- Selective C-C bonds formation, N-alkylation and benzo[d]imidazoles synthesis by a recyclable zinc composite
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Earth abundant metals are much less expensive, promising, valuable metals and could be served as catalysts for the borrowing hydrogen reaction, dehydrogenation and heterocycles synthesis, instead of noble metals. The uniformly dispersed zinc composites were designed, synthesized and carefully characterized by means of XPS, EDS, TEM and XRD. The resulting zinc composite showed good catalytic activity for the N-alkylation of amines with amines, ketones with alcohols in water under base-free conditions, while unsaturated carbonyl compounds could also be synthesized by tuning the reaction conditions. Importantly, it was the first time to realize the synthesis of 2-aryl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole derivatives by using this zinc composite under green conditions. Meanwhile, this zinc catalyst could be easily recovered and reused for at least five times.
- Zhu, Guanxin,Duan, Zheng-Chao,Zhu, Haiyan,Ye, Dongdong,Wang, Dawei
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p. 266 - 270
(2021/08/06)
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- BTP-Rh@g-C3N4 as an efficient recyclable catalyst for dehydrogenation and borrowing hydrogen reactions
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Highly active catalysts play an important role in modern catalysis. A novel and efficient ligand benzotriazole-pyrimidine (BTP) and the corresponding rhodium composite on C3N4 were successfully synthesized. The resulting rhodium composite was fully characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The obtained composite exhibited good catalytic activity and good recovery performance in the synthesis of quinoxaline from 2-aminobenzyl alcohol and benzonitrile, and more than 20 quinoxalines were obtained in good yields. Additionally, it also showed that rhodium composite could achieved good catalytic performance in the synthesis of functionalized ketone through borrowing hydrogen strategy.
- Luo, Lan,Liu, Hongqiang,Zeng, Wei,Hu, Wenkang,Wang, Dawei
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- Visible-Light Decatungstate/Disulfide Dual Catalysis for the Hydro-Functionalization of Styrenes
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We describe an efficient photoredox system, relying on decatungstate/disulfide catalysts, for the hydrofunctionalization of styrenes. In this methodology the use of disulfide as a cocatalyst was shown to be crucial for the reaction efficiency. This photoredox system was employed for the hydro-carbamoylation, -acylation, -alkylation, and -silylation of styrenes, giving access to a large variety of useful building blocks and high-value molecules such as amides and unsymmetrical ketones from simple starting materials.
- Prieto, Alexis,Taillefer, Marc
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p. 1484 - 1488
(2021/03/08)
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- Iridium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Construction of α-Substituted Ketones via Hydrogen Borrowing of Alcohols in Water
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Ketones are of great importance in synthesis, biology, and pharmaceuticals. This paper reports an iridium complexes-catalyzed cross-coupling of alcohols via hydrogen borrowing, affording a series of α-alkylated ketones in high yield (86 %–95 %) and chemoselectivities (>99 : 1). This methodology has the advantages of low catalyst loading (0.1 mol%) and environmentally benign water as the solvent. Studies have shown the amount of base has a great impact on chemoselectivities. Meanwhile, deuteration experiments show water plays an important role in accelerating the reduction of the unsaturated ketones intermediates. Remarkably, a gram-scale experiment demonstrates this methodology of iridium-catalyzed cross-coupling of alcohols has potential application in the practical synthesis of α-alkylated ketones.
- Luo, Nianhua,Zhong, Yuhong,Wen, Huiling,Shui, Hongling,Luo, Renshi
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p. 1355 - 1364
(2021/03/03)
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- Chemoselective Hydrosilylation of the α,β-Site Double Bond in α,β- And α,β,γ,δ-Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Macrosteric Borane Promoted by Hexafluoro-2-propanol
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The B(C6F5)3-catalyzed chemoselective hydrosilylation of α,β- and α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated ketones into the corresponding non-symmetric ketones in mild reaction conditions is developed. Nearly 55 substrates including those bearing reducible functional groups such as alkynyl, alkenyl, cyano, and aromatic heterocycles are chemoselectively hydrosilylated in good to excellent yields. Isotope-labeling studies revealed that hexafluoro-2-propanol also served as a hydrogen source in the process.
