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LiHMDS: Facile, highly efficient and metal-free transesterification under solvent-free condition
Gore, Kiran R.,Mittapelli, Lavanya L.
, (2020/10/27)
Transesterification is one of the important organic reactions employed in numerous industrial as well as laboratory applications for the synthesis of various esters. Herein, we report a rapid, highly efficient, and transition metal-free transesterification reaction in the presence of LiHMDS under solvent-free conditions. The transesterification reaction was carried out with three different benzoate esters and a wide range of primary and secondary alcohols (from C3-C18) in good to excellent yields (45 examples). By considering the commercial role of esters, this method will be promising for the facile synthesis of esters in industry-relevant applications.
NaOTs-promoted transition metal-free C-N bond cleavage to form C-X (X = N, O, S) bonds
Chen, Wei,Liu, Sicheng,Liu, Tingting,Majeed, Irfan,Ye, Xiaojing,Zeng, Zhuo,Zhang, Yuqi,Zhu, Yulin
, p. 8566 - 8571 (2021/10/20)
Multifunctional transformation of amide C-N bond cleavage is reported. The protocol applies to benzamide, thioamide, alcohols, and mercaptan under similar reaction conditions catalyzed by NaOTs. It is noteworthy that NaOTs can not only be recycled and reused for up to three cycles without significant loss in catalytic activity, but also catalyze gram-grade reactions. This study provides a novel solution with mild conditions and a simple procedure for transformation of multiple amides.
Zr-MOF-808 as Catalyst for Amide Esterification
Villoria-del-álamo, Beatriz,Rojas-Buzo, Sergio,García-García, Pilar,Corma, Avelino
supporting information, p. 4588 - 4598 (2020/12/25)
In this work, zirconium-based metal–organic framework Zr-MOF-808-P has been found to be an efficient and versatile catalyst for amide esterification. Comparing with previously reported homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, Zr-MOF-808-P can promote the reaction for a wide range of primary, secondary and tertiary amides with n-butanol as nucleophilic agent. Different alcohols have been employed in amide esterification with quantitative yields. Moreover, the catalyst acts as a heterogeneous catalyst and could be reused for at least five consecutive cycles. The amide esterification mechanism has been studied on the Zr-MOF-808 at molecular level by in situ FTIR spectroscopic technique and kinetic study.
Electrochemical esterification via oxidative coupling of aldehydes and alcohols
Smeyne, Dylan,Verboom, Katherine,Bryan, Maria,LoBue, James,Shaikh, Abid
supporting information, (2021/03/26)
An electrolytic method for the direct oxidative coupling of aldehydes with alcohols to produce esters is described. Our method involves anodic oxidation in presence of TBAF as supporting electrolyte in an undivided electrochemical cell equipped with graphite electrodes. This method successfully couples a wide range of alcohols to benzaldehydes with yields ranging from 70 to 90%. The protocol is easy to perform at a constant voltage conditions and offers a sustainable alternative over conventional methods.
Practical Chemoselective Acylation: Organocatalytic Chemodivergent Esterification and Amidation of Amino Alcohols with N-Carbonylimidazoles
Brown, Hailee,Heller, Stephen T.,Light, Christina,Medlin, Abigail,Nelson, Hope,Richard, William
supporting information, p. 22818 - 22825 (2021/09/13)
Chemoselective transformations are a cornerstone of efficient organic synthesis; however, achieving this goal for even simple transformations, such as acylation reactions, is often a challenge. We report that N-carbonylimidazoles enable catalytic chemodivergent aniline or alcohol acylation in the presence of pyridinium ions or 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), respectively. Both acylation reactions display high and broad chemoselectivity for the target group. Unprecedented levels of chemoselectivity were observed in the DBU-catalyzed esterification: A single esterification product was obtained from a molecule containing primary aniline, alcohol, phenol, secondary amide, and N?H indole groups. These acylation reactions are highly practical as they involve only readily available, inexpensive, and relatively safe reagents; can be performed on a multigram scale; and can be used on carboxylic acids directly by in situ formation of the acylimidazole electrophile.
