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Chemoselective hydrogenation of olefinic double bonds without concomitant hydrogenolysis of allylic and benzylic C-O linkages was performed successfully by the aid of active hydrogen permeated through a Pd sheet electrode.

A general protocol for the selective hydrogenation and deuteration of a variety of alkenes is presented. Key to success for these reactions is the use of a specific nickel-graphitic shell-based core–shell-structured catalyst, which is conveniently prepared by impregnation and subsequent calcination of nickel nitrate on carbon at 450 °C under argon. Applying this nanostructured catalyst, both terminal and internal alkenes, which are of industrial and commercial importance, were selectively hydrogenated and deuterated at ambient conditions (room temperature, using 1 bar hydrogen or 1 bar deuterium), giving access to the corresponding alkanes and deuterium-labeled alkanes in good to excellent yields. The synthetic utility and practicability of this Ni-based hydrogenation protocol is demonstrated by gram-scale reactions as well as efficient catalyst recycling experiments.

The invention discloses a method for hydrogenolysis of halides. The invention discloses a preparation method of a compound represented by a formula I. The preparation method comprises the following step: in a polar aprotic solvent, zinc, H2O and a compound represented by a formula II are subjected to a reaction as shown in the specification, wherein X is halogen; Y is -CHRR or R; hydrogenin H2O exists in the form of natural abundance or non-natural abundance. According to the preparation method, halide hydrogenolysis can be simply, conveniently and efficiently achieved through a simple and mild reaction system, and good functional group compatibility and substrate universality are achieved.

Many photoactive metal complexes can act as electron donors or acceptors upon photoexcitation, but hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactivity is rare. We discovered that a typical representative of a widely used class of iridium hydride complexes acts as an H-atom donor to unactivated olefins upon irradiation at 470 nm in the presence of tertiary alkyl amines as sacrificial electron and proton sources. The catalytic hydrogenation of simple olefins served as a test ground to establish this new photo-reactivity of iridium hydrides. Substrates that are very difficult to activate by photoinduced electron transfer were readily hydrogenated, and structure-reactivity relationships established with 12 different olefins are in line with typical HAT reactivity, reflecting the relative stabilities of radical intermediates formed by HAT. Radical clock, H/D isotope labeling, and transient absorption experiments provide further mechanistic insight and corroborate the interpretation of the overall reactivity in terms of photo-triggered hydrogen atom transfer (photo-HAT). The catalytically active species is identified as an Ir(ii) hydride with an IrII-H bond dissociation free energy around 44 kcal mol-1, which is formed after reductive 3MLCT excited-state quenching of the corresponding Ir(iii) hydride, i.e. the actual HAT step occurs on the ground-state potential energy surface. The photo-HAT reactivity presented here represents a conceptually novel approach to photocatalysis with metal complexes, which is fundamentally different from the many prior studies relying on photoinduced electron transfer. This journal is

The general dehalogenation of alkyl halides with zinc using D2O or H2O as a deuterium or hydrogen donor has been developed. The method provides an efficient and economic protocol for deuterium-labeled derivatives with a wide substrate scope under mild reaction conditions. Mechanistic studies indicated that a radical process is involved for the formation of organozinc intermediates. The facile hydrolysis of the organozinc intermediates provides the driving force for this transformation.

The simple reduction of a number of alkenes and alkynes was performed with a typical reaction time of 20 min using a copper-cobalt catalytic system. The reduction did not cleave benzyl protecting groups which are usually vulnerable to catalytic hydrogenation reactions. The catalyst can be prepared in situ by reduction of the inexpensive precursor salts CuSO4 and CoCl2 with NaBH4. Sodium borohydride was also used as an easily handled hydrogen source for the catalytic reductions. No pressure, heating or inert atmosphere is required and purification/catalyst removal is achieved using extraction procedures, making this approach simple and efficient.

A scalable and operationally simple method is described that allows for the chemoselective deoxygenation of a wide range of N-heterocyclic N-oxides (a total of 36 examples). This visible-light-induced protocol features the use of only commercially available reagents, room-temperature conditions, and unprecedented chemoselective removal of the oxygen atom in a quinoline N-oxide in the presence of a pyridine N-oxide in the same molecule through the judicious selection of a photocatalyst.

