A method for producing polypeptide particles via in situ polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides during spray-drying has been developed. This method was enabled by the development of a fast and robust synthetic pathway to polypeptides using 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) as an initiator for the ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides. The polymerizations finished within 5 s a...

a series of 2-amino-4-(nitroalkyl)-4h-chromene-3-carbonitriles were synthesized by an efficient multicomponent reaction in aqueous media using dbu (1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene) as a catalyst at room temperature. mild condition, environment friendly procedure and excellent yields are the main advantages of this procedure. the cytotoxic activity of target compounds were evaluated against t...

Lewis pair (LP) catalysis is a powerful system for polymerizing lactone monomers into cyclic polymers. However, current work reveals that the DBU-ZnEt 2 LP-catalytic leads to formation of linear polymers via an anionic initiation pathway.

The reaction of m-terphenyl amine (2,6-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)aniline, m-Ter = m-terphenyl = 2,6-bis-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)) and ECl(3) (E = P, As) in the presence of different bases (Et(3)N, n-BuLi, LDA, DBU) and under different reaction conditions was studied. The reaction with excess Et(3)N yielded m-Ter-N(H)-AsCl(2) for E = As, while for E = P m-Ter-N(PCl(2))(2) was formed. m-Ter-N(H)-...

A series of 2-amino-4-(nitroalkyl)-4H-chromene-3-carbonitriles were synthesized by an efficient multicomponent reaction in aqueous media using DBU (1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene) as a catalyst at room temperature. Mild condition, environment friendly procedure and excellent yields are the main advantages of this procedure. The cytotoxic activity of target compounds were evaluated against t...

The introduction and removal of protecting groups is ubiquitous in multi-step synthetic schemes. From a green chemistry standpoint, however, alternative strategies that employ in situ and reversible protection and deprotection sequences would be attractive. The reversible reactions of CO2 with amines could provide a possible vehicle for realizing this strategy. Herein, we present (1) the produc...

Cellulose acetate was synthesized applying the DBU/CO2 switchable solvent system and a benign acetylating agent under mild conditions. High reagent conversion, tunable degree of substitution low cellulose backbone degradation were achieved.

Highly substituted 4H-pyrans can be smoothly synthesized from readily available 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alkene-1-ones by DBU- or n-Bu(3)P catalyzed hetero-[4+2] cycloaddition reactions, in which 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alkene-1-ones act as both heterodiene and heterodinenophile.

With the new chiral phosphine ligand DBUP, obtained from DBU and Ph(2)PCl, a remarkable anion effect was observed on the diastereoselective formation of the bischelated complexes [Ni(DBUP)(2)](X)(n) (X = Cl, Br, n = 2; X = NiCl(4), n = 1), which are active ethylene oligomerization catalyst precursors.