17899-16-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Photocatalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of silanes with alcohols and water
Lv, Haiping,Laishram, Ronibala Devi,Chen, Jingchao,Khan, Ruhima,Zhu, Yuanbin,Wu, Shiyuan,Zhang, Jianqiang,Liu, Xingyuan,Fan, Baomin
supporting information, p. 3660 - 3663 (2021/04/16)
An efficient method for the dehydrogenative coupling of silanes with alcohols under photocatalysis was developed. The reaction proceeded in the presence of Ru(bpy)3Cl2(0.5 mol%) under visible light irradiation in acetonitrile at room temperature. The developed methodology was also applicable for the synthesis of silanols using water as a coupling partner.
Nitrenium Salts in Lewis Acid Catalysis
Mehta, Meera,Goicoechea, Jose M.
, p. 2715 - 2719 (2020/01/24)
Molecular compounds featuring nitrogen atoms are typically regarded as Lewis bases and are extensively employed as donor ligands in coordination chemistry or as nucleophiles in organic chemistry. By contrast, electrophilic nitrogen-containing compounds are much rarer. Nitrenium cations are a new family of nitrogen-based Lewis acids, the reactivity of which remains largely unexplored. In this work, nitrenium ions are explored as catalysts in five organic transformations. These reactions are the first examples of Lewis acid catalysis employing nitrogen as the site of substrate activation. Moreover, these compounds are readily accessed from commercially available reagents and exhibit remarkable stability toward moisture, allowing for benchtop transformations without the need to pretreat solvents.
Reductive Etherification of Aldehydes and Ketones with Alcohols and Triethylsilane Catalysed by Yb(OTf)3: an Efficient One-Pot Benzylation of Alcohols
Pelosi, Azzurra,Lanari, Daniela,Temperini, Andrea,Curini, Massimo,Rosati, Ornelio
supporting information, p. 4527 - 4539 (2019/08/26)
The one-pot synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical ethers from aldehydes and ketones can be conveniently performed using Yb(OTf)3 as catalyst and triethylsilane as reducing agent in presence of alcohols. This methodology leads to the synthesis of ether derivatives with good yields. Notably, this process resulted a useful tool to protect alcohols as benzyl ether derivatives using differently substituted benzaldehydes as protecting agents under mild conditions. A plausible mechanism was also proposed. (Figure presented.).
Controlling the catalytic aerobic oxidation of phenols
Esguerra, Kenneth Virgel N.,Fall, Yacoub,Petitjean, Laurène,Lumb, Jean-Philip
supporting information, p. 7662 - 7668 (2014/06/10)
The oxidation of phenols is the subject of extensive investigation, but there are few catalytic aerobic examples that are chemo- and regioselective. Here we describe conditions for the ortho-oxygenation or oxidative coupling of phenols under copper (Cu)-catalyzed aerobic conditions that give rise to ortho-quinones, biphenols or benzoxepines. We demonstrate that each product class can be accessed selectively by the appropriate choice of Cu(I) salt, amine ligand, desiccant and reaction temperature. In addition, we evaluate the effects of substituents on the phenol and demonstrate their influence on selectivity between ortho-oxygenation and oxidative coupling pathways. These results create an important precedent of catalyst control in the catalytic aerobic oxidation of phenols and set the stage for future development of catalytic systems and mechanistic investigations.