Synthesis of benzyl alkyl ethers was performed in high yields by intermolecular dehydration of benzyl and primary, secondary, tertiary alcohols under the effect of copper containing catalysts. The formation of benzyl alkyl ethers occurs with participation of benzyl cation.

A ligand-controlled cobalt-catalyzed regioselective hydroboration/cyclization of 1,6-enynes with HBPin was developed by switching the size of the coordinated side arm to afford alkenylboronates and alkylboronates, respectively. Gram-scale reactions could be easily conducted, which is beneficial for further derivatizations. A primary mechanism was proposed on the basis of substrate-controlled experiments and deuterium experiments.

A new oxidation reaction based on two simple catalysts, namely, alloxan and a CuI salt, is highly effective for the aerobic oxidation and oxidative cross-coupling of amines. The reaction is operationally simple, reaction atmospheres enriched in dioxygen are obviated, and neither catalyst component requires prior synthesis. Mechanistic investigations have been performed and point towards a complex reaction manifold with evidence that supports a catalytic cycle that does not proceed through a quinone-imine step. Additionally, this dual catalyst system is efficient to effect diimide-mediated hydrogenation reactions of alkenes and alkynes, a transformation that has not been reported previously in the context of quinone catalyst systems.

A heterogeneous palladium catalyst supported on a ceramic (5 % Pd/ceramic) was developed. The catalyst exhibited a specific chemoselectivity for hydrogenation that has never been achieved by other palladium-catalyzed methods. Either aliphatic or aromatic N-Cbz groups could be deprotected to the corresponding free-amines, while the hydrogenolysis of benzyl esters and ethers did not proceed. Furthermore, aryl chlorides and epoxides were tolerant under the Pd/ceramic-catalyzed hydrogenation conditions. 5 % Pd/ceramic could be reused without any loss of catalyst activity, as no palladium leaching was detected in the reaction media.

Well-characterized, ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was used as a catalyst in solvent-free alkene hydrogenation reactions and the corresponding products were obtained in good yields. The catalytic activity of ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was successfully tested with 16 different functionalized and non-functionalized alkenes. Apart from alkene reduction, the ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was also tested in Wittig-type reactions for obtaining dehydrobrittonin A, an important intermediate for the synthesis of brittonin A. Ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was found to be active in the synthesis of dehydrobrittonin A and brittonin A. The ability to recycle the catalyst nine times, together with low catalyst loading, high catalytic activity and catalytic selectivity were noteworthy advantages of the proposed protocol.

The first continuous hydrogenation that requires neither H2 nor metal catalysis generates diimide by a novel reagent combination. The simple flow reactor employed minimizes residence time by enabling safe operation at elevated temperature.

A novel method has been developed for the synthesis of benzyl alkyl ethers in 25-85% yields via the reaction of toluene with alcohols in a CCl4 medium catalyzed by Et3N-activated VO(acac)2.

The ruthenium catalyzed selective sp3 C-O cleavage with amide formation was reported in reactions of 3-alkoxy-1-propanol derivatives and amines. The cleavage only occurs at the C3-O position even with 3-benzyloxy-1-propanol. Based on the experimental results, O-bound and C-bound Ru enolate complexes were proposed as key intermediates for the unique selective sp3 C-O bond cleavage in 3-alkoxy-1-propanols.

γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were formed inside the cage-like pores of mesocellular foam (MCF). These magnetic nanoparticles showed a uniform size distribution that could be easily controlled by the MCF pore size, as well as by the hydrocarbon chain length used for MCF surface modification. Throughout the entrapment process, the pore structure and surface area of the MCF remained intact. The resulting magnetic MCF facilitated the immobilization of biocatalysts, homogeneous catalysts, and nanoclusters. Moreover, the MCF allowed for facile catalyst recovery by using a simple magnet. The supported catalysts exhibited excellent catalytic efficiencies that were comparable to their homogeneous counterparts. Copyright

An efficient aerobic reduction of olefins, internal as well as terminal, is developed using guanidine as an organocatalyst. A remarkable chemoselectivity in reduction has been demonstrated in the presence of a variety of functional groups and protective groups and a selective reduction of a terminal olefin in the presence of an internal olefin is revealed.