- Zhan, Xiao-Yu,Zhang, Hua,Dong, Yu,Yang, Jian,He, Shuai,Shi, Zhi-Chuan,Tang, Lei,Wang, Ji-Yu
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p. 6578 - 6592
(2020/07/17)
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- Phosphine-free pincer-ruthenium catalyzed biofuel production: High rates, yields and turnovers of solventless alcohol alkylation
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Phosphine-free pincer-ruthenium carbonyl complexes based on bis(imino)pyridine and 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl) pyridine ligands have been synthesized. For the β-alkylation of 1-phenyl ethanol with benzyl alcohol at 140 °C under solvent-free conditions, (Cy2NNN)RuCl2(CO) (0.00025 mol%) in combination with NaOH (2.5 mol%) was highly efficient (ca. 93% yield, 372?000 TON at 12?000 TO h-1). These are the highest reported values hitherto for a ruthenium based catalyst. The β-alkylation of various alcohol combinations was accomplished with ease which culminated to give 380?000 TON at 19?000 TO h-1 for the β-alkylation of 1-phenyl ethanol with 3-methoxy benzyl alcohol. DFT studies were complementary to mechanistic studies and indicate the β-hydride elimination step involving the extrusion of acetophenone to be the overall RDS. While the hydrogenation step is favored for the formation of α-alkylated ketone, the alcoholysis step is preferred for the formation of β-alkylated alcohol. The studies were extended for the upgradation of ethanol to biofuels. Among the pincer-ruthenium complexes based on bis(imino)pyridine, (Cy2NNN)RuCl2(CO) provided high productivity (335 TON at 170 TO h-1). Sterically more open pincer-ruthenium complexes such as (Bim2NNN)RuCl2(CO) based on the 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl) pyridine ligand demonstrated better reactivity and gave not only good ethanol conversion (ca. 58%) but also high turnovers (ca. 2100) with a good rate (ca. 710 TO h-1). Kinetic studies indicate first order dependence on concentration of both the catalyst and ethanol. Phosphine-free catalytic systems operating with unprecedented activity at a very low base loading to couple lower alcohols to higher alcohols of fuel and pharmaceutical importance are the salient features of this report. This journal is
- Das, Babulal,Das, Kanu,Kumar, Akshai,Srivastava, Hemant Kumar,Yasmin, Eileen
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(2020/12/31)
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- Method for preparing alpha-alkyl substituted ketone compound
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The invention relates to a method for preparing an alpha-alkyl substituted ketone compound, which comprises the following steps: preparing a primary alcohol compound and a secondary alcohol compound as raw materials, adding alkali; with a cyclic iridium complex as a catalyst and water as a reaction medium, heating and stirring the mixture and reacting for 10 to 24 hours under the protection of inert gas, and cooling a reaction product to room temperature after the reaction is finished; carrying out reduced pressure distillation and concentration to obtain a crude product, and carrying out column chromatography purification to obtain a series of alpha alkyl substituted ketone compounds. The method is simple to operate, available in raw materials, low in price, high in reaction efficiency and selectivity, good in adaptability to various functional groups and wide in substrate universality; since water is used as a reaction medium to meet the green and environment-friendly requirements, the method is environmentally friendly and is carried out at gram level, so that the potential of industrially synthesizing the alpha alkyl substituted ketone compound is achieved; therefore, The method has expanded application in the fields of medicines, organic synthesis and the like.
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- Sustainable and Selective Alkylation of Deactivated Secondary Alcohols to Ketones by Non-bifunctional Pincer N-heterocyclic Carbene Manganese
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A sustainable and green route to access diverse functionalized ketones via dehydrogenative–dehydrative cross-coupling of primary and secondary alcohols is demonstrated. This borrowing hydrogen approach employing a pincer N-heterocyclic carbene Mn complex displays high activity and selectivity. A variety of primary and secondary alcohols are well tolerant and result in satisfactory isolated yields. Mechanistic studies suggest that this reaction proceeds via a direct outer-sphere mechanism and the dehydrogenation of the secondary alcohol substrates plays a vital role in the rate-limiting step.
- Lan, Xiao-Bing,Ye, Zongren,Liu, Jiahao,Huang, Ming,Shao, Youxiang,Cai, Xiang,Liu, Yan,Ke, Zhuofeng
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p. 2557 - 2563
(2020/05/04)
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- C?C Bond Formation of Benzyl Alcohols and Alkynes Using a Catalytic Amount of KOtBu: Unusual Regioselectivity through a Radical Mechanism
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We report a C?C bond-forming reaction between benzyl alcohols and alkynes in the presence of a catalytic amount of KOtBu to form α-alkylated ketones in which the C=O group is located on the side derived from the alcohol. The reaction proceeds under thermal conditions (125 °C) and produces no waste, making the reaction highly atom efficient, environmentally benign, and sustainable. Based on our mechanistic investigations, we propose that the reaction proceeds through radical pathways.
