1679-00-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
The solvent determines the product in the hydrogenation of aromatic ketones using unligated RhCl3as catalyst precursor
Bartling, Stephan,Chakrabortty, Soumyadeep,De Vries, Johannes G.,Kamer, Paul C. J.,Lund, Henrik,Müller, Bernd H.,Rockstroh, Nils
, p. 7608 - 7616 (2021/12/13)
Alkyl cyclohexanes were synthesized in high selectivity via a combined hydrogenation/hydrodeoxygenation of aromatic ketones using ligand-free RhCl3 as pre-catalyst in trifluoroethanol as solvent. The true catalyst consists of rhodium nanoparticles (Rh NPs), generated in situ during the reaction. A range of conjugated as well as non-conjugated aromatic ketones were directly hydrodeoxygenated to the corresponding saturated cyclohexane derivatives at relatively mild conditions. The solvent was found to be the determining factor to switch the selectivity of the ketone hydrogenation. Cyclohexyl alkyl-alcohols were the products using water as a solvent.
Selective Hydrogenation and Hydrodeoxygenation of Aromatic Ketones to Cyclohexane Derivatives Using a Rh&at;SILP Catalyst
Bordet, Alexis,Emondts, Meike,Leitner, Walter,Moos, Gilles
supporting information, p. 11977 - 11983 (2020/06/02)
Rhodium nanoparticles immobilized on an acid-free triphenylphosphonium-based supported ionic liquid phase (Rh&at;SILP(Ph3-P-NTf2)) enabled the selective hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation of aromatic ketones. The flexible molecular approach used to assemble the individual catalyst components (SiO2, ionic liquid, nanoparticles) led to outstanding catalytic properties. In particular, intimate contact between the nanoparticles and the phosphonium ionic liquid is required for the deoxygenation reactivity. The Rh&at;SILP(Ph3-P-NTf2) catalyst was active for the hydrodeoxygenation of benzylic ketones under mild conditions, and the product distribution for non-benzylic ketones was controlled with high selectivity between the hydrogenated (alcohol) and hydrodeoxygenated (alkane) products by adjusting the reaction temperature. The versatile Rh&at;SILP(Ph3-P-NTf2) catalyst opens the way to the production of a wide range of high-value cyclohexane derivatives by the hydrogenation and/or hydrodeoxygenation of Friedel–Crafts acylation products and lignin-derived aromatic ketones.
Catalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Stereochemical Definition of the Catalytic Cycle for η3-C3H5Co(P(OCH3)3)3
Bleeke, J. R.,Muetterties, E. L.
, p. 556 - 564 (2007/10/02)
The η3-C3H5Co(P(OCH3)3)3-catalyzed hydrogenations with D2of a series of unsaturated organic molecules, including cyclohexenes, cyclohexadienes, and arenes, have been investigated.Complete cis stereoselectivity was observed in the addition of deuterium to the unsaturated ring systems.When alkyl-substituted arenes were reduced with D2, the hydrogen atoms in the alkyl chains underwent H-D exchange as long as each successive carbon atom in the chain possessed at least one hydrogen atom.Hence, extensive H-D exchange occured in n-alkyl side chains while the tert-butyl side chain was deuterium free.When alkyl-substituted arenes were hydrogenated in the presence of olefins such as 1-hexene, a variety of isomeric alkylcyclohexenes and alkenylcyclohexanes were observed.The relative concentrations of these isomeric species provided information about the relative stabilities of the (olefin)cobalt species in the catalytic cycle.Further mechanistic information was obtained from other competitive reactions, i.e., hydrogenation reactions involving equimolar quantities of two different unsaturated molecules.The proposed initiation steps of the catalytic cycle have been revised on the basis of a study of η3-C8H13Co(P(OCH3)3)3 as a catalyst precursor.The cyclooctenyl-cobalt bond was cleaved by hydrogen early in the reaction, leaving the highly coordinately unsaturated hydride, HCo(P(OCH3)3)2, which is probably the true catalytic species.