The synthesis of benzyl alkyl ethers from benzyl bromides and alcohols using FeSO4 as a recoverable and reusable mediator has been described without use of base and cosolvent under mild conditions.

A versatile reducing agent, diimide, can be generated efficiently by the aerobic oxidation of hydrazine with neutral and cationic synthetic flavin catalysts 1 and 2. This technique provides a convenient and safe method for the aerobic reduction of olefins, which proceeds with 1 equiv of hydrazine under an atmosphere of O2 or air. The synthetic advantage over the conventional gas-based method has been illustrated through high hydrazine efficiency, easy and safe handling, and characteristic chemoselectivity. Vitamin B2 derivative 6 acts as a highly practical, robust catalyst for this purpose because of its high availability and recyclability. Association complexes of 1b with dendritic 2,5-bis(acylamino)pyridine 15 exhibit unprecedented catalytic activities, with the reduction of aromatic and hydroxy olefins proceeding significantly faster when a higher-generation dendrimer is used as a host pair for the association catalysts. Contrasting retardation is observed upon similar treatment of non-aromatic or non-hydroxy olefins with the dendrimer catalysts. Control experiments and kinetic studies revealed that these catalytic reactions include two independent, anaerobic and aerobic, processes for the generation of diimide from hydrazine. Positive and negative dendrimer effects on the catalytic reactions have been ascribed to the specific inclusion of hydrazine and olefinic substrates into the enzyme-like reaction cavities of the association complex catalysts. Copyright

A simple synthesis of Rh-Fe3O4 heterodimer nanocrystals was achieved by controlled one-pot thermolysis. The nanocrystals exhibited excellent activities for the selective reduction of nitroarenes and alkenes. Furthermore the nanocrystal catalyst could be easily separated by a magnet, and recycled eight times without losing the catalytic activity.

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"Chemical Equation Presented" Various olefins can be hydrogenated quantitatively with neutral flavin 2 catalysts in the presence of 1 -2 equiv of hydrazine under 1 atm of O2. Vitamin B2 derivative 2g acts as a highly efficient and robust catalyst for the present environmentally benign process producing water and nitrogen gas as the only waste products

A novel, heterogeneous Pd-MCM-48 catalyst has been developed by encapsulating palladium nanoparticles into the cubic phase of mesoporous MCM-48 matrix at room temperature. The catalyst demonstrated excellent chemo- and regioselectivity for the hydrogenation of olefins at room temperature within 30-80 min. The turnover frequency for the hydrogenation is very high (4400 h-1). Interestingly, selectivity of the catalyst was significantly influenced by the mode of addition of palladium precursor. Moreover, the catalyst was also very effective for the coupling reactions with the formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bonds under ligand-free and aerobic conditions.

With rhodium complexes containing hemispherical diphosphite ligands derived from a calixarene skeleton, olefins can be hydroformylated efficiently under solvent-free conditions. For example, in the hydroformylation of 1-octene (T = 80 °C, P = 20 bar, olefin:Rh = 200 000:1) one of the catalysts investigated resulted in a TOP of 17290 mol (converted 1-octene)mol(Rh)-1h -1, the regioselectivity towards the linear aldehyde reaching then 97.9%.

The invention relates to a particulate substance comprising a particulate porous support coupled to a palladium species. The palladium species may comprise palladium nanoclusters. The particulate substance may be used as a catalyst for conducting a carbon-carbon coupling reaction or a reduction.

Nickel nanoparticles have been found to effectively catalyse the hydrogen-transfer reduction of a variety of non-functionalised and functionalised olefins using 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor. The heterogeneous process has been shown to be highly chemoselective for certain substrates, with all the corresponding alkanes being obtained in high yields. A synthesis of the natural dihydrostilbene brittonin A?is also reported based on the use of nickel nanoparticles.

