Kazuya Kanemoto

A mild and odorless copper-catalyzed thiolation of terminal alkynes with thiosulfonates is described. The broad substrate scope provides convenient access to a wide variety of sulfur-containing heterocycles. In particular, divergent benzoheteroles are efficiently prepared in a simple manner by thiolation of ethynylbenzenes bearing ortho-nucleophilic functional groups followed by iodocyclization.

Various diaryl sulfides, including heteroaryl- and nitrogen-containing sulfides, have been efficiently prepared by rhodium-catalyzed odorless deborylative arylthiolation of organoborons with S-aryl thiosulfonates. The ready availability of starting materials and further transformation of sulfides have rendered a diverse range of organosulfur compounds easily accessible.

An efficient ipso-thiolation of arylboronic acid esters with thiosulfonates has been achieved under mild and odorless conditions using a copper catalyst. The use of TMEDA and cesium fluoride as the ligand and base, respectively, dramatically facilitated the desired transformation. The method exhibited a broad substrate scope, which allowed for the expeditious synthesis of diverse aryl sulfides from easily available starting materials.

Synthetic methods for unsymmetrical disulfides are greatly needed owing to their applications in drug discovery, linker chemistry, and materials sciences. In this study, a new shelf-stable and easy-to-prepare bilateral disulfurating platform molecule, N-(morpholine-4-dithio)phthalimide, has been developed for the divergent synthesis of unsymmetrical disulfides. The amino and imide leaving groups of this reagent can be orthogonally transformed. Under acidic conditions, the amino moiety undergoes

Novel synthetic methods for phenoxathiins and phenothiazines by aryne reactions are disclosed. We found that phenoxathiins were efficiently prepared by the reaction between aryne intermediates and ...

The asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of glycine imino esters to 1-propene-1,3-sultone or sulfocoumarins is described. The reaction was efficiently catalyzed by Cu(MeCN)₄BF₄/DTBM-Segphos or Cu(MeCN)₄BF₄/<i>t</i>Bu-FcPhox at room temperature to afford fused pyrrolidines as single regioisomers with excellent diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity. The broad substrate scope of this reaction provides convenient access to structurally diverse multis

Site-specific introduction of multiple components into peptides is greatly needed for the preparation of densely functionalized and structurally uniform peptides. In this regard, N-terminal-specific peptide modification is attractive, but it can be difficult due to the presence of highly nucleophilic lysine ϵ-amine. In this work, we developed a method for the N-terminal-specific dual modification of peptides through a three-component [3+2] cycloaddition with aldehydes and maleimides under mild c

An unprecedented copper-catalyzed C-H monoamination of ferrocenes directed by an 8-aminoquinoline amide directing group is described. This reaction proceeds in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper catalyst with both cyclic and acyclic amines to afford the various aminoferrocenes. The C-H amination of <i>ortho</i>-substituted ferroceneamides was also achieved, enabling rapid access to multisubstituted ferrocenes that are useful for developing new functional molecules.

The asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of glycine imino esters to Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) adducts or acetylated MBH adducts is described. The reaction was efficiently catalyzed by AgOAc/(<i>R</i>,<i>S</i>_p)-ThioClickFerrophos at room temperature to afford pyrrolidine derivatives bearing a quaternary carbon as a single diastereomer with excellent enantioselectivity. When a cyclic pyrroline ester was used as the nucleophile instead of a glycine imino ester, the enantioselective ta

A trifluoroacetic-acid-mediated desulfurilative sulfonylthiolation of arenes using <i>SS</i>-morpholino dithiosulfonate is described. This system is based on selective activation of the morpholino group over the tosyl group of the doubly transformable sulfur surrogate. Mechanistic studies suggested that the reaction proceeds through electrophilic aromatic substitution followed by sulfur extrusion. The wide substrate scope of this reaction and the transformability of the resulting thiosulfonates

An unprecedented Ag-catalyzed exo'-selective [3+2] cycloaddition of imino esters with 4-benzylidene-2,3-dioxopyrrolidines is described. The reaction was efficiently catalyzed by Ag/(R, S_p )-ThioClickFerrophos (TCF) leading to the construction of the corresponding spirobipyrrolidine scaffolds in excellent enantio- and diastereoselectivities. This reaction is the first example of a silver-catalyzed exo'-selective asymmetric [3+2] cycloaddition, as well as the first exo'-selective spirob

Synthetic methods for unsymmetrical aminodisulfides are greatly needed due to their applications in drug discovery, linker chemistry, and materials sciences. In this study, an amination reaction of <i>N</i>-dithiophthalimides has been developed for the divergent synthesis of unsymmetrical aminodisulfides. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions and provides the aminodisulfides in excellent yields without cleavage of the disulfide bond. The <i>N</i>-dithiophthalimides are readily available fr

We report here on the facile synthesis of amino- and alkoxy-λ³-iodanes supported by a benziodoxole (BX) template and their use as arynophiles. The amino- and alkoxy-BX derivatives can be readily synthesized by reacting the respective amines or alcohols with chlorobenziodoxole in the presence of a suitable base. Unlike previously known nitrogen- and oxygen-bound iodane compounds, which have primarily been employed as electrophilic group transfer agents or oxidants, the present amino- a

Because scaffold diversity has a pronounced impact on biological screening, the efficient and expedient construction of skeletally diverse compound collections is a fundamental demand in drug discovery. In this regard, we report here an asymmetric tandem conjugate addition-elimination reaction of pyrroline esters with nitroallyl acetates and its application to the construction of various types of fused or spirocyclic pyrrolidines. A AgOAc/(<i>R</i>,<i>S</i>_p)-ThioClickFerrophos (TCF)

Abstract We prepared novel planar chiral monophosphine ligands bearing ferrocene‐triazole backbones. These ligands were produced in a series of steps that included triazole synthesis by diastereoselective azidation and Huisgen cycloaddition of ( S )‐Ugi's amine, followed by methylation and phosphine introduction. This method was applicable to the preparation of various analogues due to the wide substrate scope of the Huisgen cycloaddition reaction. These ligands showed good catalytic activity in