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Mild Redox-Neutral Depolymerization of Lignin with a Binuclear Rh Complex in Water
Liu, Yuxuan,Li, Changzhi,Miao, Wang,Tang, Weijun,Xue, Dong,Li, Chaoqun,Zhang, Bo,Xiao, Jianliang,Wang, Aiqin,Zhang, Tao,Wang, Chao
, p. 4441 - 4447 (2019/05/14)
A mild redox-neutral lignin depolymerization system featuring a water-soluble binuclear Rh complex has been developed. The catalytic system could be successfully applied to the depolymerization of a lignin-like polymer, alkaline lignin, as well as raw lignocellulose samples to produce aromatic ketones, providing a homogeneous catalytic system for "lignin-first" biorefinery in water. Mechanistic studies on the model substrate suggest that the reaction proceeds via a metal-catalyzed dehydrogenation step to afford a carbonyl intermediate, followed by C-O bond cleavage to afford ketone and phenol products. Deuterium labeling study shows that the hydrogen used for cleavage of the C-O bond originates from the alcohol moiety in the substrate.
Wacker-Type Oxidation Using an Iron Catalyst and Ambient Air: Application to Late-Stage Oxidation of Complex Molecules
Liu, Binbin,Jin, Fengli,Wang, Tianjiao,Yuan, Xiaorong,Han, Wei
supporting information, p. 12712 - 12717 (2017/09/11)
A practical and general iron-catalyzed Wacker-type oxidation of olefins to ketones is presented, and it uses ambient air as the sole oxidant. The mild oxidation conditions enable exceptional functional-group tolerance, which has not been demonstrated for any other Wacker-type reaction to date. The inexpensive and nontoxic reagents [iron(II) chloride, polymethylhydrosiloxane, and air] can, therefore, also be employed to oxidize complex natural-product-derived and polyfunctionalized molecules.
Structure-reactivity effects on primary deuterium isotope effects on protonation of ring-substituted α-methoxystyrenes
Tsang, Wing-Yin,Richard, John P.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 13952 - 13962 (2009/12/25)
Primary product isotope effects (PIEs) on L+ and carboxylic acid catalyzed protonation of ring-substituted α-methoxystyrenes (X-1) to form oxocarbenium ions X-2+ in 50/50 (v/v) HOH/DOD were calculated from the yields of the α-CH
Vinylcations, 39. Zinc Chloride Catalysed Addition of Hydrogen Chloride to Cyclopropylalkynes
Hanack, Michael,Weber, Erhard
, p. 777 - 797 (2007/10/02)
Zinc chloride catalysed addition of hydrogen chloride to 1-cyclopropylalkynes 5a-e (R = CH3, c-C3H5, phenyl, p-tolyl, 4-methoxyphenyl) is studied and the results are compared with those of the addition of HCl/ZnCl2 to several substituted arylalkynes 10a-h.Thus, the alkynes are reacted with HCl/ZnCl2 in dichloromethane and the reaction products are investigated also with respect to their stereochemistry.All alkynes yield predominantly the direkt hydrogen chloride addition products.The 1-cyclopropylalkynes 5a-d give (E)-1-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-1-alkenes 15, and (E)-1-chloro-2-cyclopropyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethene (16e) is obtained as the major product from 5e (R = 4-CH3OC6H4).Moreover, ring opening to homoallenyl chlorides 19 and, as a side reaction, formation of the ketones 17 and 18 by the addition of water are observed.In a secondary addition reaction, the dichlorides 20 are also obtained by homoallyl rearrangement.The arylalkynes 10a-g react preferentially with formation of (E)-1-aryl-1-chloroalkenes 21.Relative rates are obtained by inter- and intramolecular competition reactions of the alkynes 23 and 5b-e with HCl/ZnCl2 showing the order of stabilization by substituents of the intermediate vinyl cation 2 to be 4-ClC6H4 E2 mechanism.The preferential formation of the addition products E-15, E-16, and E-21 is attributed to a syn-vinyl cation ion pair and to steric approach control of the β-substituents in the vinyl cation intermediate 2.
