In this study, β-cyclodextrin(β-CD) supported, hydroxyapatite encapsulated γ-Fe2O3 (γ-Fe2O3@HAp@β-CD) was successfully prepared and evaluated as a solid-liquid phase transfer catalyst and also a molecular host system and nanoreactor for the nucleophilic ring-opening of epoxides in water for the preparation of β-azido alcohols, β-nitro alcohols, an...

Efficient one-pot methods for the synthesis of variously functionalised conjugated nitro alkenes have been reported. Despite the utility in different fields of these compounds, only a few multi-step syntheses have been reported in the literature, giving the target compounds in low overall yields. α-Nitro acrylates or cinnamates, α-nitro α,β-unsaturated ketones and, most importantly, aromatic an...

Reaction of the diethyl 2-nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzylidenemalonate with diethylamine in alcohols resulted in the reduction of the nitro group and the oxidation of the vinylic carbon attached to the phenyl ring. Simultaneous migration of the malonic fragment gave the appropriate 2-amino-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate esters. The presence of at least two nitro groups, or one nitro group and trif...

Granulicella tundricola hydroxynitrile lyase (GtHNL) catalyses the synthesis of chiral (R)-cyanohydrins and (R)-β-nitro alcohols. The triple variant GtHNL-A40H/V42T/Q110H (GtHNL-3V) was immobilised on Celite R-633 used in monophasic MTBE saturated with 100 mM KPi buffer pH 7 for (R)-2-nitro-1-phenylethanol (NPE) batch continuous flow systems. Nitromethane as a nucleophile. A total 82% (R)-NPE e...

Abstract A method for the synthesis of functionalized piperidines containing 3 contiguous stereocentres in 2-,3- and 4- positions uses a diastereoselective nitro-Mannich to control stereochemistry. The reaction between β-aryl/heteroaryl substituted nitroalkanes glyoxylate imine provides β-nitro-amines with good selectivity (70:30 >95:5) syn, anti-diastereoisomers. Reductive cyclisation BF3.OEt2...

ÐKnoevenagel condensation between 3-nitro-2-pyridinecarbaldehyde and diethyl malonate catalyzed by titanium(IV) chloride gave diethyl 3-nitro-2-pyridylidenemalonate which was oxidized with peracetic acid to give corresponding 1-oxide. Reaction of the latter with diethylamine in the presence of primary and secondary alcohols resulted in the reduction of the nitro group and the oxidation of the v...

Carbon-carbon bond cleavage/functionalization is synthetically valuable, and selective carbonyl-C(sp3 ) bond cleavage/alkynylation presents a new perspective in constructing ynamides, ynoates, and ynones. Reported here is the first alkoxyl-radical-enabled carbonyl-C(sp3 ) bond cleavage/alkynylation reaction by photoredox catalysis. The use of novel cyclic iodine(III) reagents are essential for ...

Aldehydes undergo smooth conversion to give homoallylic alcohols with allyltrimethylsilane employing 10 mol% of titanium tetrafluoride as a Lewis acid in the presence of 10 mol% of L-prolinol in CH3CN/CH2Cl2 (8:2) for 2 h at room temperature. The presence of functionalities such as chloro, nitro and bromo is well tolerated in the presence of catalyst. The reaction proved to be of general nature...

Unlike the facile synthesis of β-monofluoromethyl alcohols by nucleophilic monofluoromethylation of epoxides, the synthesis of β-difluoromethyl alcohols by nucleophilic difluoromethylation of epoxides still remains a challenge. Herein, studies on tackling this problem with PhSO(NTBS)CF2H (2; TBS=tert-butyldimethylsilyl) are reported. The preorganization of 2 and epoxides with BF3⋅Et2O was found...