4801-14-3Relevant articles and documents
Size- And Shape-Selective Catalysis with a Functionalized Self-Assembled Cage Host
Da Camara, Bryce,Hooley, Richard J.,Ngai, Courtney,Woods, Connor Z.
, p. 12862 - 12871 (2021/09/28)
A self-assembled Fe4L6 cage with internally oriented carboxylic acid functions was shown to catalyze a variety of dissociative nucleophilic substitution reactions that proceed via oxocarbenium ion or carbocation intermediates. The catalytic behavior of the cage was compared to that of other small acid catalysts, which illustrated large differences in reactivity of the cage-catalyzed reactions, dependent on the structure of the substrate. For example, only a 5% cage confers a 1000-fold rate acceleration of the thioetherification of vinyldiphenylmethanol when compared to the rate with free carboxylic acid surrogates but only a 52-fold acceleration in the formation of small thioacetals. Multiple factors control the variable reactivity in the host, including substrate inhibition, binding affinity, and accessibility of reactive groups once bound. Simple effective concentration increases or the overall charge of the cage does not explain the variations in reactivity shown by highly similar reactants in the host: small differences in structure can have large effects on reactivity. Reaction of large spherical guests is highly dependent on substitution, whereas flat guests are almost unaffected by size and shape differences. The cage is a promiscuous catalyst but has strong selectivity for particular substrate shapes, reminiscent of enzymatic activity.
Palladium-Catalyzed Allyl-Allyl Reductive Coupling of Allylamines or Allylic Alcohols with H2as Sole Reductant
Zhou, Xibing,Zhang, Guoying,Huang, Renbin,Huang, Hanmin
supporting information, p. 365 - 369 (2021/01/26)
Catalytic carbon-carbon bond formation building on reductive coupling is a powerful method for the preparation of organic compounds. The identification of environmentally benign reductants is key for establishing an efficient reductive coupling reaction. Herein an efficient strategy enabling H2 as the sole reductant for the palladium-catalyzed allyl-allyl reductive coupling reaction is described. A wide range of allylamines and allylic alcohols as well as allylic ethers proceed smoothly to deliver the C-C coupling products under 1 atm of H2. Kinetic studies suggested that the dinuclear palladium species was involved in the catalytic cycle.
Photo/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Co-catalyzed Ring Opening and γ-Alkylation of Cyclopropane Enal
Dai, Lei,Ye, Song
supporting information, p. 986 - 990 (2020/02/28)
An unprecedented photo/NHC-co-catalyzed ring-opening C-C bond cleavage of cyclopropane enal and the following γ-alkylation with a halogenated compound via radicals were established, affording the corresponding γ-alkylated α,β-unsaturated esters in moderate to good yields.
