15174-42-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Decarboxylative C(sp3)?O Cross-Coupling
Mao, Runze,Balon, Jonathan,Hu, Xile
supporting information, p. 13624 - 13628 (2018/09/25)
Alkyl aryl ethers are an important class of compounds in medicinal and agricultural chemistry. Catalytic C(sp3)?O cross-coupling of alkyl electrophiles with phenols is an unexplored disconnection strategy to the synthesis of alkyl aryl ethers, with the potential to overcome some of the major limitations of existing methods such as C(sp2)?O cross-coupling and SN2 reactions. Reported here is a tandem photoredox and copper catalysis to achieve decarboxylative C(sp3)?O coupling of alkyl N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) esters with phenols under mild reaction conditions. This method was used to synthesize a diverse set of alkyl aryl ethers using readily available alkyl carboxylic acids, including many natural products and drug molecules. Complementarity in scope and functional-group tolerance to existing methods was demonstrated.
Rh(CAAC)-Catalyzed Arene Hydrogenation: Evidence for Nanocatalysis and Sterically Controlled Site-Selective Hydrogenation
Tran, Ba L.,Fulton, John L.,Linehan, John C.,Lercher, Johannes A.,Bullock, R. Morris
, p. 8441 - 8449 (2018/08/17)
We report the arene hydrogenation of ethers, amides, and esters at room temperature and low hydrogen pressure, starting from [(CAAC)Rh(COD)Cl] (CAAC = cyclic alkyl amino carbene). Kinetic, mechanistic, and Rh K-edge XAFS studies showed formation of Rh nanoparticles from [(CAAC)Rh(COD)Cl], in contrast to a previous report of [(CAAC)Rh(COD)Cl] functioning as a homogeneous catalyst for arene hydrogenation. We determined that the site-selective arene hydrogenation catalyzed by this system is under steric control, as shown by detailed competition experiments with derivatives of ethers, amides, and esters bearing different aromatic rings of varying electronic and steric influence. This work illustrates the potential of CAAC ligands in the formation and stabilization of a colloidal dispersion of stable nanoparticle catalysts.
Conversion of Cyclohexanones to Alkyl Aryl Ethers by Using a Pd/C–Ethylene System
El-Deeb, Ibrahim Yussif,Tian, Miaomiao,Funakoshi, Tatsuya,Matsubara, Ryosuke,Hayashi, Masahiko
supporting information, p. 409 - 413 (2017/01/24)
The conversion of cyclohexanone and substituted cyclohexanones into alkyl aryl ethers by using a Pd/C–ethylene system is discussed, with ethylene functioning as a hydrogen acceptor. The ether products are easily transformed into the corresponding phenols by treatment with BBr3. The direct conversion of cyclohexenone into phenol in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd/C under an ethylene atmosphere is also described.
Copper Catalyzed sp3 C-H Etherification with Acyl Protected Phenols
Salvador, Tolani K.,Arnett, Charles H.,Kundu, Subrata,Sapiezynski, Nicholas G.,Bertke, Jeffery A.,Raghibi Boroujeni, Mahdi,Warren, Timothy H.
supporting information, p. 16580 - 16583 (2017/01/10)
A variety of acyl protected phenols AcOAr participate in sp3 C-H etherification of substrates R-H to give alkyl aryl ethers R-OAr employing tBuOOtBu as oxidant with copper(I) β-diketiminato catalysts [CuI]. Although 1°, 2°, and 3° C-H bonds may be functionalized, selectivity studies reveal a preference for the construction of hindered, 3° C-OAr bonds. Mechanistic studies indicate that β-diketiminato copper(II) phenolates [CuII]-OAr play a key role in this C-O bond forming reaction, formed via transesterification of AcOAr with [CuII]-OtBu intermediates generated upon reaction of [CuI] with tBuOOtBu.
ORTHO-ALKYLATION OF o-, m-, AND p-CRESOLS WITH CYCLOHEXENE IN THE PRESENCE OF ALUMINUM CRESOLATES
Kozlikovskii, Ya. B.,Koshchii, V. A.,Butov, S. A.,Sokolova, A. V.
, p. 1702 - 1707 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of o-, m-, and p-cresols with cyclohexene in the presence of the corresponding aluminum cresolates leads to mixtures of ethers and phenols, in which the ortho-alkylation products, formed with yields of 75-85percent, predominate.
