Chemoselective Oxygenation at C(sp3)-H over C=C Bonds Guided by Polarity Enhancement
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Abstract
The selective oxidation of non-activated C(sp3)-H bonds in the presence of olefinic sites is a non-solved problem. Herein, the chemoselective oxygenation of a,β-unsaturated esters and diesters bearing remote C(sp3)-H bonds was studied through their reactions with H2O2 catalyzed by Mn-complexes and with ethyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (ETFDO), both in MeCN and in the strong hydrogen bond donor (HBD) fluorinated alcohols (RFOHs) 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) and nonafluoro tert-butyl alcohol (NFTBA). In MeCN, reaction of linear and branched esters with the H2O2/Mn(TIPSmcp) system delivered products deriving from remote oxygenation at tertiary or secondary C-H bonds, allylic ketonization and C=C bond epoxidation. In NFTBA, selectivity for oxygenation at remote over proximal sites significantly increased, accompanied by a sharp decrease in the relative importance of the epoxidation pathway. Similar trends were observed with ETFDO where however, epoxidation remained in most cases the predominat pathway and allylic oxygenation was never competing. These changes in chemoselectivity are rationalized in terms of a polarity enhancement effect via electronic deactivation of the proximal sites imparted by the ester group coupled to solvent hydrogen bonding. Introduction of a dialkyl 2-methylenemalonate unit strongly impacted on chemoselectivity, leading in RFOHs to exclusive formation of oxygenation products at the most remote site, completely suppressing epoxidation and allylic ketonization. The use of this group, in combination with NFTBA and a benzimidazole based catalyst (Mn(o,o-CF3bpebpdp), enabled moreover the exclusive hydroxylation at remote primary C-H bonds. Because 2-methylenemalonate units can be easily introduced on aldehyde functionalities and then transformed into a,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids, the careful control over chemoselectivity obtained through their use in combination with RFOHs provides a poweful strategy to be exploited in synthetically useful procedures.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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