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Abstract-A concise and stereoselective synthesis of racemic erythro-methylphenidate (1) is described. The coupling reaction between piperidine-2-thione (3) and 2-bromo-2-phenylmethylacetate (4) afforded the b-enaminocarbonyl compound 2 in 60% yield by a modified Eschenmoser sulfide contraction reaction. In most cases the bicyclic thiazolidinone 5 was produced. Diastereoselective reduction of 2 in the presence of borohydrydes furnished the (+/−)-erythro-methylphenidate in good yields with dr >95%. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. The(+/−)-threo-methylphenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin ® ), is an indirect catecholamine agonist, 1 and is the drug treatment of choice for the attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), 2 one of the most common behavioral disorders of childhood which affects 5-10% of the general population. 3 The activity of Ritalin ® promotes an enhancement of the cognitive performance in both adults and children diagnosed with AD/HD. 4 Although Ritalin ® is available in the market as the racemate, the (2R,2%R)-(+)-threo-methylphenidate has been reported to be up to 38 times 5 more active than (2S,2%S)-(−)-threo-methylphenidate and several racemic 6-9 and chiral 10-13 synthesis of threo-methylphenidate were reported previously.Although the erythro-methylphenidate exhibits very few therapeutic properties and toxic hypertensive effects, 14 the stereoselective synthesis of the erythro-isomer can be helpful due to the possibility of resolution and epimerization of the erythro-isomer. 2,15 This approach was used early in the original synthesis of (+/−)-threomethylphenidate. Close to this, an enantioselective synthesis of (2S,2%S)-erythro-methylphenidate was recently published by Due to this fact and relating to our interest in the synthesis of b-aminocarbonyl compounds 17,18 we would like to communicate in this paper our approach to the synthesis of (+/−)-erythro-methylphenidate 1 applying a new concise stereoselective synthetic strategy.We envisaged obtaining 1 based on a stereoselective reduction of a b-enaminocarbonyl compound 2 which is readily accessible by the Eschenmoser sulfide contraction reaction 19,20 (Scheme 1).The needed piperidine-2-thione (3) was prepared in 91% yield after reaction of piperidine-2-one with Lawesson reagent. 21 The bromoester 4 was obtained by sterification and subsequent a-bromination 22 of 2-phenylacetic acid in 71% overall yield after purufication by horizontal destilation at reduced pressure. Next, the condensation reaction of compounds 3 and 4 was carried out under the Eschenmoser sulfide contraction reaction Scheme 1. The retrosynthetic analysis of 1 based on the eschemoser sulfide contraction reaction.

Unprecedented metal-free photocatalytic CO 2 conversion to CO (up to 228 � 48 μmol g À 1 h À 1) was displayed by TiO 2 @IL hybrid photocatalysts prepared by simple impregnation of commercially available P25-titanium dioxide with imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs). The high activity of TiO 2 @IL hybrid photocatalysts was mainly associated to (i) TiO 2 @IL red shift compared to the pure TiO 2 absorption, and thus a modification of the TiO 2 surface electronic structure; (ii) TiO 2 with IL bearing imidazolate anions lowered the CO 2 activation energy barrier. The reaction mechanism was postulated to occur via CO 2 photoreduction to formate species by the imidazole/imidazole radical redox pair, yielding CO and water.

O r g a n o i n d a t e R o o m T e m p e r a t u r e I o n i c L i q u i d Brenno A.Abstract: The combination of equimolar amounts of solid 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolum chloride (BMI·Cl) with solid indium trichloride affords the new room temperature and air stable ionic liquid BMI·InCl 4 (mp -6°C). The major physicochemical properties (density, viscosity, electrical conductivity and electrochemical window) of BMI·InCl 4 are complementary to those of classical tetrafluoroborate or hexafluorophosphate analogues. However, this liquid possesses similar Lewis acidity properties to those of organoaluminate melts and can be used as recyclable media, as demonstrated here for the tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols.