TY - THES A1 - Jovanovic, Ljubisa T1 - New synthetic approaches to 8,5'-neolignans T1 - Neue Synthesewege zur 8,5'-Neolignane N2 - Neolignans, dehydrodimers of phenylpropenes, are natural products that exhibit different biological activities. 8,5’-Neolignans containing a trans- dihydrobenzofuran skeleton are the most abundant neolignans in nature. The published syntheses of trans-dihydrobenzofurans are multistep procedures that are time consuming and provide the product in low yield. Furthermore, all dimerisation reactions either in the presence of enzymes or mediated by metal salts are yielding dimers consisting of two units of the same phenylpropene compound, narrowing substantially the substitution pattern. Two different general synthetic approaches were examined. The first strategy was the enantioselective deprotonation at the α-carbon of the ο-alkyl phenols in the presence of a chiral diamine and sBuLi. Synthesis of several new phosphorous-based directed ortho-metalation groups was studied. The examined compounds having these new groups decomposed even under very mild reaction conditions and are not suitable for the application in the synthesis. The second strategy was to examine one [3+2] cycloaddition reaction, transition metal catalysed Heck oxyarylation reaction, in the synthetic approach to compounds having trans-dihydrobenzofuran skeleton. Palladium catalysed Heck oxyarylation reaction with halogenophenols or ortho-diazonium phenols as the starting material allowed the trans-dihydrobenzofuran compounds as the major products in acceptable yield and in one step. The products were formed under ligand free condition, as well as in the presence of some strong coordinating ligands (Ph3P). The experiments with several chiral ligands, showed that the obtained trans-dihydrobenzofurans were racemic mixtures. This result suggests formation of an achiral intermediate along the reaction pathway, which causes the lack of stereoselectivity in the products. Initially formed trans-dihydrobenzofuran compounds are the key precursors of many naturally occurring neolignans, and can be easily converted to 8,5’-neolignan derivatives. N2 - 8,5’-Neolignane sind Naturstoffe die verschiedene biologische Aktivitäten ausüben. 8,5’-Neolignane mit Dihydrobenzofuran-Kernstruktur haben antioxidative Wirkung und sind als ACAT- und PAF-Inhibitoren bekannt. Zwar gibt es einige stereoselektive Synthesen von 8,5’-Neolignanen, diese sind aber kompliziert und/oder lassen nur ein eingeschränktes Substitutionsmuster zu. In der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden zwei neue Synthesewege, nämlich die Palladium-katalysierte Cycloaddition von o-Halogenphenolen und Phenylpropenen, und die α-Alkylierung, präsentiert. Diese Synthesewege führen diastereoselektiv, in ein bis drei Schritten, zu trans-Dihydrobenzofuranen, den gewünschten, potentiell bioaktiven Zielverbindungen. Ferner wurde gezeigt, dass sich ausdiesen Verbindungen verschiedene 8,5’-Neolignane schnell und einfach herstellen lassen. KW - Dihydrobenzofurane KW - Lignane KW - Palladium KW - 8 KW - 5'-neolignane KW - dihydrobenzofurans KW - palladium KW - neolignans Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-6878 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Berger, René T1 - A deacetylation-diazotation-coupling sequence - palladium-catalyzed CC bond formation with acetanilides as formal leaving groups JF - Advanced synthesis & catalysis N2 - Acetanilides can be deacetylated and diazotized in situ, and subsequently used in Pd-catalyzed coupling reactions without isolation of the diazonium intermediate. Heck reactions, Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, and a Pd-catalyzed [2+2+1]cycloaddition have been investigated as terminating CC bond-forming steps of this one-flask sequence. The sequence does not require the exchange of solvents or removal of by-products between the individual steps, but proceeds by addition of reagents and catalysts in due course. KW - diazo compounds KW - Heck reaction KW - homogeneous catalysis KW - palladium KW - Suzuki coupling Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201200929 SN - 1615-4150 VL - 355 IS - 2-3 SP - 463 EP - 476 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Berger, René A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Schilde, Uwe T1 - Pd-Catalyzed [2+2+1] coupling of alkynes and arenes phenol diazonium salts as mechanistic trapdoors JF - Chemistry - a European journal N2 - Alkynes and phenol diazonium salts undergo a Pd-catalyzed [2+2+1] cyclization reaction to spiro[4,5]decatetraene-7-ones. This structure was confirmed for one example by X-ray single-crystal structure analysis. The reaction is believed to proceed through oxidative addition of the phenol diazonium cation to Pd(0), subsequent insertion of two alkynes, followed by irreversible spirocyclization. KW - alkynes KW - diazo compounds KW - palladium KW - phenols KW - spirocycles Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201100609 SN - 0947-6539 VL - 17 IS - 25 SP - 7032 EP - 7040 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Malden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Bernd A1 - Elizarov, Nelli A1 - Berger, René A1 - Petersen, Monib H. T1 - From paracetamol to rolipram and derivatives - application of deacetylation-diazotation sequences and palladium-catalyzed matsuda-heck reaction JF - Synthesis N2 - A six-step synthesis of the antidepressant rolipram from the popular analgetic 4-acetamidophenol (paracetamol) is described. The steps include oxidative functionalization of the aromatic core, diazonium salt formation via deacetylation-diazotation, Matsuda-Heck reaction, conjugate addition of nitromethane, and hydrogenative cyclization. KW - acetanilides KW - deacetylation KW - diazonium salts KW - palladium KW - Matsuda-Heck reaction Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1316874 SN - 0039-7881 VL - 45 IS - 9 SP - 1174 EP - 1180 PB - Thieme CY - Stuttgart ER -