A one-pot protocol for the formation of 2-nitrobenzenesulfonylhydrazide (NBSH) from commercial reagents and subsequent alkene reduction is presented. The transformation is operationally simple and generally efficient for effecting diimide alkene reductions. A range of 16 substrates have been reduced, highlighting the unique chemoselectivity of diimide as a reduction system.

This paper describes the synthesis, characterization and applications of palladium (Pd) nanoparticles supported on siliceous mesocellular foam (MCF). Pd nanoparticles of 2-3 nm and 4-6 nm were used in reactions involving molecular hydrogen (such as hydrogenation of double bonds and reductive amination), transfer hydrogenation of ketones and epoxides, and coupling reactions (such as Heck and Suzuki reactions). They successfully catalyzed all these reactions with excellent yield and selectivity. This heterogeneous catalyst was easily recovered by filtration, and recycled several times without any significant loss in activity and selectivity. The palladium leaching in the reactions was determined to be much less than the FDA-approved limit of 5 ppm. Furthermore, the catalyst can be stored and handled under normal atmospheric conditions. This immobilized catalyst allows for ease of recovery/reuse and minimization of waste generation, which are of great interest in the development of green chemical processes.

The hemispherical diphosphites (R,R)- or (S,S)-5,11,17,23-tetratert-butyl- 25,27-di(OR)-26,28-bis(1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dioxyphosphanyloxy) -calix[4]arene (R = OPr, OCH2Ph, OCH2-naphtyl, O-fluorenyl; R = H, R' = OPr) (LR), all with C2 symmetry, have been synthesised starting from the appropriate di-O-alkylated calix[4]-arene precursor. In the presence of [Rh(acac)(CO)2], these ligands straightforwardly provide chelate complexes in which the metal centre sits in a molecular pocket defined by two naphthyl planes related by the C 2 axis and the two apically situated R groups. Hydroformylation of octene with the LPr/Rh system turned out to be highly regioselective, the linear-to-branched (l:b) aldehyde ratio reaching 58:1. The l:b ratio significantly increased when the propyl groups were replaced by -CH 2Ph (l:b = 80) or -CH2naphthyl (1:b = 100) groups, that is, with substituents able to sterically interact with the apical metal sites, but without inducing an opening of the cleft nesting the catalytic centre. The trend to preferentially form the aldehyde the shape of which fits with the shape of the catalytic pocket was further confirmed in the hydroformylation of styrene, for which, in contrast to catalysis with conventional diphosphanes, the linear aldehyde was the major product (up to ca. 75 % linear aldehyde). In the hydroformylation of frarts-2-octene with the Lbenzyl/ Rh system, combined isomerisation/hydroformylation led to a remarkably high 1:b aldehyde ratios of 25, thus showing that isomerisation is more effective than hydroformylation. Unusually large amounts of linear products were also observed with all the above diphosphites in the tandem hydroformylation/amination of styrene (1:b of ca. 3:1) as well as in the hydroformylation of allyl benzyl ether (1:b ratio up to 20).

Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium chloride hydride (Schwartz reagent) proved to be an efficient radical chain carrier for radical reduction of organic halides. Treatment of 1-bromoadamantane with Cp2Zr(H)Cl in THF at 25°C in the presence of triethylborane furnished adamantane quantitatively. Radical cyclization of 2-haloalkyl allyl ethers afforded five-membered products under the same reaction conditions. Reduction with Cp2Zr(H)Cl generated in situ from Cp2ZrCl2 and sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminium hydride (Red-Al) also proceeded smoothly. Moreover, the reduction could function by using a catalytic amount of Cp 2ZrCl2. A zirconocene-olefin complex also induced reductive radical cyclization of 2-haloalkyl allyl ethers in THF. This complex served as a single electron transfer reagent to promote the radical cyclization. Furthermore, the cyclization reaction in DME afforded 3- tetrahydrofuranylmethylzirconium efficiently.

Various carbon-carbon double bonds in olefins and α,β -unsaturated ketones were effectively reduced to the corresponding alkanes and saturated ketones, using ammonium formate as a hydrogen transfer agent in the presence of Pd/C as catalyst in refluxing methanol.

