Preparation of a novel cadmium-containing coordination polymer and catalytic application in the synthesis of N-alkylated aminoquinoline derivatives via the borrowing hydrogen approach.

Herein, we report an efficient and straightforward approach for the synthesis of N-alkylated aminoquinoline derivatives by recyclable Cd-containing coordination polymer-catalyzed reactions of aminoquinolines with primary alcohols via the borrowing hydrogen strategy. In this work, a new type of coordination polymer [Cd(CIA)(phen)2(H2O)]n was successfully designed and fabricated. The molecular structure was corroborated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and fully characterized by PXRD, FT-IR, TGA, and XPS. Importantly, this polymer revealed high catalytic activity for the N-alkylation reaction of 2-aminoquinoline and 8-aminoquinoline with inexpensive and low-toxicity alcohols as alkylating agents in excellent yields up to 95%. Interestingly, the present synthetic protocol was successfully applied for the gram-level synthesis of several biologically active compounds. In addition, several control reactions were carried out to investigate the possible mechanisms of this transformation. Finally, recycling experiments indicated that the cadmium coordination polymer showed good recovery performance for borrowing hydrogen reactions.

[Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography for removal of pesticide residues in ginseng extracts].

Ginseng extracts are rich in a variety of ginseng monomer saponins, which have pharmacological functions of retarding aging, enhancing immunity, stimulating blood circulation, and lowering blood pressure. Ginseng is widely used in health products and dietary supplements in the domestic and foreign market. However, the amount of pesticide residues is an important index for measuring the quality of ginseng and ginseng extracts. Therefore, studies focused on methods for the removal of pesticide residues in ginseng extract are of great significance. Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) is used to improve the retention and separation selectivity of strongly polar substances, and it is widely employed in drug analysis, metabolomics, proteomics, etc. In this study, a method for the removal of pesticide residues was developed based on the difference in the retention behavior of pesticide residues and ginsenosides on the HILIC column. Using commercially available ginsenoside extracts, the retention behaviors of pesticide residues and ginsenosides on reverse chromatography and hydrophilic chromatographic columns were evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography. The results proved that on the reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) stationary phase, in addition to the strong retentions of quintozene and pentachloroaniline, which could be clearly separated from the saponins, the retentions of the other five pesticide residues including carbendazim, azoxystrobin, procymidone, iprodione and propiconazole were similar to total ginsenosides. The seven ginsenosides showed strong retention due to the formation of hydrogen bonds between the hydroxyl groups on the sugar chain and the carboxyl groups on the HILIC stationary phase. However, the pesticide residues were not well retained because of their poor hydrophilicity and small molecular weights. For this reason, the pesticide residues and ginsenosides could be completely separated on the HILIC column. Thus, enrichment of the seven ginsenosides and removal of the 14 pesticide residues was realized in one step on the HILIC column. In addition, the effects of loading amount, loading volume, and washing volume on the removal of pesticide residues in ginsenosides were investigated using the Click XIon SPE column. Then, taking the ginsenoside recoveries and pesticide residue removal rates into account, we confirmed the following: the ratio of the maximum sample loading mass to the filler mass was 1∶10; the optimal elution volume was twice the column volume; and the optimal loading volume was twice the column volume. The ginseng extracts were solvated with a 95% ethanol solution and loaded onto an HILIC column. The sample was subjected to pesticide residue removal, and ginsenoside purification and enrichment under the optimum removal conditions. Gradient elution was carried out using ethanol and water as the mobile phases. The total ginsenoside content in the final extracts was increased to 69.61%. The recovery of the total ginsenosides was 94.4%. The pesticide residues in the samples were quantitatively detected by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The 14 pesticide residues in the original ginsenoside extracts were effectively removed. The amounts of five residues were reduced to below 0.05 mg/kg, while the other nine residues were completely eliminated. This study demonstrates the application of HILIC to pesticide residue removal in traditional Chinese medicine extracts and reveals a new technique for the purification of natural products. The proposed method shows a high removal rate of pesticide residues and a high recovery of total ginsenosides. It is safe, efficient, and environment-friendly, and can aid the development of high-quality ginsenoside extracts.

Enantioselective Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation of 3-aryl-4-phosphonobutenoates with a P-stereogenic BoPhoz-type ligand.

A series of chiral 3-aryl-4-phosphonobutyric acid esters were synthesized in high enantioselectivities (93-98% ee) via the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of the corresponding 3-aryl-4-phosphonobutenoates using a P-stereogenic BoPhoz-type phosphine-aminophosphine ligand. The methodology has been successfully applied to the asymmetric synthesis of a potential GABA(B) antagonist, (R)-phaclofen, in high enantioselectivity.

Highly enantioselective Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation of beta,gamma-unsaturated phosphonates with chiral ferrocene-based monophosphoramidite ligands.

