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Low-generation dendrimers with a calixarene core and based on a chiral C2-symmetric pyrrolidine as iminosugar mimics

  • Marco Marradi,
  • Stefano Cicchi,
  • Francesco Sansone,
  • Alessandro Casnati and
  • Andrea Goti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 951–957, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.107

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  • of a considerable number of iminosugar-like moieties in a reduced volume and in a well-defined geometry. The inclusion of alkali-metal ions (sodium and potassium) in the polar cavity defined by the acetamide moieties at the lower rim of the calixarene was demonstrated, which allows also the
  • water. The presence of acetamide moieties at the lower rim of the dendrimers 2 and 3 prompted us to explore the possibility to use alkali metal salts as allosteric effectors in the modulation of the shape and rigidity of the iminosugar presentation by the calixarene scaffold. A common way, in fact, used
  • to rigidify the “mobile cone” structure of tetraalkoxycalix[4]arenes is to introduce strong donating groups, such as amide or ester [32][33], on the phenolic oxygen atoms and an alkali-metal ion. The cation, strongly coordinated by eight oxygen atoms in the polar region created at the lower rim
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Published 26 Jun 2012
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  • an alkali metal fluoride, and (step 2) treatment of the resulting arylsulfur chlorotetrafluoride with a fluoride source, such as ZnF2, HF, and Sb(III/V) fluorides. The intermediate arylsulfur chlorotetrafluorides were isolated by distillation or recrystallization and characterized. The aspects of
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Published 29 Mar 2012

Fifty years of oxacalix[3]arenes: A review

  • Kevin Cottet,
  • Paula M. Marcos and
  • Peter J. Cragg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 201–226, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.22

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  • , derivatives containing carbonyl groups (ester, acid, amide and ketone) and heteroatoms, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, have been obtained. In 1993, Shinkai et al. [29] reported the synthesis of the first ethyl ester derivative 12a. In the belief that the alkali-metal template effect would lead
  • -butyl ether 10 derivatives toward alkali-metal cations were estimated by extraction experiments from alkaline aqueous picrate solutions to CH2Cl2 [24], with the latter showing some preference for K+ (59% E) over Na+ (6%) and Cs+ (35%). Replacement of the alkyl groups by residues with additional binding
  • was investigated by Masci in 1995 [54] who found that Kassoc values in CDCl3 were modest, ranging from 38 M−1 for N,N,N-trimethylanilinium to 90 M−1 for N,N-dimethylpyrrolidinium, but significantly greater than those of the dihomocalix[4]arene and tetrahomooxacalix[4]arene analogues. 4.1.2 Alkali
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Published 07 Feb 2012

On the control of secondary carbanion structure utilising ligand effects during directed metallation

  • Andrew E. H. Wheatley,
  • Jonathan Clayden,
  • Ian H. Hillier,
  • Alison Campbell Smith,
  • Mark A. Vincent,
  • Laurence J. Taylor and
  • Joanna Haywood

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 50–60, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.5

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  • authenticated tertiary carbanions, significant similarities are seen insofar as the connectivity of the alkali metal is concerned when changing tridentate Lewis bases. Thus, whereas 6-Lil·PMDTA fails to show a Li–(α-C) interaction in the solid state, in Lil·DGME the corresponding distance (2.406(6) Å) suggests
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Published 09 Jan 2012

PEG-embedded KBr3: A recyclable catalyst for multicomponent coupling reaction for the efficient synthesis of functionalized piperidines

  • Sanny Verma,
  • Suman L. Jain and
  • Bir Sain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1334–1341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.157

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  • alkali metal cations, as shown in Scheme 1. The developed catalyst 3 was readily prepared by the mixing of equimolar amounts of PEG400 (1) and KBr to give [K+PEG]Br− 2, which on subsequent reaction with Br2 resulted in a dark orange-red colored viscous liquid (see Experimental). The liquid was dried
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Published 28 Sep 2011

Combined directed ortho-zincation and palladium-catalyzed strategies: Synthesis of 4,n-dimethoxy-substituted benzo[b]furans

  • Verónica Guilarte,
  • M. Pilar Castroviejo,
  • Estela Álvarez and
  • Roberto Sanz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1255–1260, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.146

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  • compounds and different directing groups have been used to facilitate the deprotonation reaction [1][2][3][4][5]. Various strong bases such as alkyl lithiums and their derivatives (for instance, TMEDA-activated complexes [6] and heavier alkali metal tert-butoxide-complexed alkyl lithium reagents, known as
  • ), the introduction in the last years of new organometallic “ate” complexes [8][9], which combine an alkali metal with either magnesium, zinc, aluminium, or copper, has allowed more selective metallation reactions. The milder reaction conditions required make these deprotonation reactions tolerant to the
  • , as well as of meta-functionalized haloaromatics. In particular, the alkali metal mediated zincation reactions have turned out to be very useful processes and the structures and reaction pathways of TMP-zincates (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine) have been studied in detail [15][16][17][18][19]. On
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Meta-metallation of N,N-dimethylaniline: Contrasting direct sodium-mediated zincation with indirect sodiation-dialkylzinc co-complexation

  • David R. Armstrong,
  • Liam Balloch,
  • Eva Hevia,
  • Alan R. Kennedy,
  • Robert E. Mulvey,
  • Charles T. O'Hara and
  • Stuart D. Robertson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1234–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.144

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  • -) metallation was favoured by direct sodium-mediated zincation. Keywords: alkali metal; crystal structure; isomerisation; metallation; zincation; Introduction While the metallation reaction remains an essential tool for constructing substituted aromatic compounds [1][2], the quest for new improved reagents
  • typically at ambient temperature [11] and on the multi-gram scale with metallation rates comparable to those obtained for small scale processes [12]. Alkali metal zincates have also been given consideration, principally two-component dialkyl-amido zincates MZn(NR2)R′2. The reagent “(LiZn(TMP)(t-Bu)2
  • enabled such reagents to perform special metallation reactions that cannot be reproduced by either of the single-metal components that constitute the mixed-metal reagent. While the alkali metal component is essential for the synergic metallation to follow its course, it is the less electropositive zinc
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Published 06 Sep 2011

Intramolecular hydroxycarbene C–H-insertion: The curious case of (o-methoxyphenyl)hydroxycarbene

  • Dennis Gerbig,
  • David Ley,
  • Hans Peter Reisenauer and
  • Peter R. Schreiner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1061–1069, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.121

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  • was computed to be 262 kcal mol–1, which is comparable to those of alkali metal hydroxides, this seems a viable possibility. Conclusion The formation of a 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran derivative from carbene 5 in the gas phase is the first C–H insertion reaction observed for a hydroxycarbene derivative
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Published 11 Nov 2010

Molecular recognition of organic ammonium ions in solution using synthetic receptors

  • Andreas Späth and
  • Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.32

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Synthesis and properties of calix[4]arene telluropodant ethers as Ag+ selective sensors and Ag+, Hg2+ extractants

  • Yang Lu,
  • Yuanyuan Li,
  • Song He,
  • Yan Lu,
  • Changying Liu,
  • Xianshun Zeng and
  • Langxing Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 59, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.59

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  • selectivity coefficients for Ag+ cations were investigated against alkali metal, alkaline-earth metal, lead, ammonium ions and some transition metal ions using the fixed interference method (FIM) [54][55]. Firstly, the response characteristics of Ag+-ISEs based on different ionophores were tested. It was
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Published 28 Oct 2009
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