600-36-2Relevant articles and documents
CATALYSIS WITH TRICARBONYL-tetrahapto-CYCLOPENTADIENONERUTHENIUM(0) COMPLEXES. A WATER-GAS TYPE REACTION
Shvo, Youval,Czarkie, Dorotha
, p. C25 - C28 (1986)
With water tricarbonyl-tetrahapto-tetraphenylcyclopentadienoneruthenium(0) (1) undergoes a water-gas type reaction whereby a coordinated CO is oxidized to CO2, and gives the dimeric complex, which was isolated in high yield.A catalytic reduction of ketones with CO and water under mild conditions has been developed, and a catalytic cycle proposed.A turnover frequency of 1.2 min-1, which is increased by a factor of ca. 6 by the presence of sodium carbonate, has been observed in the reactions with cyclohexanone.
Highly efficient NHC-iridium-catalyzed β-methylation of alcohols with methanol at low catalyst loadings
Lu, Zeye,Zheng, Qingshu,Zeng, Guangkuo,Kuang, Yunyan,Clark, James H.,Tu, Tao
, p. 1361 - 1366 (2021/06/30)
The methylation of alcohols is of great importance since a broad number of bioactive and pharmaceutical alcohols contain methyl groups. Here, a highly efficient β-methylation of primary and secondary alcohols with methanol has been achieved by using bis-N-heterocyclic carbene iridium (bis-NHC-Ir) complexes. Broad substrate scope and up to quantitative yields were achieved at low catalyst loadings with only hydrogen and water as by-products. The protocol was readily extended to the β-alkylation of alcohols with several primary alcohols. Control experiments, along with DFT calculations and crystallographic studies, revealed that the ligand effect is critical to their excellent catalytic performance, shedding light on more challenging Guerbet reactions with simple alcohols. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Transfer Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Groups, Imines and N-Heterocycles Catalyzed by Simple, Bipyridine-Based MnI Complexes
Dubey, Abhishek,Rahaman, S. M. Wahidur,Fayzullin, Robert R.,Khusnutdinova, Julia R.
, p. 3844 - 3852 (2019/04/08)
Utilization of hydroxy-substituted bipyridine ligands in transition metal catalysis mimicking [Fe]-hydrogenase has been shown to be a promising approach in developing new catalysts for hydrogenation. For example, MnI complexes with 6,6′-dihydroxy-2,2′-bipyridine ligand have been previously shown to be active catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation. In this work, simple bipyridine-based Mn catalysts were developed that act as active catalysts for transfer hydrogenation of ketones, aldehydes and imines. For the first time, Mn-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of N-heterocycles was reported. The highest catalytic activity among complexes with variously substituted ligands was observed for the complex bearing two OH groups in bipyridine. Deuterium labeling experiments suggest a monohydride pathway.
PROCESS FOR MAKING FORMIC ACID UTILIZING LOWER-BOILING FORMATE ESTERS
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Paragraph 00177; 00178, (2019/02/15)
Disclosed is a process for recovering formic acid from a formate ester of a C3 to C4 alcohol. Disclosed is also a process for producing formic acid by carbonylating a C3 to C4 alcohol, hydrolyzing the formate ester of the alcohol, and recovering a formic acid product. The alcohol may be dried and returned to the reactor. The process enables a more energy efficient production of formic acid than the carbonylation of methanol to produce methyl formate.
