Multivalent polyglycerol supported imidazolidin-4-one organocatalysts for enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylations.

The first immobilization of a MacMillan's first generation organocatalyst onto dendritic support is described. A modified tyrosine-based imidazolidin-4-one was grafted to a soluble high-loading hyperbranched polyglycerol via a copper-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction and readily purified by dialysis. The efficiency of differently functionalized multivalent organocatalysts 4a-c was tested in the asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation of N-methylpyrrole with α,ß-unsaturated aldehydes. A variety of substituted enals was investigated to explore the activity of the catalytic system which was also compared with monovalent analogues. The catalyst 4b showed excellent turnover rates and no loss of activity due to immobilization, albeit moderate enantioselectivities were observed. Moreover, easy recovery by selective precipitation allowed the reuse of the catalyst for three cycles.

Ionic liquid as soluble support for synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles and 1,2,3-selenadiazoles.

A convenient synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles and 1,2,3-selenadiazoles was achieved using an ionic liquid as a novel soluble support. Ionic liquid-supported sulfonyl hydrazine was synthesized and reacted with a number of ketones to afford the corresponding ionic liquid-supported hydrazones that were converted to 1,2,3-thiadiazoles in the presence of thionyl chloride. The reaction of ionic liquid-supported hydrazones with selenium dioxide in acetonitrile afforded 1,2,3-selenadiazoles. The advantages of this methodology were the ease of workup, simple reaction conditions, and high purity.

Synthesis of ionic liquid-supported sulfonyl azide and its application in diazotransfer reaction.

The paper describes synthesis of a novel ionic liquid-supported sulfonyl azide and its applications as diazotransfer reagent of active methylene compounds as well as deformylative diazo transfer reagent. The diazo compounds were isolated in excellent yields (82-94%) and high purity. The method offers better separation of product and reagent. This method is experimentally simple and mild, and requires very short reaction time.