An efficient synthesis of aryl carbamates was achieved by introducing alcohols into the reaction of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of ArX (X = Cl, OTf) with sodium cyanate. The use of aryl triflates as electrophilic components in this transformation allowed for an expanded substrate scope for direct synthesis of aryl isocyanates. This methodology provides direct access to major carbamate pr...

Since 1955, several alkyl-carbamates have been developed for the treatment of anxiety and epilepsy, including meprobamate, flupirtine, felbamate, retigabine, carisbamate, cenobamate. They each enjoyed varying levels success as antiseizure drugs; however, they all plagued by emergence serious sometimes life-threatening adverse events. In this review, we compare contrast their predominant molecul...

A new synthesis of esters of 2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids and some related compounds has been developed. The synthesis is based on reaction of atosyl-substituted phenyl carbamates with enolates of b-oxoesters or 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds followed by treatment of the obtained products with ammonia and dehydration of the resulting 4-hydroxyhexahydropyrimidin-2-ones.

An array of N-tosylated α-aminoalkylallenic esters was prepared and their cyclization under the influence of nucleophilic phosphine catalysts was explored. The α-aminoalkylallenic esters were prepared through aza-Baylis-Hillman reactions or novel DABCO-mediated decarboxylative rearrangements of allenylic carbamates. Conversion of these substrates to 3-carbethoxy-2-alkyl-3-pyrrolines was facilit...

QM/MM modelling of FAAH inactivation by O-biphenyl-3-yl carbamates identifies the deprotonation of Ser241 as the key reaction step, explaining why FAAH is insensitive to the electron-donor effect of conjugated substituents; this may aid design of new inhibitors with improved selectivity and in vivo potency.

A unified, convenient, and efficient strategy for the preparation of rhodamines and N,N'-diacylated rhodamines has been developed. Fluorescein ditriflates were found to undergo palladium-catalyzed C-N cross-coupling with amines, amides, carbamates, and other nitrogen nucleophiles to provide direct access to known and novel rhodamine derivatives, including fluorescent dyes, quenchers, and latent...

A transition-metal-free lithiation-borylation method has been developed to access a variety of 1,1-diboronate esters with a fully substituted benzylic center from readily available secondary benzylic N,N-diisopropyl carbamates. The method is applicable to scale-up synthesis of 1,1-diboron compounds. Furthermore, the current method is also applicable to synthesizing optically active 1,1-silylbor...

Unprecedented bicyclic methylene aziridines are prepared by rhodium(II)-catalyzed allene aziridination of buta-2,3-dienyl carbamates. Aspects of their NMR and X-ray data are described and a preliminary reactivity profile is given, including overall S(N)V-mode ring-opening with organometallic reagents.

Conversion of carboxylic acids into acid azides using peptide coupling agents, EDC and HBTU is described. The procedure is efficient, practical and applicable to a diverse range of carboxylic acids including N-protected amino acids. Using the same reagents, one-pot synthesis of ureas, dipeptidyl urea esters and carbamates from acids has also been achieved.

[reaction: see text] 5-Substituted 3-amidophenols are prepared by subjecting 3-substituted halobenzenes to an Ir-catalyzed aromatic borylation, followed by a Pd-catalyzed amidation, and finally an oxidation of the boronic ester intermediate. The entire C-H activation borylation/amidation/oxidation sequence can be accomplished without isolation of any intermediate arenes. Usefully, amide partner...