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Multifunctional oxygen vacancies in WO3–x for catalytic alkylation of C–H by alcohols under red-light
Gu, Xianmo,Sun, Xichen,Wang, Yunwei,Zhang, Jin,Zheng, Zhanfeng,Zhu, Pengqi
, p. 208 - 217 (2021/09/06)
Surface reaction kinetics and light absorption properties of a photocatalyst are essential demands for efficiently solar to chemical energy converting. In this study, plasmonic WO3–x was firstly applied to photocatalytic alkylation of arenes under red light irradiation. The oxygen vacancies, both on the surface and in the bulk of WO3–x, allow abundant free electrons to increase carrier densities and support its LSPR using low energy photons. The surface oxygen vacancies have more functions: they not only release surface tungsten sites which ensure the chemisorption of alcohols due to the coordianation ability but also promote the activation of alcohols via an efficient transport of the holes on the neighbouring O sites to chemisorption alcohol species. In brief, the bulk oxygen vacancies provide abundant charges and the surface vacancies promote the bond adsorption and activation abilities, which ensure the high efficiency of photocatalytic alkylation of C–H.
Mixed Alkyl/Aryl Diphos Ligands for Iron-Catalyzed Negishi and Kumada Cross Coupling Towards the Synthesis of Diarylmethane
Ma, Xufeng,Wang, Han,Liu, Yao,Zhao, Xing,Zhang, Jun
, p. 5134 - 5140 (2021/11/16)
Mixed alkyl/aryl diphos ligands have been prepared and their application in iron-catalyzed cross coupling of benzylic chlorides with diaryl zinc (Negishi) or aryl Grignard reagents (Kumada) towards the synthesis of diarylmethane has been evaluated. The iron?diphos catalytic system exhibited the enhanced activity and selectivity in the two coupling reactions. The electron-rich mixed PPh2/PCy2 ligands outperformed their symmetrical PPh2 congeners, and led to decreased homocoupling byproduct formation. It indicates that the electronic effect of the ligands plays an important role in the catalytic performance. The Fe catalyst supported by L8 bearing an electron-rich PCy2 substituent and a sterically demanding tert-butyl on ethene backbone exhibited the best catalytic performance and good functional group tolerance in the two cross coupling reactions.
Nitrenium Salts in Lewis Acid Catalysis
Mehta, Meera,Goicoechea, Jose M.
supporting information, p. 2715 - 2719 (2020/01/24)
Molecular compounds featuring nitrogen atoms are typically regarded as Lewis bases and are extensively employed as donor ligands in coordination chemistry or as nucleophiles in organic chemistry. By contrast, electrophilic nitrogen-containing compounds are much rarer. Nitrenium cations are a new family of nitrogen-based Lewis acids, the reactivity of which remains largely unexplored. In this work, nitrenium ions are explored as catalysts in five organic transformations. These reactions are the first examples of Lewis acid catalysis employing nitrogen as the site of substrate activation. Moreover, these compounds are readily accessed from commercially available reagents and exhibit remarkable stability toward moisture, allowing for benchtop transformations without the need to pretreat solvents.
