Electrochemistry represents one of the most intimate ways of interacting with molecules. This review discusses advances in synthetic organic electrochemistry since 2000. Enabling methods and synthetic applications are analyzed alongside innate advantages as well as future challenges of electroorganic chemistry.

Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance

Complete Field Guide to Asymmetric BINOL-Phosphate Derived Brønsted Acid and Metal Catalysis: History and Classification by Mode of Activation; Brønsted Acidity, Hydrogen Bonding, Ion Pairing, and Metal Phosphates

Catalytic Enantioselective Formation of C−C Bonds by Addition to Imines and Hydrazones: A Ten-Year Update

Increased understanding of the important roles that oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates play in biological processes has led to a demand for significant amounts of these materials for biological, medicinal, and pharmacological studies. Therefore, tremendous effort has been made to develop new procedures for the synthesis of glycosides, whereby the main focus is often the formation of the glycosidic bonds. Accordingly, quite a few review articles have been published over the past few years on glycoside synthesis; however, most are confined to either a specific type of glycoside or a specific strategy for glycoside synthesis. In this Review, new principles for the formation of glycoside bonds are discussed. Developments, mainly in the last ten years, that have led to significant advances in oligosaccharide and glycoconjugate synthesis have been compiled and are evaluated.

New principles for glycoside-bond formation.

International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography (Published for the International Union of Crystallography.) Vol. 1: Symmetry Groups. Edited by Norman F. M. Henry and Kathleen Lonsdale. Pp. xi + 558. (Birmingham: Kynoch Press, 1952.) 105s.

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International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography

Efficient protocols for three-component catalytic enantioselective vinylogous Mannich (VM) reactions of alkyl-substituted aldimines (including those bearing heteroatom-containing substituents) and readily available siloxyfurans are presented. High efficiency and stereoselectivity is achieved through the use of o-thiomethyl-p-methoxyaniline-derived aldimines. Reactions, performed under an atmosphere of air and in undistilled THF, can be promoted in the presence of as little as 1 mol % of easily accessible amino acid−based chiral ligands and commercially available AgOAc. The desired products are obtained in 44 to 92% yield, and in up to >98: 99: 98% ee). Removal of the N-activating group is performed through a one-vessel oxidation/hydrolysis operation, which proceeds via a stable aza-quinone (characterized by X-ray crystallography). Evidence is presented indicating that reactions with chiral nonracemic aldehydes are subject to catalyst control: both substrate enantio...

Three-Component Ag-Catalyzed Enantioselective Vinylogous Mannich and Aza-Diels−Alder Reactions with Alkyl-Substituted Aldehydes

Catalysts that can promote acyl transfer processes are important to enantioselective synthesis and their development has received significant attention in recent years. Despite noteworthy advances, discovery of small-molecule catalysts that are robust, efficient, recyclable and promote reactions with high enantioselectivity can be easily and cost-effectively prepared in significant quantities (that is, >10 g) has remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate that by attaching a binaphthyl moiety, appropriately modified to establish H-bonding interactions within the key intermediates in the catalytic cycle, and a 4-aminopyridyl unit, exceptionally efficient organic molecules can be prepared that facilitate enantioselective acyl transfer reactions. As little as 0.5 mol% of a member of the new catalyst class is sufficient to generate acyl-substituted all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centres in quantitative yield and in up to 98:2 enantiomeric ratio (er) in 5 h. Kinetic resolution or desymmetrization of 1,2-diol can be performed with high efficiency and enantioselectivity as well.

Enantioselective acyl transfer catalysis by a combination of common catalytic motifs and electrostatic interactions

A catalytic and stereoselective glycosylation of various glycosyl acceptors, such as methyl glycosides, thioglycosides, or a disarmed glycosyl fluoride, with benzyl-protected armed glycosyl fluoride was successfully carried out by using various protic acids in the presence of MS 5A In the cases when trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH) or perchloric acid (HClO4) was used in diethyl ether (Et2O), α-glycosides were obtained as major products, while β-stereoselectivity was observed when tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)boric acid [HB(C6F5)4] was used in a mixed solvent of trifluoromethylbenzene (BTF)–pivalonitrile (tBuCN) = 5 : 1 Stereoselectivity of this glycosylation was controlled by the properties of counter anions of the catalyst as well as by those of solvents Also, one-pot trisaccharide synthesis was performed by successive addition of NIS and third-sugar to afford Glcα or β1–6Glcβ1–6Glc and Glcα or β1–6GlcNβ1–6Glc in excellent yields

Protic Acid Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation Using Glycosyl Fluorides.

Synthesis of Nitrogen-Bridged Terthiophenes by Tandem Buchwald–Hartwig Coupling and Their Properties

A catalytic and stereoselective glycosylation with glucosyl fluoride was effectively performed by using a catalytic amount of various protic acids. When the glycosylation was carried out, for example, using perchloric acid (HClO4) in diethyl ether (Et2O), the major products were α-glycosides while β-stereoselectivity was observed when tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)boric acid [HB(C6F5)4] was used in a mixed solvent of trifluoromethylbenzene (BTF)–pivalonitrile (tBuCN) = (5:1). The stereoselectivity was controlled by not only the effect of solvent but also by the nature of counter anion of the catalyst such as B(C6F5)4− or ClO4−.

Hiroki Mandai

Papers

Three-Component Ag-Catalyzed Enantioselective Vinylogous Mannich and Aza-Diels−Alder Reactions with Alkyl-Substituted Aldehydes

Enantioselective acyl transfer catalysis by a combination of common catalytic motifs and electrostatic interactions

Protic Acid Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation Using Glycosyl Fluorides.

Synthesis of Nitrogen-Bridged Terthiophenes by Tandem Buchwald–Hartwig Coupling and Their Properties

A Catalytic and Stereoselective Glycosylation with Glucopyranosyl Fluoride by Using Various Protic Acids