207614-41-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Stereodivergent ruthenium-catalyzed transfer semihydrogenation of diaryl alkynes
Li, Jie,Hua, Ruimao
, p. 8462 - 8465 (2011)
[Ru3(CO)12]-catalyzed transfer semihydrogenation of various functionalized diaryl alkynes with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and water as hydrogen source affords cis- and trans-stilbenes. The stereodivergent approach can be switched by the use of acetic (HOAc) or trifluoroacetic (TFA) acid as additives. The catalytic processes can be applied to the synthesis of analogues of natural products such as cis-combretastatin A-4 and trans-resveratrol. Copyright
Nickel-Catalyzed Stereodivergent Synthesis of E- and Z-Alkenes by Hydrogenation of Alkynes
Murugesan, Kathiravan,Bheeter, Charles Beromeo,Linnebank, Pim R.,Spannenberg, Anke,Reek, Joost N. H.,Jagadeesh, Rajenahally V.,Beller, Matthias
, p. 3363 - 3369 (2019/06/28)
A convenient protocol for stereodivergent hydrogenation of alkynes to E- and Z-alkenes by using nickel catalysts was developed. Simple Ni(NO3)2?6 H2O as a catalyst precursor formed active nanoparticles, which were effective for the semihydrogenation of several alkynes with high selectivity for the Z-alkene (Z/E>99:1). Upon addition of specific multidentate ligands (triphos, tetraphos), the resulting molecular catalysts were highly selective for the E-alkene products (E/Z>99:1). Mechanistic studies revealed that the Z-alkene-selective catalyst was heterogeneous whereas the E-alkene-selective catalyst was homogeneous. In the latter case, the alkyne was first hydrogenated to a Z-alkene, which was subsequently isomerized to the E-alkene. This proposal was supported by density functional theory calculations. This synthetic methodology was shown to be generally applicable in >40 examples and scalable to multigram-scale experiments.