An enantioselective synthesis of chiral alkylphosphonates bearing a beta-stereogenic center, based on the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of corresponding beta-substituted beta,gamma-unsaturated phosphonates with a ferrocene-based monophosphoramidite ligand under the mild hydrogenation conditions, was developed, in which an ee value of up to 98% was obtained.

Enantioselective Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation of 3-aryl-2-phosphonomethylpropenoates by a new class of chiral ferrocenyl diphosphine ligands.

A new class of chiral ferrocenyl diphosphine ligands with an imidazole ring, (R(c),S(Fc))-ImiFerroPhos, has been prepared from acylferrocenes through a five-step transformation and successfully applied in the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of various 3-aryl-substituted 2-phosphonomethylpropenoates, in which a series of chiral 3-phosphono-2-arylmethylpropanoic acid derivatives were achieved in ee values of up to 98%.

Enantioselective synthesis of chiral alpha-aryl or alpha-alkyl substituted ethylphosphonates via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation with a P-stereogenic BoPhoz-type ligand.

An enantioselective synthesis of optically active 1-aryl or 1-alkyl substituted ethylphosphonates, based on the first Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of corresponding alpha,beta-unsaturated precursors with a P-stereogenic BoPhoz-type ligand under the mild condition, was developed, in which a wide range of 1-aryl or 1-alkyl substituted ethylphosphonates were achieved in up to 98% ee.

Enantioselective synthesis of beta-aryl-gamma-amino acid derivatives via Cu-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-reductions of gamma-phthalimido-substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters.

A series of chiral beta-aryl-substituted gamma-amino butyric acid derivatives were synthesized in good enantioselectivities via the Cu-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate reduction of gamma-phthalimido-alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters using Cu(OAc)2 x H2O as a catalyst precursor, (S)-BINAP as a ligand, PMHS as a hydride source, and t-BuOH as an additive. The methodology has been applied successfully to the enantioselective synthesis of a chiral pharmaceutical, (R)-baclofen.

Readily available chiral phosphine-aminophosphine ligands for highly efficient Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of alpha-enol ester phosphonates and alpha-enamido phosphonates.

A new class of unsymmetrical hybrid phosphine--aminophosphine ligands has been prepared from commercially available, inexpensive (S)-1-phenylethylamine through a concise synthetic procedure. These ligands are not very sensitive to air and moisture, and displayed good enantioselectivities in the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of various dimethyl alpha-benzoyloxyethenephosphonates bearing beta-aryl, beta-alkyl, and beta-alkoxy substituents and N-benzyloxycarbonyl alpha-enamido phosphonates, in which up to 97% ee was obtained. A side-by-side comparison study disclosed that these new phosphine--aminophosphine ligands showed better enantioselectivity than BoPhoz ligands.

Enantioselective synthesis of beta2-amino acids via Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation with BoPhoz-type ligands: important influence of an N-H proton in the ligand on the enantioselectivity.

A series of BoPhoz-type ligands were successfully applied in the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of a number of beta-substituted or unsubstituted alpha-(phthalimidomethyl)acrylates, affording good to excellent enantioselectivities. The results suggested that the presence of an N-H proton in the BoPhoz backbone could significantly improve the enantioselectivity, and ligand (Sc,Rp)-1d, bearing two CF3-groups in the 3,5-position of the phenyl ring of aminophosphino moiety, showed the highest enantioselectivity.

Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of gamma-phthalimido-substituted alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters: an efficient enantioselective synthesis of beta-aryl-gamma-amino acids.

A series of chiral beta-aryl-gamma-amino acid ester derivatives were synthesized in high enantioselectivities (93-97% ee) via the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of gamma-phthalimido-alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters using highly modular chiral BoPhoz-type phosphine-aminophosphine ligands. The method has been applied successfully to the synthesis of several chiral pharmaceuticals including (R)-baclofen and (R)-rolipram with high enantioselectivities.

Readily available phosphine-phosphoramidite ligands for highly efficient Rh-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenations.

A new family of air- and moisture-stable phosphine-phosphoramidite ligands (PEAPhos) has been prepared from commercially available and inexpensive (S)-alpha-phenylethylamine through a two- or three-step transformation and successfully applied in the rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenations of a variety of substrates, in which up to 99.9% ee was obtained for all of these kinds of substrates.

Unsymmetrical ferrocenylethylamine-derived monophosphoramidites: highly efficient chiral ligands for Rh-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of enamides and alpha-dehydroamino acid derivatives.

[reaction: see text] A new family of unsymmetrical ferrocenylethylamine-derived monophosphoramidites were synthesized and successfully applied in the Rh-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of a range of enamides and alpha-dehydroamino acid esters, and ee values of up to 99.5% were obtained for both types of substrate. These results suggest that unsymmetrical amine-derived monophosphoramidites can also exhibit excellent enantioselectivity for a broad range of substrates, comparable to or higher than those of the most efficient symmetrical amine-derived monophosphoramidites reported thus far.