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Metal-organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the regioselective ring opening of epoxides

An iron-based metal-organic framework, [Fe(BTC)] (BTC: 1,3, 5benzenetricarboxylate) is an efficient catalyst in the ring opening of styrene oxide with alcohols and aniline under mild reaction conditions. Out of the various alcohols tested for ring opening of styrene oxide, methanol was found to be the most reactive in terms of percentage conversion and reactivity. The rate of the ring-opening reaction of styrene oxide decreases as the size of the alcohol is increased, suggesting the location of active sites in micropores. [Fe(BTC)] was a truly heterogeneous catalyst and could be reused without loss of activity. The analogous compound [Cu3(BTC)2] was also found to be effective, although with somewhat lower activity than [Fe(BTC)]. The present heterogeneous protocol is compared with a homogeneous catalyst to give an insight into the reaction mechanism.

Greener aminolysis of epoxides on BiCl3/SiO2

The remarkable catalytic activity of BiCl3/SiO2 for the ring-opening of epoxides with aromatic and aliphatic amines under microwave and thermal heating was observed. This eco-friendly heterogeneous catalyst displayed high to excellent regioselectivity in the synthesis of β-amino alcohols under solvent-free conditions. High turnover frequency (TOF) values under microwave heating and excellent reusability of the catalyst may significantly contribute to applied chemistry.

Influence of functionalization of terephthalate linker on the catalytic activity of UiO-66 for epoxide ring opening

A series of five isostructural zirconium terephthalate UiO-66 metal organic frameworks bearing different functional groups on the terephthalate linker (UiO-66-X; X = H, NH2, NO2, Br, Cl,) have been successfully prepared and characterized. UiO-66-X materials were evaluated as heterogeneous catalysts for the epoxide ring opening of styrene oxide by methanol, observing an increase in the initial reaction rate from UiO-66-H to UiO-66-Br, over one order of magnitude. The reactivity order, however, does not follow a linear relationship between the Hammett constant value of the substituent and the initial reaction rate. UiO-66-Br exhibits a wide scope, its activity depending on the structure of epoxide and nucleophile. The absence of Zr leaching to the solution together with the preservation of the UiO-66-X crystallinity confirms the stability of the framework under the reaction conditions. Nevertheless, UiO-66 undergoes a progressive deactivation upon reuse that was attributed to a strong adsorption of the reaction product.

Thiourea catalyzed aminolysis of epoxides under solvent free conditions. Electronic control of regioselective ring opening

A reactant economizing process for the regioselective aminolysis of epoxides using equimolar quantities of reactants catalyzed by the double hydrogen bond donor N,N′-bis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]thiourea is reported. Regioselectivity of the reaction

Microwave-enhanced bismuth triflate-catalyzed epoxide opening with aliphatic amines

In the presence of a catalytic amount of Bi(OTf)3·4H2O and under microwave irradiation, neat mixtures of epoxides and amines afforded smoothly the corresponding 2-amino alcohols. A wide variety of aliphatic amines were reacted with cycloalkene oxide, styrene oxide, and stilbene oxide. The reaction proceeded rapidly and afforded the 2-amino alcohols in high up to quantitative yields. All products could be obtained without aqueous work-up by simple filtration.