58635-27-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis of high-density aviation fuels with methyl benzaldehyde and cyclohexanone
Xu, Jilei,Li, Ning,Li, Guangyi,Han, Fengan,Wang, Aiqin,Cong, Yu,Wang, Xiaodong,Zhang, Tao
, p. 3753 - 3760 (2018)
A new two-step process was developed for the synthesis of high-density jet fuel range tricyclic alkanes with methyl benzaldehydes and cyclohexanone which can be derived from lignocellulose. In the first step, C14 oxygenates (i.e. 2-(2-methylbenzylidene)cyclohexanone or 2-(4-methylbenzylidene)cyclohexanone) were obtained by the solvent-free aldol condensation of 2-methyl benzaldehyde (or 4-methyl benzaldehyde) and cyclohexanone. Among the investigated catalysts, the EAOAc ionic liquid (a renewable catalyst which was prepared with ethanolamine and acetic acid) exhibited the highest activity and good stability for this reaction. Over it, high carbon yields (～85%) of C14 oxygenates were achieved under mild reaction conditions (353 K, 6 h). In the second step, the C14 oxygenates were selectively converted into 1-methyldodecahydro-1H-fluorene and 3-methyldodecahydro-1H-fluorene by the aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation (APHDO) over a commercial Pd/C catalyst. According to our measurement, the 1-methyldodecahydro-1H-fluorene and 3-methyldodecahydro-1H-fluorene as obtained have high densities (0.99 g mL-1 and 0.96 g mL-1, respectively, at 298 K). As a potential application, they can be used as additives to improve the volumetric heat values of the current bio-jet fuels.
Ruthenium-catalysed synthesis of chiral exocyclic allylic alcoholsviachemoselective transfer hydrogenation of 2-arylidene cycloalkanones
Zhang, Kaili,Liu, Qixing,He, Renke,Chen, Danyi,Deng, Zhangshuang,Huang, Nianyu,Zhou, Haifeng
supporting information, p. 1628 - 1632 (2021/03/09)
An exclusive asymmetric reduction of C=O bonds of 2-arylidene four-, five-, six-, and seven-membered cycloalkanones has been studied systematically. The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation was performed using a robust and commercially available chiral diamine-derived ruthenium complex as a catalyst and HCOOH/Et3N as a hydrogen source under mild conditions, giving 51 examples of chiral exocyclic allylic alcohols in up to 96% yield and 99% ee. This method was also applicable to the gram-scale synthesis of the active intermediates of the anti-inflammatory loxoprofen and natural product (?)-goniomitine.
