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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2413

OXIDATIVE COUPLING REACTION OF N, N‐DIALKYLANILINES WITH CERIUM(IV) AMMONIUM NITRATE IN THE SOLID STATE

Xianghua Yang, Chanjuan Xi, and Yanfeng Jiang

Key Laboratory for Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2421

DECOMPOSITION OF SODIUM TRICHLOROACETATE IN THE PRESENCE OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM UNDER MICROWAVE IRRADIATION: A CONVEnIENT ONE‐POT SYNTHESIS OF α‐HYDROXY ACIDS IN WATER

Haitao Yu, Yun Fang, Yongmei Xia, and Jing Wu

School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

A facile route to the preparation of a variety α‐hydroxy acids in good purity and yields using microwave irradiation.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2427

COPPER(II) TRIFLATE–MEDIATED ADDITION REACTION OF α‐OXYGENATED ALKYLSILANES TO IMINES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF VICINAL‐AMINO ALCOHOLS

Hirotaka Kagoshima and Kohtaro Yonezawa

Center for Instrumental Analysis, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2433

D,L‐α‐TOCOPHEROL SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY THE BRØNSTED ACIDIC IONIC LIQUIDS

Huabing Xing, Tao Wang, Zhenhuan Zhou, and Youyuan Dai

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Synthesis of D,L‐α‐tocopherol 3 via condensation reaction of trimethylhydroquinone 1 and isophytol 2. Advantages: (1) green, recyclable and efficient catalyst; (2) high yield; (3) easy product separation by decantation.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2441

UNEXPECTED FORMATION OF BICYCLIC CYCLOPROPANE LACTAM AND PYRIDONE FROM THE REACTION OF cis‐2‐ARYL‐1‐CARBOMETHOXY‐3,3‐DICYNOCYLOPROPANE WITH PRIMARY ALIPHATIC AMINE VIA ISOMERIZATION AND REARRANGEMENT

Zhongjiao Ren,¹ Weiguo Cao,^1,2 Sihui Wang,¹ Yun Wang,¹ and Yeying Lu¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

²State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

The novel process for preparation of fused bicyclic cyclopropane lactams and multisubstituted pyridones was described.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2453

ONE‐POT SYNTHESIS OF 2‐ACYLIMINO‐3‐ARYL‐THIAZOLINE DERIVATIVES IN AQUEOUS MEDIA

Xicun Wang, Fang Wang, Zhengjun Quan, Zhang Zhang, and Mangang Wang

Gansu Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China

A one‐pot, two‐step synthesis for acyliminothiazolines by treated N,N′‐substituted thioureas with α‐bromocarbonyl compounds under aqueous media was described.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2461

SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT ONE‐POT SYNTHESIS OF 2,4‐DIARYL‐1,2,3‐TRIAZOLES

Wen‐jie Tang and Yong‐zhou Hu

Zhejiang University‐Ecole Normale Superieure Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

A general and efficient method for the preparation of 2,4‐diaryl‐1,2,3‐triazoles from α‐hydroxyacetophenones and phenylhydrazines is reported. The essential characteristics of this method include mild reaction conditions, a straightforward workup procedure, and comparatively higher yields.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2469

CHEMOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF ALDEHYDES USING DECABORANE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

Seung Hwan Lee,¹ Mi Hye Nam,¹ Min Young Cho,¹ Byung Woo Yoo,² Hak June Rhee,³ and Cheol Min Yoon²

¹Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, South Korea ²Department of New Material Chemistry, Korea University, South Korea ³College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University, South Korea

Cheomoselective reduction of aldehyde using decaborane as a mild reducing agent in water and a drop of THF proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding alcohols in good to high yields.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2475

STUDIES ON THE ALLYLATION REACTIONS OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES WITH LANTHANUM IN WATER

Yan‐Jiang Bian,¹ Jian‐Qiang Zhang,¹ Jin‐Ping Xia,¹ and Ji‐Tai Li²

¹Department of Chemistry, Langfang Normal College, Hebei, Langfang, China

²College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding, China

The allylation reactions of aldehydes and ketones were carried out in 25%–98% (or 29%–96%) yield with La‐SnCl₂/H₂O under ultrasound irradiation (or stirring) at rt for 1 h (or 4 h).

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2483

RESEARCH ON THE CYANOSILYLATION OF PROCHIRAL ALDEHYDES CATALYZED BY ALKYLDIMETHOXYL SILYLENE–BRIDGED LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES

Luo Mei,¹ KeYu Ping,² Li Xiao Xuan,¹ Yin Hao,³ Hu Ke Liang,³ and Jiang Ying¹

¹Hefei University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Engineering, Hefei, China

²Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, Hebei, China

³Structure Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology, Hebei, China

A series of novel silylene‐bridged Ln‐O rare earth complexes are very efficient Lewis acidic catalysts in cyanosilylation of aldehydes, giving some cyano trimethylsilyl ethers of aldehydes >99% yields.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2491

AZA–BAYLIS–HILLMAN REACTION OF N‐TOSYLATED IMINES WITH ACRYLAMIDE OR N‐ARYLACRYLAMIDE

Zhengang Wu, Guofu Zhou, Jieyu Zhou, and Wei Guo

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

Acrylamide or N‐arylacrylamide could undergo aza–Baylis–Hillman addition reaction with N‐tosylated imines with phenol as additive and DABCO as catalyst in the absence of solvent.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2503

EFFICIENT AND RECYCLABLE REACTION SYSTEM FOR THE HOMOCOUPLING OF TERMINAL ACETYLENES

Xiaoling Lu, Yuhong Zhang, Chengcai Luo, and Yanguang Wang

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2513

STUDIES ON THE LANTHANUM‐INDUCED PINACOL COUPLING OF AROMATIC ALDEHYDES AND KETONES IN AQUEOUS MEDIA

Yan‐Jiang Bian, Xu‐Guang Yu, Hong‐Wei Peng, and Ji‐Tai Li

The pinacol coupling of aromatic aldehydes and ketones was carried out in 16–71% yield using La–36%HAc–CH₂Cl₂ system with stirring at rt in 4 h. The reactions in the same system gave pinacols in 12–91% yield under ultrasound irradiation at rt in 2 h.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2519

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESES OF SOME DERIVATIVES OF TETRAAZATRIPHENYLENE

Guangbo Che,^1,2 Wenlian Li,¹ Zhiguo Kong,^1,2 Zisheng Su,^1,2 Bei Chu,¹ Bin Li,¹ Zhiqiang Zhang,³ Zhizhi Hu,³ and Haijun Chi,³

¹Key Laboratory of the Excited States Process, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China

²Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

³Organic Photoelectronic Material Research and Development Center, Anshan University of Science and Technology, Liaoning, China

The hydrothermal synthetic of the ligands was conducted by a condensation of 1,10‐phenanthroline‐5,6‐dione and 1,2‐diamine in a mixed solution of H₂O and 95% ethanol, heated at 180 °C for 1 day in a sealed Teflown–lined stainless steel vessel under autogenous pressure.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2525

EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF PYRIDYLACRYLONITRILES VIA THE HECK REACTION

Kui Mei,¹ Junbo Wang,² and Xianming Hu¹

¹College of Pharmacy, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

²Sundia Meditech Company Ltd., Shanghai, China

Pyridylacrylonitriles were synthesized from bromopyridines via Heck reaction. The optimized process is efficient and practical.

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2533

SYNTHESIS of 1,2,4‐TRIAZINEDIONES, 1,2,4,3‐TRIAZAPHOSPHOLINES, AND 1,2,4,3‐TRIAZAPHOSPHOLINE‐3‐OXIDES DERIVATIVES

Mohamed Kossentini, Mongi Ben Mosbah, Hanen Chouaieb, and Mansour Salem

Laboratorie de Chimie appliquée: Hétérocycles, Corps Gras et Polyères Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2543

FACILE AND EFFICIENT ONE‐POT PROTOCOL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF BENZOXAZOLE AND BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVES USING MOLECULAR IODINE AS CATALYST

Firouz Matloubi Moghaddam, Ghasem Rezanejade Bardajee, Hossein Ismaili, and Seyedeh Maryam Dokht Taimoory

Sharif University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Tehran, Iran

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2549

NOVEL, EFFICIENT, AND GREEN PROCEDURE FOR THE KNOEVENAGEL CONDENSATION CATALYZED BY DIAMMONIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE IN WATER

Saeed Balalaie,¹ Morteza Bararjanian,¹ Shohreh Hekmat,² and Peyman Salehi³

¹Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

²Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Iran

³Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2559

IMPROVED PROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION OF CIS‐2,4‐DIMETHYLGLUTARANHYDRIDE

Radomir N. Saicic

Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles–Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif sur Yvette, France, and Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

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Synth. Commun. 2006, 36, 2563

OXIDATION OF BENZYLIC ALCOHOLS TO THEIR CORRESPONDING CARBONYL COMPOUNDS USING KIO₄ IN IONIC LIQUID BY MICROWAVE IRRADIATION

Abdol Reza Hajipour,¹ Fatemeh Rafiee,¹ and Arnold E. Ruoho²

¹Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

²Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI, USA