- Kumar, Amit,Janes, Trevor,Chakraborty, Subrata,Daw, Prosenjit,von Wolff, Niklas,Carmieli, Raanan,Diskin-Posner, Yael,Milstein, David
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p. 3373 - 3377
(2019/02/14)
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- Electrochemical 1,4-reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones with methanol and ammonium chloride as hydrogen sources
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A sustainable, chemoselective 1,4-reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones by means of an electrochemical method is presented, wherein the extremely inexpensive ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) is applied as the only additive. The reaction proceeds smoothly in the air at ambient temperature. Mechanistic studies reveal that both NH4Cl and solvent methanol work as hydrogen donors.
- Huang, Binbin,Li, Yanan,Yang, Chao,Xia, Wujiong
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p. 6731 - 6734
(2019/06/17)
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- Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of C=C and C=O Bonds with Alkanols
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An environmentally benign protocol of chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of C=C and C=O bonds with alkanols under base-free conditions is developed by this study, wherein the cobalt- bidentate phosphine catalyst precursor is commercially available and
- Jiang, Biao-Lin,Ma, Shuang-Shuang,Wang, Meng-Liang,Liu, Dian-Sheng,Xu, Bao-Hua,Zhang, Suo-Jiang
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p. 1701 - 1706
(2019/03/08)
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- Ruthenium-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols and α-Alkylation of Ketones via Borrowing Hydrogen: Dramatic Influence of the Pendant N-Heterocycle
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Three bidentate ruthenium(II) complexes with a pyridonate fragment were prepared and fully characterized. These complexes are structurally similar, but differ in their pendant substituents. Complex 1 contains a phenyl unit, whereas complexes 2 and 3 have uncoordinated thienyl and thiazolyl groups, respectively. These complexes were tested as catalysts for β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols, and 3 shows the highest activity, suggesting the thiazolyl ring participates in the catalytic process. Furthermore, 3 is an excellent catalyst for α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols. Various α-alkylated ketones were synthesized in high yields, by using 0.05 mol % 3 and 0.25 equiv of t-BuOK within 30 min.
- Zhang, Chong,Zhao, Jiong-Peng,Hu, Bowen,Shi, Jing,Chen, Dafa
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p. 654 - 664
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- Selective Ketone Formations via Cobalt-Catalyzed β-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols
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A homogeneous cobalt-catalyzed β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols to selectively synthesize ketones via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling is reported for the first time. Notably, this transformation is environmentally benign and atom economical with water and hydrogen gas as the only byproducts.
- Pandey, Bedraj,Xu, Shi,Ding, Keying
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p. 7420 - 7423
(2019/10/02)
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- Ligand-controlled phosphine-free Co(II)-catalysed cross-coupling of secondary and primary alcohols
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Cobalt(II) complexes (5 mol% Co) bearing phosphine-free N?N?N pincer ligands efficiently catalyze C–C coupling of secondary and primary alcohols to selectively form α-alkylated ketones with a good functional group compatibility using NaOH (20 mol%) as a base at 120 °C. The NH group on the N?N?N–Co(II) precatalyst controls the activity and selectivity. This simple catalytic system is involved in the synthesis of quinolones via the dehydrogenative annulation of 2-aminobenzyl alcohols with secondary alcohols.
- Zhang, Shi-Qi,Guo, Bin,Xu, Ze,Li, Hong-Xi,Li, Hai-Yan,Lang, Jian-Ping
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- Transition-Metal-Free Highly Chemoselective and Stereoselective Reduction with Se/DMF/H2O System
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A novel metal-free reduction system, in which H2Se (or HSe-) produced in situ from Se/DMF/H2O acts as the active reducing species, has been developed. By using water as an inexpensive, safe, and environmentally friendly surrogate as the hydrogen donor, this new reduction system incorporating Se/DMF/H2O displayed high selectivity and good activity in the reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones and alkynes. Therefore, this reduction system has great potential to be a general and practical reduction methodology in organic transformation.
- Li, Hong-Chen,An, Cui,Wu, Ge,Li, Guo-Xing,Huang, Xiao-Bo,Gao, Wen-Xia,Ding, Jin-Chang,Zhou, Yun-Bing,Liu, Miao-Chang,Wu, Hua-Yue
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p. 5573 - 5577
(2018/09/12)
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- NNN pincer Ru(II)-complex-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with alcohols
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A series of novel ruthenium(II) complexes supported by a symmetrical NNN ligand were prepared and fully characterized. These complexes exhibited good performance in transfer hydrogenation to form new C-C bonds using alcohols as the alkylating agents, generating water as the only byproduct. A broad range of substrates, including (hetero)aryl- or alkyl-ketones and alcohols, were well tolerated under the optimized conditions. Notably, α-substituted methylene ketones were also investigated, which afforded α-branched steric hindrance products. A potential application of α-alkylation of methylene acetone to synthesize donepezil was demonstrated, which provided the desired product in 83% yield. Finally, this catalytic system could be applied to a one-pot double alkylation procedure with sequential addition of two different alcohols. The current protocol is featured with several characteristics, including a broad substrate scope, low catalyst (0.50 mol %) loadings, and environmental benignity.