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Ester Synthesis from Organic Halides through Incorporation of Oxygen Atoms from Air
Tan, Hui,Wang, Shen-An,Yan, Zixi,Liu, Jianzhong,Wei, Jialiang,Song, Song,Jiao, Ning
supporting information, p. 2140 - 2144 (2020/12/01)
Oxygenation reactions with molecular oxygen (O2) as the oxygen source provides a green and straightforward strategy for the construction of O-containing compounds. Demonstrated here is a novel N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed oxidative transformation of simple and readily available organic halides into valuable esters through the incorporation of O-atoms from O2. Mechanistic studies prove that the deoxy Breslow intermediate generated in situ is oxidized to a Breslow intermediate for further transformation by this oxidative protocol. This method broadens the field of NHC catalysis and promotes oxygenation reactions with O2.
Catalytic conversion of ketones to esters: Via C(O)-C bond cleavage under transition-metal free conditions
Subaramanian, Murugan,Ramar, Palmurukan M.,Rana, Jagannath,Gupta, Virendra Kumar,Balaraman, Ekambaram
supporting information, p. 8143 - 8146 (2020/09/09)
The catalytic conversion of ketones to esters via C(O)-C bond cleavage under transition-metal free conditions is reported. This catalytic process proceeds under solvent-free conditions and offers an easy operational procedure, broad substrate scope with excellent selectivity, and reaction scalability. This journal is
A Versatile Approach to Dynamic Amide Bond Formation with Imine Nucleophiles
Arndtsen, Bruce A.,Erguven, Huseyin,Keyzer, Evan N.
, (2020/05/05)
Dynamic covalent chemistry has rapidly become an important approach to access supramolecular structures. While the products generated in these reactions are held together by covalent bonds, the reversible nature of the transformations can limit the utility of many these systems in creating robust materials. We describe herein a method to form stable and commonly employed amide bonds by exploiting the reversible coupling of imines and acyl chlorides. The reaction employs easily accessible reagents, is dynamic under ambient conditions, without catalysts, and can be trapped with simple hydrolysis. This offers an approach to create broad families of amide products under thermodynamic control, including the selective formation of amide macrocycles or polymers.
IrIII-Catalyzed direct syntheses of amides and esters using nitriles as acid equivalents: A photochemical pathway
Talukdar, Ranadeep
supporting information, p. 5303 - 5308 (2020/04/17)
An unprecedented IrIII[df(CF3)ppy]2(dtbbpy)PF6-catalyzed simple photochemical process for direct addition of amines and alcohols to the relatively less reactive nitrile triple bond is described herein. Various amides and esters are synthesized as the reaction products, with nitriles being the acid equivalents. A mini-library of different types of amides and esters is made using this mild and efficient process, which uses only 1 mol% of photocatalyst under visible light irradiation (λ = 445 nm). The reaction strategy is also efficient for gram-scale synthesis.
The synergistic role of the support surface and Au-Cu alloys in a plasmonic Au-Cu?LDH photocatalyst for the oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohol with methanol
Wang, Xiaoyu,Wang, Ruiyi,Wang, Jie,Fan, Chaoyang,Zheng, Zhanfeng
, p. 1655 - 1664 (2020/01/31)
Layered double hydroxide-supported Au-Cu alloy nanoparticles (NPs) were found to be highly efficient catalysts for the oxidative esterification of benzyl alcohol with methanol in the presence of molecular oxygen under visible-light irradiation to prepare methyl benzoate. Here, we report that alloying small amounts of copper into gold nanoparticles can increase the ability to activate oxygen molecules to O2- radicals and display greater charge heterogeneity to promote the cleavage of the C-H bond of benzyl alcohol molecules by reinforcing the coordination of the intermediate with unsaturated metal active sites due to the LSPR effect of alloy NPs, which is the rate-limiting step of the reaction. Besides the Au-Cu alloy NPs, the support also played a pivotal role in the catalytic process. The support with the presence of acid-base pairs, in which the basic sites served as the reactant molecule adsorption sites to provoke the intermediate formation and the acidic sites promoted the recovery of the support surface, showed better performances by affecting the overall reaction rate completely. Moreover, applying this photocatalyst in the cross-esterification of aromatic alcohols and aliphatic alcohols displayed excellent yields.
