4553-62-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Efficient nickel-catalyzed hydrocyanation of alkenes using acetone cyanohydrin as a safer cyano source
Nemoto, Koji,Nagafuchi, Tsuyoshi,Tominaga, Ken-ichi,Sato, Kazuhiko
, p. 3199 - 3203 (2016/07/06)
An active nickel catalyst prepared in situ from a Ni(II) compound, phosphine ligand, and zinc powder was found to be an efficient catalyst system for the hydrocyanation of various alkenes using acetone cyanohydrin as a safer cyano source. The combination of NiCl2·6H2O and 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane was the most efficient catalyst precursor in DMF. Under the optimized conditions, various styrenes, heterocyclic alkenes, and aliphatic alkenes were converted to their corresponding nitriles in excellent yields.
Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation with Alkyl Electrophiles: Cyanation of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Chlorides at Room Temperature
Ratani, Tanvi S.,Bachman, Shoshana,Fu, Gregory C.,Peters, Jonas C.
supporting information, p. 13902 - 13907 (2016/01/15)
We have recently reported that, in the presence of light and a copper catalyst, nitrogen nucleophiles such as carbazoles and primary amides undergo C-N coupling with alkyl halides under mild conditions. In the present study, we establish that photoinduced, copper-catalyzed alkylation can also be applied to C-C bond formation, specifically, that the cyanation of unactivated secondary alkyl chlorides can be achieved at room temperature to afford nitriles, an important class of target molecules. Thus, in the presence of an inexpensive copper catalyst (CuI; no ligand coadditive) and a readily available light source (UVC compact fluorescent light bulb), a wide array of alkyl halides undergo cyanation in good yield. Our initial mechanistic studies are consistent with the hypothesis that an excited state of [Cu(CN)2]- may play a role, via single electron transfer, in this process. This investigation provides a rare example of a transition metal-catalyzed cyanation of an alkyl halide, as well as the first illustrations of photoinduced, copper-catalyzed alkylation with either a carbon nucleophile or a secondary alkyl chloride.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRILE COMPOUNDS FROM ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS
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Paragraph 0081-0088, (2014/09/16)
The present invention relates to a method for the hydrocyanation of organic ethylenically unsaturated compounds including at least one nitrile function. The invention specifically relates to a method for the hydrocyanation of a hydrocarbon compound including at least one ethylenic unsaturation by a reaction with hydrogen cyanide in a liquid medium and in the presence of a catalyst including a metal element selected from the transition metals and an organophosphorous ligand, the organophosphorous gaud including a compound of general formula (I), where R1 and R2, which are identical or different, are a linear or branched alkyl radical having 1-12 carbon atoms, which can include heteroatoms, or an optionally substituted aromatic or cycloaliphatic radical that can include heteroatoms, wherein the covalent bond between P and R1, and that between P and R2, are P—C bonds.
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NITRILE COMPOUNDS FROM ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS
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Paragraph 0117-0124, (2013/03/26)
A method is described for the hydrocyanation of organic ethylene-unsaturated compounds into compounds including at least one nitrile function. Also described, is a method for the hydrocyanation of a hydrocarbon compound including at least one ethylenic unsaturation by reaction in a liquid medium with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalyst including a metal element selected from among the transition metals and an organophosphorous ligand including, in one embodiment of the invention, an organophosphorous compound. The described method can be used in particular for the synthesis of adiponitrile from butadiene.
ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS, CATALYTIC SYSTEMS COMPRISING SAID COMPOUNDS AND METHOD OF HYDROCYANATION USING SAID CATALYTIC SYSTEMS
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Paragraph 0104-0110, (2013/03/26)
The present invention relates to organophosphorus compounds belonging to the phosphinite-phosphite family, catalytic systems comprising a metallic element forming a complex with said phosphinite-phosphite compounds and methods of hydrocyanation employed in the presence of said catalytic systems.
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING COMPOUNDS COMPRISING NITRILE FUNCTIONS
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Page/Page column 3, (2012/01/14)
The present invention relates to a process for producing compounds comprising at least one nitrile function by hydrocyanation of a compound comprising at least one non-conjugated unsaturation. The invention proposes a process for producing compounds comprising at least one nitrile function by hydrocyanation of an organic compound comprising at least one non-conjugated unsaturation, comprising from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, by reaction with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalytic system comprising a complex of nickel having the oxidation state of zero with at least one organophosphorus ligand chosen from the group comprising organophosphites, organophosphonites, organophosphinites and organosphosphines and a cocatalyst of the Lewis acid type.