- Cao, Xiao-Niu,Wan, Xiao-Min,Yang, Fa-Liu,Li, Ke,Hao, Xin-Qi,Shao, Tian,Zhu, Xinju,Song, Mao-Ping
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p. 3657 - 3668
(2018/04/14)
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- In Water and under Mild Conditions: α-Alkylation of Ketones with Alcohols by Phase-Transfer-Assisted Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis
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Borrowing hydrogen is a powerful and green technique that allows readily available alcohols to be used as alkylating agents and produces water as the only by-product. Nevertheless, harsh conditions such as high temperatures and organic solvents are usually required. Herein, we present a strategy to perform the α-alkylation of ketones in aqueous media at mild temperatures by combining borrowing hydrogen with phase-transfer catalysis. A broad scope of methyl ketones was functionalized with alkyl and benzyl alcohols in moderate to good yields at 40 °C. The protocol was also highly effective at large scale and room temperature.
- Rakers, Lena,Sch?fers, Felix,Glorius, Frank
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p. 15529 - 15532
(2018/10/09)
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- Solvent-free direct α-alkylation of ketones by alcohols catalyzed by nickel supported on silica-alumina
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The α-alkylation of acetophenone with benzyl alcohol through borrowing hydrogen has been studied using nickel catalysis. Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 was found to be the best catalyst for this transformation and the corresponding alkylated acetophenone was obtained with 93% isolated yield. Following the objectives of clean and sustainable chemistry, the reaction occurs under solvent-free conditions and requires only a catalytic amount of base. This protocol was next applied to a wide range of ketones and alcohols and the desired products were isolated with 18-86% yields (26 examples). The recovery and recyclability of the nickel catalyst was also investigated and it was found to be active over 5 runs without significant loss of activity. Surprisingly, the active catalyst appears to include an amorphous nickel hydroxide layer.
- Charvieux, Aubin,Giorgi, Javier B.,Duguet, Nicolas,Métay, Estelle
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p. 4210 - 4216
(2018/10/02)
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- Hydrogen auto-transfer under aerobic oxidative conditions: Efficient synthesis of saturated ketones by aerobic C–C cross-coupling of primary and secondary alcohols catalyzed by a Au6Pd/resin catalyst
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Au and Au-containing bimetallic nanoparticles are promising catalysts for the green synthesis of fine chemicals. Here, we used a Au6Pd/resin catalyst for the aerobic C–C cross-coupling of primary and secondary alcohols to produce higher ketones under mild conditions. This is of importance to the construction of a C–C bond. Various substrates were used in the reaction system, and moderate to good yields were obtained. The catalysts can be reused at least five times without decrease of yield. The control experiment and XAFS characterization results showed that hydrogen auto-transfer occurred on metallic Pd sites even under oxidative conditions. On alloying with Au, the Pd sites became resistant to oxidation and readily abstracted the β-H of the alcohols and transferred the hydride to the C=C bond in the reaction intermediate to give the saturated product.
- Zhou, Maoxiang,Zhang, Leilei,Miller, Jeffrey T.,Yang, Xiaofeng,Liu, Xiaoyan,Wang, Aiqin,Zhang, Tao
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p. 1764 - 1770
(2016/11/05)
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- Cobalt-catalyzed intermolecular hydroacylation of olefins through chelation-assisted imidoyl C-H activation
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A low-valent cobalt catalyst generated from cobalt(II) bromide, a diphosphine ligand, and zinc powder promotes intermolecular hydroacylation of olefins using N-3-picolin-2-yl aldimines as aldehyde equivalents, which affords, upon acidic hydrolysis, ketone products in moderate to good yields with high linear selectivity. The reaction is applicable to styrenes, vinylsilanes, and aliphatic olefins as well as to various aryl and heteroaryl aldimines. The cobalt catalysis features a distinctively lower reaction temperature (60 °C) compared with those required for the same type of transformations catalyzed by rhodium complexes (typically 130-150°C).
