Using competition experiments between a range of ligands and (-)-sparteine, a reactivity series for N-Boc pyrrolidine lithiation using s-BuLi/diamines has been constructed; the results indicate that the s-BuLi/(+)-sparteine surrogate complex is more reactive than s-BuLi/(-)-sparteine and this has been exploited in the selection of ligand pairs for ligand exchange catalytic asymmetric lithiation...

Dithiocarbamates are highly versatile, mono-ionic chelates that form stable complexes with many transition metals and main group elements. Ccmplexes of cobalt(II) piperidine dithiocarbamate and diamines such as Ethylene diamine, Diethylene triamine and Triethylene tetramaine have been synthesised . The complexes have been characterized by IR , UV-Vis and EPR spectral studies , Thermal and magne...

The scope of applications of dialkyl dicyanofumarates and maleates as highly functionalized electron-deficient dipolarophiles, dienophiles and Michael acceptors is summarized. The importance for the studies on reaction mechanisms of cycloadditions is demonstrated. Multistep reactions with 1,2-diamines and β-aminoalcohols leading to diverse five- and six-membered heterocycles are discussed. Appl...

A general method for the preparation of bis-ureas from bis(o-nitrophenyl) carbonate has been developed. Directional urea synthesis is achieved by sequential amine addition to bis(o-nitrophenyl) carbonate in two steps: in the first step bis(o-nitrophenyl) carbonate is reacted with benzylamine to form benzyl-o-nitrophenyl carbamate; in the second step the carbamate is reacted with a variety of di...

Easily synthesized1-methyl-3-(2-oxyethyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium-borate sulfonic acid {[MOEI]-BSA} as a novel catalyst efficiently promoted the synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives via condensation of various diamines with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds at room temperature conditions in ethanol. This research provides a new method for the synthesis of quinoxalines in good to excellent yields with little c...

A small quantity of the title compound, C(8)H(20)N(2) (2+)·2Br(-), was formed as a by-product in a reaction between a diamine and an alkyl bromide. The asymmetric unit contains half of a centrosymmetric dication and a bromide anion. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds consolidate the crystal packing.

New diamine coordination compounds with phenyllithium and allyllithium are presented. One of them is the first diamine complex containing two different, simple organolithium reagents. The formation of this unexpected compound is explained using quantum chemical calculations.

We report on multicomponent self-sorting to form open circular helicates of different sizes from a primary monoamine, Fe(II) ions, and dialdehyde ligand strands that differ in length and structure by only two oxygen atoms. The corresponding closed circular helicates that are formed from a diamine--a molecular Solomon link and a pentafoil knot--also self-sort, but up to two of the Solomon-link-f...