Stable fluorophosphines: Predicted and realized ligands for catalysis
Fey, Natalie,Garland, Michael,Hopewell, Jonathan P.,McMullin, Claire L.,Mastroianni, Sergio,Orpen, A. Guy,Pringle, Paul G.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 118 - 122 (2012/03/26)
Ligand maps lead to treasure! The activity of complexes of fluorophosphines (R2PF) in catalytic hydroformylation and hydrocyanation is predicted from a ligand map. However, the instability of R2PF to disproportionation is well-documented. Examples of R2PF ligands (see scheme) are described that are stabilized to such an extent that they can be used in catalysis and are shown to be highly effective.
Cage phosphinites: Ligands for efficient nickel-catalyzed hydrocyanation of 3-pentenenitrile
Mikhel, Igor S.,Garland, Michael,Hopewell, Jonathan,Mastroianni, Sergio,McMullin, Claire L.,Orpen, A. Guy,Pringle, Paul G.
experimental part, p. 974 - 985 (2011/05/04)
The cage monophosphinites CgPOR {where CgP = 6-phospha-2,4,8-trioxa- adamantane and R = C6H5 (La); 2-C 6H4CH3 (Lb); 2,4,6-C 6H2(CH3)3 (Lc); 2,4-C6H3tBu2 (Ld); CH3 (Le); CH2CF3 (Lf)} and diphosphinites CgPZPCg {where ZH2 = 2,2′-biphenol (L g) or 1,2-benzenedimethanol (Lh)} have been made from CgPBr and the corresponding alcohol or phenol. The cage phosphinites are remarkably stable to water. All the ligands La-h have been tested for nickel(0)-catalyzed hydrocyanation of 3-pentenenitrile in the presence of Lewis acids (ZnCl2, Ph2BOBPh2, or iBu2AlOAliBu2), and tentative structure-activity relationships are suggested. The hydrocyanation activities obtained with catalysts derived from monophosphinite Lf (with iBu2AlOAliBu2) and diphosphinite Lh (with ZnCl2) are comparable with the commercial catalyst based on P(OTol)3. The complexes trans-[PtCl 2(L)2] where L = La (1a), Le (1e), and Lf (1f) and the chelate cis-[PtCl2(Lh)] (1h) are reported. From the νCO values for the complexes trans-[RhCl(CO)(La-f)2] (2a-f), it is concluded that ligand Lf is the most phosphite-like of the monophosphinites. Treatment of [Ni(cod)2] (cod = 1,5-cyclo-octadiene) with L h leads to a mixture of products, one of which was characterized as the binuclear [Ni2(Lh)2(μ-cod)] (3h). The crystal structures of Lh, 1a, 1e, 1f, 1h?2CH2Cl 2, and 3h?3C6H5CH3 are reported.
PREPARATION OF NITRILES FROM ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS
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Page/Page column 4-5, (2011/07/29)
A process for the hydrocyanation of a hydrocarbon-based compound having at least one site of ethylenic unsaturation into a nitrile compound includes reaction thereof, in a liquid medium, with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalyst containing a metal element selected from among the transition metals and an organophosphorus ligand, wherein the organophosphorus ligand is a mixture of at least one monodentate organophosphite compound and at least one monodentate organophosphine compound; the subject process is especially useful for the synthesis of adiponitrile from butadiene.
NICKEL METAL COMPOSITIONS AND NICKEL COMPLEXES DERIVED FROM BASIC NICKEL CARBONATES
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Page/Page column 9, (2011/08/22)
Nickel-metal-containing solids for use in manufacturing nickel metal complexes are disclosed. The nickel-metal-containing solids are made by reducing basic nickel carbonates. By varying the molar ratios of carbonates and bicarbonates to nickel salts, the methods provide basic nickel carbonates that produce superior nickel metal-containing solids that react more effectively with phosphorous-containing ligands. The phosphorous containing ligands can be both monodentate and bidentate phosphorous-containing ligands.
