Direct reversible decarboxylation from stable organic acids in dimethylformamide solution
Direct reversible decarboxylation from stable organic acids in dimethylformamide solution
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DOI:
10.1126/science.abb4129
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发表时间:
2020-07-31
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56.9
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Lundgren, Rylan J.
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Kong, Duanyang;Moon, Patrick J.;Lundgren, Rylan J.
Many classical and emerging methodologies in organic chemistry rely on carbon dioxide (CO2) extrusion to generate reactive intermediates for bond-forming events. Synthetic reactions that involve the microscopic reverse-the carboxylation of reactive intermediates-have conventionally been undertaken using very different conditions. We report that chemically stable C(sp(3)) carboxylates, such as arylacetic acids and malonate half-esters, undergo uncatalyzed reversible decarboxylation in dimethylformamide solution. Decarboxylation-carboxylation occurs with substrates resistant to protodecarboxylation by Bronsted acids under otherwise identical conditions. Isotopically labeled carboxylic acids can be prepared in high chemical and isotopic yield by simply supplying an atmosphere of (CO2)-C-13 to carboxylate salts in polar aprotic solvents. An understanding of carboxylate reactivity in solution enables conditions for the trapping of aldehydes, ketones, and alpha,beta-unsaturated esters.