18968-27-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Tropolonate salts as acyl-transfer catalysts under thermal and photochemical conditions: Reaction scope and mechanistic insights
Mai, Binh Khanh,Koenigs, Rene M.,Nguyen, Thanh Vinh,Lyons, Demelza J.M.,Empel, Claire,Pace, Domenic P.,Dinh, An H.
, p. 12596 - 12606 (2020/11/18)
Acyl-transfer catalysis is a frequently used tool to promote the formation of carboxylic acid derivatives, which are important synthetic precursors and target compounds in organic synthesis. However, there have been only a few structural motifs known to efficiently catalyze the acyl-transfer reaction. Herein, we introduce a different acyl-transfer catalytic paradigm based on the tropolone framework. We show that tropolonate salts, due to their strong nucleophilicity and photochemical activity, can promote the coupling reaction between alcohols and carboxylic acid anhydrides or chlorides to give products under thermal or blue light photochemical conditions. Kinetic studies and density functional theory calculations suggest interesting mechanistic insights for reactions promoted by this acyl-transfer catalytic system.
An efficient protocol for alcohol protection under solvent- and catalyst-free conditions
Rao, Ch. Bhujanga,Chinnababu,Venkateswarlu
supporting information; experimental part, p. 8856 - 8858 (2010/02/17)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Asimple and highly efficient protocol for pivaloylation of alcohols without using a catalyst under solvent-free conditions has been developed. The key advantages of the reaction are short reaction time, high yields, simple workup, and no need for further purification. Selectivity was observed between primary alcohols vs. secondary alcohols and aliphatic alcohols vs. aromatic alcohols. The accentuated and relevant phenomenon of this method that we observed is in one-pot conversion of TBS protection into Piv protection of the hydroxyl group. 2009 American Chemical Society.
Widely useful DMAP-catalyzed esterification under auxiliary base- and solvent-free conditions
Sakakura, Akira,Kawajiri, Kimio,Ohkubo, Takuro,Kosugi, Yuji,Ishihara, Kazuaki
, p. 14775 - 14779 (2008/09/17)
With regard to atom economy and E-factor, catalytic condensation of carboxylic acids with equimolar amounts of alcohols is the most desirable. Although several highly active dehydration catalysts have been reported, more efficient alternatives are still strongly needed because the dehydrative esterification of tertiary alcohols, phenols, acid-sensitive alcohols, amino acids, and hardly soluble alcohols has never proceeded satisfactorily. Here we report new insights into the classical DMAP-catalyzed acylation of alcohols: surprisingly, only a 0.05-2 mol % of DMAP can efficiently promote acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides under auxiliary base- and solvent-free conditions to give the corresponding esters in high yields. Furthermore, we achieved the recovery and reuse of commercially available polystyrene-supported DMAP without using any solvents. These serendipitous findings provide widely useful and environmentally benign esterification methods, which might be more practical and reliable than catalytic dehydrative condensation methods, in particular, for the less reactive alcohols which hardly condense with carboxylic acid directly.
2-Acyloxy-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine - A new reagent for ester synthesis
Kaminska, Janina E.,Kaminski, Zbigniew J.,Gora, Jozef
, p. 593 - 596 (2007/10/03)
2-Acyloxy-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazines obtained in reaction between carboxylic acid and 2-chloro-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine were used as acylating agents for the synthesis of esters from primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols. Because of mild acylation conditions the method could be applied to esterification of labile alcohols with aromatic and aliphatic (also α-branched) acids in good yields.
