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Photocatalytic Hydromethylation and Hydroalkylation of Olefins Enabled by Titanium Dioxide Mediated Decarboxylation
Zhu, Qilei,Nocera, Daniel G.
, p. 17913 - 17918 (2020/12/04)
A versatile method for the hydromethylation and hydroalkylation of alkenes at room temperature is achieved by using the photooxidative redox capacity of the valence band of anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2). Mechanistic studies support a radical-based mechanism involving the photoexcitation of TiO2 with 390 nm light in the presence of acetic acid and other carboxylic acids to generate methyl and alkyl radicals, respectively, without the need for stoichiometric base. This protocol is accepting of a broad scope of alkene and carboxylic acids, including challenging ones that produce highly reactive primary alkyl radicals and those containing functional groups that are susceptible to nucleophilic substitution such as alkyl halides. This methodology highlights the utility of using heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysts such as TiO2 for promoting challenging organic syntheses that rely on highly reactive intermediates.
Palladium catalyzed hydroesterification of substituted alkenes under microwave conditions
Du Plessis, Maretha,Marais, Charlene,Bezuidenhoudt, Barend C. B.
supporting information, p. 40 - 48 (2020/09/16)
While several catalyst systems have been utilized in the hydroesterification or methoxycarbonylation of alkenes or equivalent substrates, these reactions are conventionally performed in autoclave reactor systems under high CO pressure (20-70 bar) and thermal heating (70 - 110 oC). In this paper, the first methoxycarbonylation reactions performed in a microwave reactor fitted with a gas-Addition accessory system are reported on and compared to the same reactions performed under conventional heating in an autoclave reactor. Thus 1-octene, styrene, allylbenzene, o-and p-methoxyallylbenzene and β-methylstyrene were subjected to methoxycarbonylation over a palladium acetate-aluminum triflate catalyst system at 12 bar and 95 oC. Results obtained indicated the methoxycarbonylation of these alkenes to be much faster under microwave conditions when compared to conventional heating and improvements in conversion ranged between 3 and 5% for the more reactive substrates (1-octene and styrene) and 6 - 20% for the allylbenzenes and β-methylstyrene.
Parameters Influencing Reactivity and Regioselectivity in the Methoxycarbonylation of Arylalkenes
Du Plessis, Maretha,Marais, Charlene,Bezuidenhoudt, Barend C. B.
, p. 557 - 565 (2016/02/14)
Previous research showed that the steric bulk, electronic character, and bite angle of the ligand have an influence on both the catalyst activity and regioselectivity of hydroformylation and hydroesterification reactions. However, little is known in this regard about the influence of the steric and electronic environment around the double bond of the substrate. A variety of arylalkenes were therefore subjected to methoxycarbonylation to investigate the steric and electronic effects of substituents on the aromatic ring of the substrate on the regioselectivity and reactivity in the methoxycarbonylation reaction of these substrates with a Pd(II)/Al(OTf)3/Ph3P catalyst system.
Enantiospecific synthesis of 4-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-hexan-3-one as precursor for optically active (pS) or (pR) isomer of (Z) or (E)-3-(2'-((N,N-dimethylamino)methylferrocenyl)-4-(4''-methoxyphenyl)-hex-3-ene
Malezieux, Bernard,Gruselle, Michel,Troitskaya, Ludmila,Sokolov, Viatcheslav
, p. 259 - 269 (2007/10/03)
We describe herein an original method for the preparation of enantiomerically pure (Z)- or (E)-3-(2'-((N,N-dimethylamino)methylferrocenyl)-4-(4''-methoxyphenyl)-hex-3-ene possessing a p(S) or p(R) plane of chirality. The key step of the synthesis lies in obtaining enantiomerically pure (R) or (S) 4-(4'-methoxyphenyl)-hexan-3-one whose reaction with the lithiated N,N-dimethylaminomethylferrocene leads to two enantiomerically pure amino-alcohol diastereomers (pS,3S,4R) and (pR,3S,4R), or (pS,3R,4S) and (pR,3R,4S) respectively. Subsequent dehydration yields a mixture of three olefins, namely, two trisubstituted olefins and either the (Z)- or (E)-tetrasubstituted olefin with respect to the starting amino-alcohol diastereomer. Additionally we obtained the enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-4-phenyl-hexan-3-one and the corresponding diastereomeric amino-alcohols.
