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Aerobic oxidation of aldehydes to acids with N-hydroxyphthalimide derivatives
Takamatsu, Keigo,Kasai, Miku,Nishizawa, Hinaru,Suzuki, Rio,Konno, Hiroyuki
, (2021/09/14)
The N-hydroxyphthalimide derivative-mediated aerobic oxidation of a selection of aldehydes to the corresponding carboxylic acids in air is described. This reaction proceeds via rearrangement of the Creigee (carboxylic peracid) intermediate and/or by the treatment of H2O and/or sulfides. Optimization of reaction conditions established NHNPI (14) as a mild catalyst for the oxidation reaction in MeCN under an atmosphere of air.
Ruthenium-catalysed hydroxycarbonylation of olefins
Dühren, Ricarda,Kucmierczyk, Peter,Jackstell, Ralf,Franke, Robert,Beller, Matthias
, p. 2026 - 2030 (2021/04/09)
State-of-the-art catalyst systems for hydroxy- and alkoxycarbonylations of olefins make use of palladium complexes. In this work, we report a complementary ruthenium-catalysed hydroxycarbonylation of olefins applying an inexpensive Ru-precursor (Ru3(CO)12) and PCy3as a ligand. Crucial for the success of this transformation is the use of hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) as the solvent in the presence of an acid co-catalyst (PTSA). Overall, moderate to good yields are obtained using aliphatic olefins including the industrially relevant substrate di-isobutene. This atom-efficient catalytic transformation provides straightforward access to various carboxylic acids from unfunctionalized olefins.
Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids by Homolytic H2 Cleavage
Chirik, Paul J.,Shevlin, Michael,Zhong, Hongyu
supporting information, (2020/03/13)
The asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids using readily prepared bis(phosphine) cobalt(0) 1,5-cyclooctadiene precatalysts is described. Di-, tri-, and tetra-substituted acrylic acid derivatives with various substitution patterns as well as dehydro-α-amino acid derivatives were hydrogenated with high yields and enantioselectivities, affording chiral carboxylic acids including Naproxen, (S)-Flurbiprofen, and a d-DOPA precursor. Turnover numbers of up to 200 were routinely obtained. Compatibility with common organic functional groups was observed with the reduced cobalt(0) precatalysts, and protic solvents such as methanol and isopropanol were identified as optimal. A series of bis(phosphine) cobalt(II) bis(pivalate) complexes, which bear structural similarity to state-of-the-art ruthenium(II) catalysts, were synthesized, characterized, and proved catalytically competent. X-band EPR experiments revealed bis(phosphine)cobalt(II) bis(carboxylate)s were generated in catalytic reactions and were identified as catalyst resting states. Isolation and characterization of a cobalt(II)-substrate complex from a stoichiometric reaction suggests that alkene insertion into the cobalt hydride occurred in the presence of free carboxylic acid, producing the same alkane enantiomer as that from the catalytic reaction. Deuterium labeling studies established homolytic H2 (or D2) activation by Co(0) and cis addition of H2 (or D2) across alkene double bonds, reminiscent of rhodium(I) catalysts but distinct from ruthenium(II) and nickel(II) carboxylates that operate by heterolytic H2 cleavage pathways.