Acylnitroso intermediates are usually known as super reactive species, always prepared in situ and can be readily trapped via hetero-Diels-Alder reactions with dienes or with olefins via ene reactions, which open a magnificent access to produce a variety of complicated and very demanding organic molecules. Both of these reactions of acylnitroso species have been proved as the key synthetic tool in the total synthesis of natural products. The synthetic methods used to prepare these intermediates as well as their recent synthetic applications to the total synthesis of natural products are briefly described in this minireview.
Hydroquinone and methoxybenzene derivatives were catalytically oxidized promptly to the corresponding quinones in up to 99% yield. With a catalyst loading of 0.01 mol %, a maximum TON of 8.4 Â 10 3 was attained in the case of Ru(II)-complex. Ru(II)(pybox-dh)(pydic) is able to enhance the hydrogen peroxide oxidation of substituted hydroquinones as well as methoxybenzenes, but Ir[(coe) 2 Cl] 2 and Ir[(cod)Cl] 2 were found to be effective catalysts only for the former substrates under similar oxidation conditions.
Primary and secondary alcohols were catalytically oxidized with diacetoxyiodobenzene in the presence of Ru(Pybox)(Pydic) complex to afford the corresponding aldehydes and ketones in high yields.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.