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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Polystyrene stabilized iridium nanoparticles catalyzed chemo- and regio-selective semi-hydrogenation of nitroarenes to N-arylhydroxylamines

Polystyrene stabilized Iridium (Ir@PS) nanoparticles (NPs) as a heterogeneous catalyst have been developed and characterized by IR, UV–Vis, SEM, TEM, EDX and XRD studies. The prepared Ir@PS catalyst showed excellent reactivity for chemo- and regio-selective controlled-hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes to corresponding N-arylhydroxylamine using hydrazine hydrate as reducing source and environmentally benign polyethylene glycol (PEG-400) as green solvent. The present methodology was applied for vast substrate scope and found to be compatible with wide range of reducible functional groups. The reaction performed at 85 °C or ambient temperature and completed within 5–80 minutes. The catalyst can easily be filtered out from reaction mixture and reusable.

Bi(I)-Catalyzed Transfer-Hydrogenation with Ammonia-Borane

A catalytic transfer-hydrogenation utilizing a well-defined Bi(I) complex as catalyst and ammonia-borane as transfer agent has been developed. This transformation represents a unique example of low-valent pnictogen catalysis cycling between oxidation states I and III, and proved useful for the hydrogenation of azoarenes and the partial reduction of nitroarenes. Interestingly, the bismuthinidene catalyst performs well in the presence of low-valent transition-metal sensitive functional groups and presents orthogonal reactivity compared to analogous phosphorus-based catalysis. Mechanistic investigations suggest the intermediacy of an elusive bismuthine species, which is proposed to be responsible for the hydrogenation and the formation of hydrogen.

Synthesis of N-aryl and N-heteroaryl hydroxylamines via partial reduction of nitroarenes with soluble nanoparticle catalysts

Polystyrene-supported ruthenium nanoparticles enable the selective hydrazine-mediated reduction of nitroarenes to hydroxylamine products in high yield and selectivity. Key to obtaining the hydroxylamine product in good yield was the use of organic solvents capable of solubilizing the polystyrene-supported nanoparticle catalyst. N-aryl and N-heteroaryl hydroxylamines are generated under exceptionally mild conditions and in the presence of a various easily reduced functional groups.

Selective synthesis of N-aryl hydroxylamines by the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics using supported platinum catalysts

Various substituted nitroaromatics were successfully hydrogenated to the corresponding N-aryl hydroxylamines in excellent yields (up to 99%) using supported platinum catalysts such as Pt/SiO2 under a hydrogen atmosphere (1 bar) at room temperature. The key to the fast and highly selective formation of hydroxylamines is the addition of small amounts of amines such as triethylamine and dimethyl sulfoxide; amines promote the conversion of nitroaromatics, while dimethyl sulfoxide inhibits further hydrogenation of hydroxylamines to anilines. The promotive effect depends on which type of amine and primary amine was most effective. The hydrogenation efficiently proceeded in common organic solvents, including isopropanol, diethyl ether, and acetone. This methodology should extend the application range of conventional solid catalysts to fine chemicals synthesis. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2009.

Arylhydroxamic acid N,O-acyltransferase substrates. Acetyl transfer and electrophile generating activity of N-hydroxy-N-(4-alkenyl-, and 4-cyclohexylphenyl)acetamides

Arylhydroxamic acid N,O-acyltransferase (AHAT) is an enzyme system that is capable of converting many N-arylhydroxamic acids into reactive electrophilic species. As part of an investigation into the influence of the structure of the aryl group upon the ability of N-arylhydroxamic acids to serve as substrates for AHAT, a series of N-hydroxy-N-(4-alkyl-, 4-alkenyl-, and 4-cyclohexylphenyl) acetamides was prepared and evaluated in vitro with partially purified rat and hamster hepatic AHAT. The nature of the 4-substituent markedly influenced the ability of the hydroxamic acids to serve as acetyl donors in the AHAT-catalyzed transacetylation of 4-aminoazobenzene (AAB). As the length of the 4-substituent was increased from methyl to pentyl, the compounds became increasingly more effective substrates. The compounds containing vinyl, propenyl, and 2-methylpropenyl 4-substituents were more effective acetyl donors than the corresponding compounds containing saturated 4-substituents. The three most effective AHAT substrates in the AAB transacetylation assay were N-hydroxy-N-(4-pentylphenyl)- (7), N-hydroxy-N-(4-propenylphenyl)- (10), and N-hydroxy-N-[4-(2-methylpropenyl)phenyl]acetamide (11), each of which was approximately as active as the standard compound, N-hydroxy-4-acetamidobiphenyl (1), with rat hepatic AHAT and approximately 60% as active as 1 with hamster hepatic AHAT. Both 1 and N-hydroxyl-N-(4-cyclohexylphenyl)acetamide (8) were activated by hamster hepatic AHAT to yield electrophilic intermediates that formed adducts with 2-mercaptoethanol. The 2-mercaptoethanol adducts were characterized by mass spectrometry and were identified as 4-phenyl-2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)thio]aniline (22) and 4-cyclohexyl-2-[(2-hydroxyethyl)thio]aniline (21). The structure of compounds 21 and 22 were confirmed by an unambiguous chemical synthesis. Both compounds 1 and 8 irreversibly inactivated hamster hepatic AHAT by a time-dependent process. The results of the inactivation experiments confirmed that 1 inactivates AHAT primarily via a suicide substrate mechanism and revealed that 8 inactivates the enzyme by a process consisting primarily of a pathway in which electrophiles are released into the medium and subsequently react with nucleophiles present on AHAT.