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Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Amino-Acid-Derived Alkylzinc Reagents with Alkyl Bromides/Chlorides: Access to Diverse Unnatural Amino Acids
Gou, Fei-Hu,Ma, Ming-Jian,Wang, An-Jun,Zhao, Liang,Wang, Haoyang,Tong, Jie,Wang, Ze,Wang, Zhen,He, Chun-Yang
supporting information, p. 240 - 244 (2022/01/12)
Unnatural α-amino acids are important synthetic targets in the field of peptide science. Herein we report an efficient, versatile, and straightforward strategy for the synthesis of homophenylalanine derivatives via the nickel-catalyzed Csp3–Csp3 cross-coupling of (fluoro)benzyl bromides/chlorides with natural α-amino-acid-derived alkylzinc reagents. The current protocol features the advantages of a low-cost nickel catalyst system, synthetic convenience, and the tolerance of rich functionality and stereochemistry.
Efficient Hydro- and Organogelation by Minimalistic Diketopiperazines Containing a Highly Insoluble Aggregation-Induced, Blue-Shifted Emission Luminophore**
Molkenthin, Martin,Nachtsheim, Boris J.,Nau, Werner M.
supporting information, p. 16488 - 16497 (2021/10/25)
We report the synthesis, gelation abilities and aggregation-induced, blue-shifted emission (AIBSE) properties of two minimalistic diketopiperazine-based gelators. Despite containing a highly insoluble luminophore that makes up more than half of their respective molecular masses, efficient hydrogelation by multiple stimuli for one and efficient organogelation for the other compound are reported. Insights into the aggregation and gelation properties were gained through examination of the photophysical and material properties of selected gels, which are representative of the different modes of gelation. The synthesis of the gelators is highly modular and based on readily available amino acid building blocks, allowing the efficient and rapid diversification of these core structures and fine-tuning of gel properties.
Alkyl Carbagermatranes Enable Practical Palladium-Catalyzed sp2-sp3 Cross-Coupling
Xu, Meng-Yu,Jiang, Wei-Tao,Li, Ying,Xu, Qing-Hao,Zhou, Qiao-Lan,Yang, Shuo,Xiao, Bin
supporting information, p. 7582 - 7588 (2019/05/16)
Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have achieved tremendous accomplishments in the past decades. However, C(sp3)-hybridized nucleophiles generally remain as challenging coupling partners due to their sluggish transmetalation compared to the C(sp2)-hybridized counterparts. While a single-electron-transfer-based strategy using C(sp3)-hybridized nucleophiles had made significant progress recently, fewer breakthroughs have been made concerning the traditional two-electron mechanism involving C(sp3)-hybridized nucleophiles. In this report, we present a series of unique alkyl carbagermatranes that were proven to be highly reactive in cross-coupling reactions with our newly developed electron-deficient phosphine ligands. Generally, secondary alkyl carbagermatranes show slightly lower, yet comparable activity to its Sn analogue. Meanwhile, primary alkyl carbagermatranes exhibit high activity, and they were also proved stable enough to be compatible with various reactions. Chiral secondary benzyl carbagermatrane gave the coupling product under base/additive-free conditions with its configuration fully inversed, suggesting that transmetalation was carried out in an "SE2(open) Inv" pathway, which is consistent with Hiyama's previous observation. Notably, the cross-coupling of primary alkyl carbagermatranes could be performed under base/additive-free conditions with excellent functional group tolerance and therefore may have potentially important applications such as stapled peptide synthesis.