Romina Andrea Ocampo

Ultrasound promoted Barbier reactions and Csp3–Csp2 Stille coupling for the synthesis of diarylmethanes and substituted benzophenones

Here we present the preparation of a variety of diarylmethanes obtained via ultrasound Stille coupling under palladium catalysis between some substituted aryl compounds and benzyltributyltin compounds generated through sonicated Barbier reaction in a very short time reaction and excellent yield. The study reported below compares different methods to optimize the synthesis of usually unstable benzyltin derivatives and is another contribution to the investigation of Csp(3)-Csp(2) coupling process involving benzyl-aryl reagents. Substituted carboxylated benzophenones were easily prepared in a very good yield by oxidation of some diarylmethanes.

Efficient Routes to Racemic and Enantiomerically Pure (S)-BINOL Diesters

Abstract A systematic study for esterification procedures to the synthesis of BINOL diesters is described. Reaction conditions with trifluoracetic acid anhydride (TFAA) and 85% H3PO4 were selected as the best procedure to prepare enantiomerically pure (S)-1,1′-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) diesters VIII to XI with almost quantitative yields and very short reaction times. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publishers online edition of Synthetic Communications® for the following free supplemental resources: Full experimental and spectral details.] GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Synthesis of Organotin Substituted Tricyclic Macrodiolides

The radical addition of triorganotin hydrides, R3SnH (R = n-butyl, phenyl, neophyltin), to four unsaturated diesters of (11R,12R)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethaneanthracene-11,12-dimethanol leads to products of cyclohydrostannation with an average yield of around 80%. Whereas the addition of these hydrides to diacrylate and dimethacrylate leads to the expected mixtures containing two and four distereoisomeric cyclized products respectively, the addition to di-2-methyl- and di-2- phenylcinnamate yields only four out of the sixteen possible stereoisomers. The observed high stereoselectivity is consistent with a radical tandem cyclohydrostannation mechanism. Full proton ( 1 H), carbon 13 ( 13 C) and tin 119 ( 119 Sn) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data are given.

IN VITRO QUALITATIVE ASSAY OF BENZYLTIN DERIVATES AS BACTERIAL GROWTH INHIBITORS

Organotin compounds have shown a wide spectrum of biological effects and have been extensively studied as fungicides, bactericides, acaricides and wood preservative. A large number of papers have reported the use of organotin compounds as bacterial growth inhibitors. The biocide activity of tribenzyl- and dibenzyltin compounds has been informed, but the effect that the methoxyl group in the aromatic ring could have on the activity of the compounds has not been reported in previous literature. For that reason, we performed an in vitro qualitative assay, and evaluated the activity of benzyltri-n-butyltin (I) and 3,5-dimethoxybenzyltri-n-butyltin (II) against the growth of two bacterial strains: Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive) and Escherichia Coli (Gram-negative), using agar well diffusion method. In all cases Merck Art 5273 broth was employed. THF was used both as the solvent of choice for the organometallic compound (since the organotin compounds are not water soluble) and as a negative control. Different concentrations I and II were prepared and the activity was determined by measuring the diameter of the inhibition zone (in cm). The results proved not only that the Gram-positive strain is more susceptible to the inhibition growth effect of the organotin compounds evaluated, but also that 3,5-dimethoxybenzyltri-n-butyltin has higher antibacterial activity. According to this preliminary results we conclude that the presence of the methoxyl group in the aromatic ring would enhance the antibacterial activity of the organotin compound tested here.