Molybdenum catalyzed dehydration of tertiary alcohols to olefins
Molybdenyl (VI) acetylacetonate is shown to be an effective catalyst for easy conversion of tertiary alcohols to the corresponding olefins in high yields.
Cobalt-catalyzed regioselective dehydrohalogenation of alkyl halides with dimethylphenylsilylmethylmagnesium chloride
Cobalt-catalyzed reactions of haloalkanes with dimethylphenylsilylmethylmagnesium chloride result in highly regioselective dehydrohalogenation. The reaction does not follow the conventional E2 elimination mechanism but includes β-hydride elimination from the corresponding alkylcobalt intermediate. The interesting reaction mechanism of the cobalt-catalyzed dehydrohalogenation offered unique transformations that are otherwise difficult to attain. Copyright
Deoxygenative dimerization of benzylic and allylic alcohols, and their ethers and esters using lanthanum metal and chlorotrimethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine and copper(I) iodide
Benzylic and allylic alcohols were deoxygenatively dimerized by a treatment with lanthanum metal and chlorotri-methylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine, giving the corresponding coupling products, alkanes, in moderate-to-good yields. This dimerization reaction was dramatically accelerated by the addition of a catalytic amount of copper(I) iodide. Similarly, ethers and esters were deoxygenatively dimerized by La/Me3SiCl/cat.I2/cat.CuI system in the presence of a catalytic amount of H2O.
Nishino, Toshiki,Nishiyama, Yutaka,Sonoda, Noboru
p. 635 - 641
(2007/10/03)
A Facile Method for Synthesis of Alkyl Phenyl Selenides. The Reaction of Diphenyl Diselenide with Oxygen-containing Compounds Using La/Me 3SiCl/cat.I2/cat.CuI System
Alcohols, ethers, and esters were directly converted to the corresponding alkyl phenyl selenides by the reaction of diphenyl diselenide and the La/Me 3SiCl/cat.I2/cat.CuI. It was suggested that alkyl phenyl sele
Nishino, Toshiki,Nishiyama, Yutaka,Sonoda, Noboru
p. 918 - 919
(2007/10/03)
Reduction of organic halides with lanthanum metal: A novel generation method of alkyl radicals
Results of the reaction of alkyl halides with lanthanum metal have been shown. The reduction of alkyl iodide with 1/3 equiv of lanthanum metal efficiently proceeded to give the corresponding reductive dimerized products along with the formation of reduction and dehydroiodination products. In the case of alkyl bromides and chlorides, the reaction did not proceed under the same reaction conditions as that of alkyl iodides; however, the reaction was dramatically promoted by the addition of a catalytic amount of iodine. A reaction pathway including alkyl radicals was suggested.