Chemodivergent Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Diarylamines and Carbazoles by Thermal/Photochemical Process-Controlled Dephosphinylative Functionalizations of Amino(phosphinyl)arenes.

A chemodivergent synthesis of polycyclic aromatic diarylamines and carbazoles was established by employing thermally or photochemically controlled processes using KOtBu/1,10-phenanthroline. The synthetic processes involved the dephosphinylation of 9-amino-10-(phosphinyl)phenanthrenes, which were obtained through a regioselective palladium-catalyzed direct [4 + 2] benzannulation of phosphinyl ynamines with 2-iodobiphenyls. When the dephosphinylation was conducted under heating conditions (∼100 °C), it proceeded to yield 9-aminophenanthrene. However, when the reaction was performed under the illumination of purple light (LEDs, λmax = ca. 390 nm), KOtBu/1,10-phenanthroline promoted single-electron-transfer-triggered dephosphinylation followed by cyclization, producing the corresponding π-expanded carbazoles. We successfully synthesized a highly π-expanded dicarbazole through a dual dephosphinylative cyclization. Additionally, we present the optical properties of a series of amino compounds produced through the dephosphinylative processes.

Draft Genomic DNA Sequence of the Facultatively Methylotrophic Bacterium Acidomonas methanolica type strain MB58.

Acidomonas methanolica (former name Acetobacter methanolicus) is a unique acetic acid bacterium capable to grow on methanol as a sole carbon source. Here we report the draft genome sequencing of A. methanolica type strain MB58, showing that it contains 3,270 protein-coding genes, including the genes involved in oxidation of methanol such as mxaFJGIRSACKL and hxlAB, and oxidation of ethanol such as adhAB and adhS. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.