NaK alloy in contact with 15-crown-5 hexane solution became potassium sodide K+(15-crown-5)2Na-. After the evaporation of hexane the crystalline solid product was analyzed by X-ray diffraction and the lattice parameters were calculated. The potassium sodide thus obtained could be easily dissolved in tetrahydrofuran. A deep blue solution containing sodium anions and complexed potassium cations was formed with a very low concentration of solvated electrons, i.e. of the order of 10-7M. Potassium anions were not detected in this case. A new crystalline potassium sodide K+(DCH-24-crown-8)2Na- was obtained using NaK alloy and dicyclohexano-24-crown-8 hexane solution.

Polyurea microcapsules containing palladium acetate have been used in a range of catalytic hydrogenation reactions.

A cleavage of both oxacyclic rings occurs in the reaction of K-, K+(15-crown-5)2 with oxetane in tetrahydrofuran solution. Oxetane ring opening leads to the formation of organometallic compounds, which react with the crown molecule. Potassium methoxide, potassium n-propoxide as well as potassium tetra(ethylene glycoxide) vinyl ether are the main reaction products. It means that crown ether can act both as an activator and as a reagent under studied conditions.

In competition experiments, the acceleration of reactivity of alkenes tethered to pyridyl groups compared with the corresponding alkenes tethered to phenyl groups in the presence of transition metals was demonstrated for two reaction types: Diels-Alder cycloaddition of enoate esters and catalytic hydrogenation of allylic and homoallylic ethers. The rate accelerations observed are of crucial importance in the development of a new concept for asymmetric catalysis: chiral auxiliaries which can function in a catalytic manner.

In competition experiments, alkenes tethered to pyridyl groups were found to undergo indium catalysed hydrogenation more quickly than alkenes tethered to phenyl groups. This is in marked contrast to the results for hydrogenation of some of the individual substrates where alkenes tethered to pyridyl groups were reduced much more slowly than their phenyl counterparts.

In the presence of iodine, alcohols react with magnesium to produce magnesium alkoxides which are then treated with benzyl chloride or allyl bromide to produce benzyl alkyl ethers or allyl alkyl ethers.

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Carboxylic acid esters are produced by reacting (i) carbon monoxide, (ii) a compound of the formula M(OR)x wherein M is either boron, silicon, aluminum, titanium or zirconium, x is the valency of M and R is a hydrocarbyl group and (iii) a hydrocarbyl halide, wherein the halide moiety is bromide, chloride or iodide, in the presence of a catalyst comprising one or more of the metals rhodium, iridium and cobalt in either elemental or compound form. When M is boron, silicon or aluminum and the halide moiety is chloride, there is preferably added a source of iodide.

The CA mass spectra of ions PhC-HOR and Ph(R)CH-O- (R = alkyl and phenyl) are very similar, suggesting that the Wittig rearrangement PhC-HOEt -> Ph(Et)CH-O- occurs in the gas phase.Major fragmentation can be interpreted in terms of 1,2-elimination of groups from the Wittig product ion.For example, 2H labeling of PhC-HOEt and Ph(Et)CH-O- show that the major processes produce Me-CH=CH-O- + C6H6 and (C6H4)-CHO + C2H6, with the latter process involving prior scrambling of phenyl hydrogens.An analogous process, Ph2CH-O- -> (C6H4)-CHO + C6H6 gives the major peak in the spectrum of "PhC-HOPh".

The reactions of aromatic acetals (1a-6a) catalysed by aluminium phosphate (AP) yield the corresponding esters (b), ethers (c) and the parent aldehydes (d).Similar reactions over aluminium sulphate (AS) give only esters (b) and the aldehydes (d).Probable mechanisms have been suggested for the reactions.The catalysts have been characterized by various studies.The specific poisoning of the catalysts have been done with NH3 and CO2 and the product formation on the poisoned catalyst provides support to the suggested mechanisms.

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Allyl alcohols and ethers were readily hydroaluminated by LiAlH4 in the presence of zirconium compounds to give organoaluminum compounds in which the aluminum atom is placed at the terminal position of the substrate.ZrCl4 was the most effective catalyst for hydroalumination of allyl alcohols, whilst Cp2ZrCl2 was more effective than ZrCl4 for allyl ethers.