75140-51-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Formal reductive addition of acetonitrile to aldehydes and ketones
Muratov, Karim,Kuchuk, Ekaterina,Vellalath, Sreekumar,Afanasyev, Oleg I.,Moskovets, Alexei P.,Denisov, Gleb,Chusov, Denis
supporting information, p. 7693 - 7701 (2018/11/02)
An efficient and highly productive rhodium-catalyzed method for the synthesis of nitriles employing aldehydes or ketones, methyl cyanoacetate, water and carbon monoxide as starting materials has been developed. Simple rhodium chloride without any ligands can be used. The fine tuning of the substrate can lead to the activity higher than 5000 TON.
Reductive Transformations of Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by Rhodium Supported on a Carbon Matrix by using Carbon Monoxide as a Deoxygenative Agent
Yagafarov, Niyaz Z.,Usanov, Dmitry L.,Moskovets, Alexey P.,Kagramanov, Nikolai D.,Maleev, Victor I.,Chusov, Denis
, p. 2590 - 2593 (2015/09/15)
An efficient method for the rhodium on carbon matrix catalyzed preparation of secondary and tertiary amines, cyanoesters, and nitriles through the reductive amination/alkylation of carbonyl compounds was developed, including a convenient procedure for the tandem formal reductive addition of acetonitrile to aldehydes. The catalyst could be reused, and at least three consecutive reaction cycles were performed with comparable efficiency. The method was shown to be compatible with functional groups prone to reduction by hydrogen and complex hydrides. Beyond the matrix: An efficient method for the rhodium on carbon matrix catalyzed preparation of secondary and tertiary amines, cyanoesters, and nitriles through the reductive amination/alkylation of carbonyl compounds is developed, including a convenient procedure for the tandem formal reductive addition of acetonitrile to aldehydes. TON=turnover number.
Superacid-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization reaction of arylcyanopropionate: Geminal substitution effect on superelectrophilicity
Nakamura, Satoshi,Sugimoto, Hiromichi,Ohwada, Tomohiko
, p. 4219 - 4224 (2008/09/20)
(Chemical Equation Presented) We present superacid-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization reactions of arylcyanopropionates to give cyclized five- and six-membered β-enamino esters in moderate to high yields. Known intramolecular ring-closing reactions of protonated nitrile to aromatic carbon atom are limited to the 6-membered case. Interestingly, a significant synergistic increase of reactivity of the cyano functionality was observed, and the cyano nitrogen atom was converted into an amino group, when an ester group was present in a geminal arrangement. Deuterium exchange experiments excluded the involvement of deprotonation of the α-proton in the cyclization process. The acidity dependence of the cyclization reactions and 13C NMR studies of a model compound, methyl cyanoacetate, in various acidic media were consistent with the involvement of the O,N-diprotonated dication of methyl cyanoacetate, a distonic dication, in strong acid, and this is considered to be the de facto electrophile in the present cyclization reaction of arylcyanopropionates.
