles, and ketoanilines.

Hybrid organic/inorganic hyper-cross-linked membranes based on imides covalently bonded with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) have recently been developed for gas-separation applications under high pressure and/or temperature conditions. Their molecular sieving capabilities have been shown to depend on the nature of the organic dianhydride precursor. In the present work, realistic m...

Twofold Perkin condensation of 2,5-dibromophenylene-1,4-diacetic acid with arylglyoxylic acids followed by cyclo-dehydrobromination leads to dipyreno- and diperyleno-anthracene tetraesters and diimides. The imides show surprisingly large absorption shifts versus the esters, illustrating that electron-withdrawing substituents at the anthracene unit efficiently impart long wavelength absorption i...

The coupling of arylboroxines with a variety of amines, amides, imides and sulfonamides catalyzed by a copper salt/EtOH system has been developed. In the absence of a base or additive the corresponding N-arylation products were obtained in moderate to excellent yields.