Multicomponent Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazoles
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Moreover, reusability of copper catalysts for the CuAAC is
scarcely studied because of the generally homogeneous
nature of these catalysts, which make their recovery and
recycling difficult. The catalysts only can be used for one
time in the homogeneous reaction, which thus caused the
waste of expensive transition metal complexes and the
contamination problem in the product. Li et al. [30]
reported a series of water soluble ammonium salt-tagged
NHC–Cu catalysts. Although water soluble catalysts can be
recycled from the reaction mixture by liquid–liquid sepa-
ration, the aqueous phase was easily contaminated by
organic compounds, which cause the loss of the catalysts’
activity. And the products were obtained by extraction
from the mixture and using a large amount of solvents,
which will increase the economic expense. Furthermore,
using water as reaction media is limited, because some
water-sensitive substrates can not be used in this system.
Moreover, high catalyst loading (5.0 mol%) was needed in
the system and the catalyst was prepared through multiple
steps from 2,6-diisopropylaniline. To avoid catalyst
leaching and reduce the contamination of the product,
activated carbon, silica-supported and other heterogeneous
copper catalyst were synthesized and applied successfully
to click reactions [31–35]. Recently, Wang et al. [36]
reported an efficient NHC–Cu(I) heterogeneous catalyst for
[3 ? 2] cycloaddition of organic azides and terminal
alkynes in the presence of 1 mol% Cu catalyst. Although
organic azides are generally stable against most reaction
conditions such as water and oxygen, isolation or purifi-
cation of organic azides or polyazides can be problematic
[32, 37–39]. Therefore, a procedure that avoids the isola-
tion of organic azides is desirable.
were obtained using a PE5300DV analyzer. Specific surface
areas and pore volumes of the samples were determined in a
Micromeritics ASAP-2000 automated nitrogen physisorp-
tion apparatus and calculated according to the BET method.
2.2 Preparation of 1-(2,4,6-Trimethylphenyl)-1H-
Imidazole [40]
2,4,6-trimethylaniline (6.8 g, 0.05 mol) in MeOH (25 mL)
was stirred with 30 % aqueous glyoxal (8.1 mL, 0.05 mol)
for 16 h at room temperature. A yellowish mixture was
formed. Then, NH4Cl (5.4 g, 0.1 mol) was added followed
by 37 % aqueous formaldehyde (8 mL, 0.1 mol). The
mixture was diluted with MeOH (200 mL) and the result-
ing mixture was refluxed for 1 h. H3PO4 (7 mL, 85 %) was
added over a period of 10 min. The resulting mixture was
then stirred at reflux for a further 6 h. After removal of the
solvent, the dark residue was poured onto ice (100 g) and
neutralized with aqueous 40 % KOH solution until pH 9.
The resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc
(3 9 100 mL). The organic phases were combined and
washed with H2O, brine and dried with anhydrous Na2SO4.
The solvent was removed and the residue was chroma-
tographied on silica gel (petroleum ether/EtOAc) to afford
the pure solid product (3.8 g, 41 %).
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) d: 7.45 (s, 1H), 7.25 (s,
1H), 6.99 (s, 1H), 6.91 (s, 2H), 2.36 (s, 3H), 2.31 (s, 6H);
13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) d: 137.8, 136.5, 134.4, 132.4,
128.5, 128.0, 119.1, 20.0, 16.3; Anal. (%) found (calcd): C
77.19 (77.38), H 7.56 (7.58), N 15.13 (15.04).
2.3 Preparation of 1-Mesityl-3-(3-
Herein, we report an efficient silica-immobilized
NHC–Cu(I) heterogeneous catalyst for the regioselective
generation of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles in a three-com-
ponent reaction. Furthermore, the catalyst can be recovered
and recycled by simple filtration from the reaction solution and
reused several times without significant loss of activity.
Trimethoxysilypropyl)imidazolium Iodide [41]
3-Iodopropyltrimethoxysilane (6.4 g, 22 mmol) and diox-
ane (15 mL) were added under nitrogen to a Schlenk vessel
containing 1-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-1H-imidazole (3.7 g,
20 mmol). The mixture was refluxed for 12 h, followed by
removal of the solvent under vacuum. Addition of pentane
(15 mL) gave the product as an oily brown solid. Solvent
was decanted and the product was dried in vacuum at
60 °C for 2 h (8.3 g, 90 %).
2 Experiment
2.1 General
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) d: 9.92 (s, 1H), 7.82 (s,
1H), 7.25 (s, 1H), 7.01 (s, 2H), 4.71 (t, 2H, J = 2.0 Hz),
3.57 (s, 9H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.09–2.08 (m, 8H), 0.70 (m, 2H);
13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) d: 140.0, 135.6, 133.3,
129.7, 128.8, 123.7, 122.1, 66.0, 50.9, 23.8, 20.0, 17.0, 8.6.
Anal. (%) found (calcd): C 45.11 (45.28), H 6.29 (6.33),
N 5.90 (5.87).
All reagents were commercially available and used without
any further purification. The solvents were dried before use.
IR spectra were recorded in KBr disks with a Bomem
MB154S FT-IR spectrometer. 1H NMR and 13C NMR were
recorded on Bruker DRX 500 and tetramethylsilane (TMS)
was used as an internal reference. Elemental analyses were
performed on a Vario ELIII recorder. The ICP analysis data
IR (KBr) m 780, 1090, 1458, 1532, 1660, 1976, 2930,
3210.
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