38460-98-9Relevant articles and documents
Ayres,Chambers
, p. 1389,1391 (1967)
Bis(pertrifluoromethylcatecholato)silane: Extreme Lewis Acidity Broadens the Catalytic Portfolio of Silicon
Thorwart, Thadd?us,Roth, Daniel,Greb, Lutz
supporting information, p. 10422 - 10427 (2021/05/27)
Given its earth abundance, silicon is ideal for constructing Lewis acids of use in catalysis or materials science. Neutral silanes were limited to moderate Lewis acidity, until halogenated catecholato ligands provoked a significant boost. However, catalytic applications of bis(perhalocatecholato)silanes were suffering from very poor solubility and unknown deactivation pathways. In this work, the novel per(trifluoromethyl)catechol, H2catCF3, and adducts of its silicon complex Si(catCF3)2 (1) are described. According to the computed fluoride ion affinity, 1 ranks among the strongest neutral Lewis acids currently accessible in the condensed phase. The improved robustness and affinity of 1 enable deoxygenations of aldehydes, ketones, amides, or phosphine oxides, and a carbonyl-olefin metathesis. All those transformations have never been catalyzed by a neutral silane. Attempts to obtain donor-free 1 attest to the extreme Lewis acidity by stabilizing adducts with even the weakest donors, such as benzophenone or hexaethyl disiloxane.
Method for synthesizing ether by catalyzing alcohol through trimethyl halosilane
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Paragraph 0039-0042, (2020/12/29)
The invention discloses a method for synthesizing ether by catalyzing alcohol through trimethyl halosilane. According to the method, under the conditions of air or nitrogen atmosphere, no solvent andno transition metal catalyst, an alcohol compound is directly used as a raw material, trimethyl halosilane is used as a catalyst, and symmetric or asymmetric ether is synthesized through one-step selective dehydration reaction. According to the method, the use of strong acid, strong base and organic primary halides with high toxicity, instability and higher price is avoided, the synthesis steps are shortened, the synthesis efficiency is improved, the reaction has good selectivity, and a target ether product can be obtained preferentially.
Aryl Boronic Acid Catalysed Dehydrative Substitution of Benzylic Alcohols for C?O Bond Formation
Estopi?á-Durán, Susana,Donnelly, Liam J.,Mclean, Euan B.,Hockin, Bryony M.,Slawin, Alexandra M. Z.,Taylor, James E.
, p. 3950 - 3956 (2019/02/16)
A combination of pentafluorophenylboronic acid and oxalic acid catalyses the dehydrative substitution of benzylic alcohols with a second alcohol to form new C?O bonds. This method has been applied to the intermolecular substitution of benzylic alcohols to form symmetrical ethers, intramolecular cyclisations of diols to form aryl-substituted tetrahydrofuran and tetrahydropyran derivatives, and intermolecular crossed-etherification reactions between two different alcohols. Mechanistic control experiments have identified a potential catalytic intermediate formed between the aryl boronic acid and oxalic acid.