- Yang, Junfeng,Seto, Yuan Wah,Yoshikai, Naohiko
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p. 3054 - 3057
(2015/05/20)
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- Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by pincer-Pd complexes using alcohol as a hydrogen source
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A pincer-Pd complex was utilized in the chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones using n-BuOH as a hydrogen source and solvent. Good to excellent yields were obtained for various substrates even with reducible groups. Based on deuterium-labeling experiments, the reaction mechanism is proposed to occur via a pincer-Pd-hydride intermediate.
- Ding, Boqiang,Zhang, Zhenfeng,Liu, Yangang,Sugiya, Masashi,Imamoto, Tsuneo,Zhang, Wanbin
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p. 3690 - 3693
(2013/08/23)
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- Palladium-Based Nanocatalyst for One-Pot Synthesis of Polysubstituted Quinolines
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The synthesis of quinolines has been achieved through a one-pot, two-step tandem reaction catalyzed with Ag-Pd alloy nanoparticles supported on carbon. Ag-Pd alloy nanoparticles catalyzed the coupling of a ketone with a primary alcohol through a hydrogen autotransfer process, which yields α-alkylated ketones under an Ar flow. These are reacted with 2-aminobenzyl alcohols in a modified Friedlaender synthesis to give polysubstituted quinolines in moderate to good yields.
- Chen, Benjamin Wei Jie,Chng, Leng Leng,Yang, Jun,Wei, Yifeng,Yang, Jinhua,Ying, Jackie Y.
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p. 277 - 283
(2013/03/13)
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- Osmium catalyst for the borrowing hydrogen methodology: α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles and methyl ketones
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Complex [Os(η6-p-cymene)(OH)(IPr)]OTf is an efficient catalyst precursor for the α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles and methyl ketones with alcohols, which works with turnover frequencies between 675 and 176 h-1 for nitriles and between 194 and 28 h-1 for ketones.
- Buil, Maria L.,Esteruelas, Miguel A.,Herrero, Juana,Izquierdo, Susana,Pastor, Isidro M.,Yus, Miguel
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p. 2072 - 2075
(2013/09/24)
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- Aerobic oxidative coupling between carbon nucleophiles and allylic alcohols: A strategy to construct β-(hetero)aryl ketones and aldehydes through hydrogen migration
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Wacker heck of a reaction: A highly efficient PdII-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative-coupling reaction is reported, inspired by the fundamental Heck and Wacker processes. The (hetero)aryl-PdX species, originating from C-H activation step or desulfonyl hydrazides, coupled with allylic alcohols by using oxygen as the sole oxidant (see scheme). Copyright
- Huang, Liangbin,Qi, Ji,Wu, Xia,Wu, Wanqing,Jiang, Huanfeng
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p. 15462 - 15466
(2013/11/19)
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- Rhodium(I)-catalyzed arylation of β-chloro ketones and related derivatives through domino dehydrochlorination/conjugate addition
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Highly efficient arylations of β-chloro ketones and their ester and amide derivatives were achieved by means of domino dehydrochlorination/Rh(I)- catalyzed conjugate addition. In situ generated vinyl ketones and their analogues were identified as the reaction intermediates. The present synthetic protocol provides a concise route to (chiral) β-aryl ketones, esters, and amides. Copyright
- Jiang, Quanbin,Guo, Tenglong,Wang, Qingfu,Wu, Ping,Yu, Zhengkun
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p. 1874 - 1880
(2013/07/19)
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- Organic ligand-free alkylation of amines, carboxamides, sulfonamides, and ketones by using alcohols catalyzed by heterogeneous Ag/Mo oxides
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Complicated and expensive organic ligands are normally essential in fine chemical synthesis at preparative or industrial levels. The synthesis of fine chemicals by using heterogeneous catalyst systems without additive organic ligand is highly desirable but severely limited due to their poor generality and rigorous reaction conditions. Here, we show the results of carbon-nitrogen or carbon-carbon bond formation catalyzed by an Ag/Mo hybrid material with specific Ag6Mo10O33 crystal structure. 48 nitrogen- or oxygen-containing compounds, that is, amines, carboxamides, sulfonamides, and ketones, were successfully synthesized through a borrowing-hydrogen mechanism. Up to 99% isolated yields were obtained under relatively mild conditions without additive organic ligand. The catalytic process shows promise for the efficient and economic synthesis of amine, carboxamide, sulfonamide, and ketone derivatives because of the simplicity of the system and ease of operation. Copyright
- Cui, Xinjiang,Zhang, Yan,Shi, Feng,Deng, Youquan
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p. 1021 - 1028
(2011/03/20)
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