Regio-and Diasteroselectivity of Rhodium-catalyzed Ring Opening Reaction of Oxabenzonorbornadienes with Heteroatom Nucleophiles

A new rhodium catalyzed ring opening reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes and its derivatives was described. This reaction forms a new carbon-nitrogen bond via an intermolecular allylic displacement of the bridgehead oxygen with a piperazine's derivatives, which proceeds with very high regioselectivity.

The Studies of Rhodium-catalyzed Ring Opening Reaction of N-Boc-azabenzonorbornadiene with Heteroatom Nucleophiles

A rhodium-catalyzed ring opening reaction of N-Boc-azabenzonorbornadiene with heteroatom nucleophiles was described. Piperidine and piperazine＇s derivatives were nucleophiles in this reaction. The yields of the products 2a-f are good and the regioselectivity are excellent.

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of azabenzonorbornadiene with substituted piperazine nucleophiles

We have developed an asymmetric ring opening reaction of azabenzonorbornadiene with substituted piperazine. By increasing the amount of catalyst (from 2.5 to 5%) and ligands (5 to 10%) as well as addition of ammonium iodide, the products can be obtained in high yield and the reaction time shortened dramatically, but the ee values were rather low.

Rhodium-catalyzed Asymmetric Ring Opening Reaction of Oxabenzo-norbornadiene with Substituted Phenolic Nucleophiles

We have developed an asymmetric ring opening reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes with substituted phenolic nucleophiles. Under the reaction conditions （ [Rh（COD）C1]2 （1 mol%）, （S）-（R）-PPF-P^Bu2 （2 mol%）, THF, reflux）, the reaction products were obtained with high yield and enantiomeric excesses （ up to 99% ee）.

Weakly coordinating group directed rhodium-catalyzed unconventional site-selective C-H olefination of indolizines at the 8-position

A rhodium-catalyzed directing group promoted selective C-H olefination reaction of indolizines at the 8-position is re ported.Di-olefination at 2,8-positions also achieved with silver hexafluoroantimonate as an additive under similar reaction conditions.Weakly coordinating groups,such as ketone,alde hyde,amide and ester,were used as directing groups.The ester group can be removed under acid conditions and therefore is used as a traceless directing group.

Multifunctional 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazoles: Ready synthesis,mechanochromism, fluorescence imaging, and OLEDs

Triphenylamine(TPA)-containing 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazoles(2a-2c)have been synthesized via a highly efficient rhodium-catalyzed C–H/C–H cross-coupling reaction.Compound 2a is a novel mechanofluorochromic material with blue-shifted mechanochromic properties.Compounds 2b and 2c presented opposite mechanochromic trends.For 2b,the enol-form emission enhanced,and the ketoform emission blue-shift after grinding.In contrast,2c exhibited the weak enol-form emission disappeared and the keto-form emission slightly red-shift after grinding treatments.The estrone-containing2b-based water-dispersed nanoparticles(NPs)exhibit apparent dual-emission and were applied for fluorescence images.In addition,bis(TPA)-containing 2c-based devices exhibit dual-emission with good performance and a singlet exciton yield of 92%,which breaks through the theoretical upper limit of 25%in conventional fluorescent OLEDs.This is one of the highest exciton utilization values recorded for the ESIPT molecules with a dual emission system.

Mild and highly regioselective synthesis of biaryl acids via Rh （I）-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of benzoic acids using sodium chlorite as oxidant

A mild and efficient synthesis for the biaryl acids via rhodium-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction has been developed. This novel protocol with sodium chlorite as an oxidant featured many advantages such as mild reaction conditions, high regioselectivity, tolerance of various functional groups, and good to excellent yields.