Seeking the possibility of the formation of benzoic acids from benzyl halides in natural soil, a model oxidation reaction of the halides was carried out in the presence of water and soil in an open air under UV light irradiation. Addition of TiO2 to soil raised the yield of the acid, implying such a metal oxide plays a real catalytic role in this oxidation. By these supplementary experiments, o...

A simple, rapid, solvent-free, room temperature one pot synthesis of benzene ring acylated and demethylated analogues of harmine using acyl halides/acid anhydrides and AlCl(3) has been developed. Eight different acyl halides/acid anhydrides were used in the synthesis. The resulting mixture of products was separated by column chromatography to afford 10- and 12-monoacyl analogues, along with 10,...

Aromatic nitriles are prepared efficiently through transition-metal-mediated cyanation of aryl (pseudo)halides with metallic cyano-group sources, such as CuCN, KCN, NaCN, Zn(CN)(2), TMSCN, or K(4) [Fe(CN)(6)]. However, this approach often suffers from drawbacks, such as the formation of stoichiometric amounts of metal waste, the poisoning of the metal catalysts, or the generation of toxic HCN g...

Non-activated alkyl halides are challenging substrates for cross-coupling reactions because they are reluctant to undergo oxidative addition and because metal alkyl intermediates are prone to beta-H elimination. Despite recent progress, well-defined catalysts are rare. We recently prepared Ni complexes with a chelating pincer-type bis(amino)amide ligand. The chloride complex [((Me)NN2)NiCl] is ...

Aminocarbonylation of aryl halides is one of the most useful methods in amide synthesis, but nitroarenes have not been used as a nitrogen source in this method even though they are more economical and accessible than anilines. Reported here is the development of nickel catalysis for the first three-component reactions of aryl halides, Co2(CO)8, and nitroarenes under reductive conditions to prod...

Well-established, traditional Kumada cross-couplings involve preformed Grignard reagents in dry ethereal solvent that typically react, e.g., with aryl halides via Pd catalysis to afford products of net substitution. Therefore, in the work described, which appears to be counterintuitive, exposure of these same aromatic halides to catalytic amounts of Pd(II) and excess magnesium metal in pure wat...

      A series of N-substituted-2,4-thiazolidinedione derivatives (TZDs) were prepared via N-alkylation of 2,4-TZD at position 3 using substituted benzyl halides. Synthesized N-substituted-2,4-TZD was then substituted at position 5 with substituted aromatic aldehyde according to Knoevenagel condensation method. Structures of the compounds were elucidated using various spectral techniques viz. I...

Abstract We developed an electrocatalytic reduction of (hetero)aryl halides under mild conditions using a proton exchange membrane (PEM) reactor. This approach allows substituting the halogeno groups on aryl rings to protons by water and electron. Taking advantage this transformation, deuterodehalogenation halides, which forms mono‐deuterated (hetero)aryls, was demonstrated heavy as deuterium s...

a series of n-substituted-2,4-thiazolidinedione derivatives (tzds) were prepared via n-alkylation of 2,4-tzd at position 3 using substituted benzyl halides. synthesized n-substituted-2,4-tzd was then substituted at position 5 with substituted aromatic aldehyde according to knoevenagel condensation method. structures of the compounds were elucidated using various spectral techniques viz. ir, 1hn...