Organic Copper Reagent Organocuprate

Organic Copper Reagent Organocuprate
Copper organic compounds as an important reagent in organic synthesis was developed in the late 1960s. It includes two types of compounds, organocopper and organocopper-lithium. Organocopper-lithium reagents are generally denoted as R2CuLi, and these are more stable and active than the well-known organocopper (I) reagents.R2CuLi is a bimetallic complex, and is a commonly used organocuprate reagent in organic synthesis due to its good solubility and activity. One of the useful reactions of organoketolithium reagents is their conjugate addition to unsaturated ketones, whereas the carbonyl groups of non-conjugated ketones do not react under these conditions.

Organocopper-lithium reagents (organocuprate) [R2CuLi], prepared from monovalent copper and two equivalents of organolithium reagents, are highly nucleophilic and are used in 1,4-addition reactions of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, as well as substitution reactions on sp3 carbons, which are carried out rapidly.
Organocopper reagents are weakly basic, and side reactions such as dehydrogenation are more difficult to occur. In contrast, 1,2-addition occurs preferentially with organolithium reagent alone, and 1,4-addition can be realized by using both reagents.
This reagent is very reactive and can react with carbon atoms with high steric site resistance. The 1,4-addition reaction can be accelerated by using a hard Lewis acid such as TMSCl.
In addition to organolithium reagents, this reagent can also be used in combination with Grignard reagents and organozinc reagents. Especially when used in combination with the latter two, the amount of copper reagent can be reduced to a catalytic amount.

Two equivalents of organolithium reagent are necessary for the smooth running of the reaction, and only one equivalent is actually consumed in the reaction. The mixed organocuprate [R(X)CuLi] (X = alkenyl, -CN, -SR’,-NR’2, PR’2 etc.), can be efficiently utilized for important reactants.
In recent years, a number of asymmetric 1,4-addition reactions have been developed through the use of catalytic amounts of copper-chiral phosphine ligands. Bacteriostatic aspects As can be seen from the results in the figure above, the yeast/zinc fermentation product can exert some inhibitory effect on Propionibacterium acnes at certain concentrations.
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Sorting out the efficacy characteristics of yeast/zinc fermentation products:
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