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Selective C-alkylation Between Alcohols Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Molybdenum

The first implementation of a molybdenum complex with an easily accessible bis-N-heterocyclic carbene ligand to catalyze β-alkylation of secondary alcohols via borrowing-hydrogen (BH) strategy using alcohols as alkylating agents is reported. Remarkably high activity, excellent selectivity, and broad substrate scope compatibility with advantages of catalyst usage low to 0.5 mol%, a catalytic amount of NaOH as the base, and H2O as the by-product are demonstrated in this green and step-economical protocol. Mechanistic studies indicate a plausible outer-sphere mechanism in which the alcohol dehydrogenation is the rate-determining step.

Switchable β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols by a well-defined cobalt catalyst

β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols to selectively generate alcohols by a well-defined Co catalyst is presented. Remarkably, a low catalyst loading of 0.7 mol % can be employed for the reaction. More significantly, this study represents the first Co-catalyzed switchable alcohol/ketone synthesis by simply manipulating the reaction parameters. In addition, the transformation is environmentally friendly, with water as the only byproduct.

Pincer-Nickel Catalyzed Selective Guerbet-Type Reactions

We report here the synthesis and characterization of a series of NNN pincer-nickel complexes of the type (R2NNN)NiCl2(CH3CN) (R = iPr, tBu, Cy, Ph, and p-F-C6H4) based on bis(imino)pyridine ligands. In solution, these complexes are found to be equilibrium mixtures containing one and two pincer ligands, respectively. While the crystal structure of the former was reported by us recently for R = iPr, we report the crystal structure of the latter in this study for R = p-F-C6H4. The considered NNN pincer-Ni complexes have been successfully employed to accomplish the catalytic β-alkylation of several secondary alcohols with a variety of benzyl alcohols at 140 °C with high yields and unprecedented turnovers. A maximum of 92% yield of the β-alkylated product at 18 ?400 TON was obtained in the reaction of benzyl alcohol with 1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)ethane-1-ol in the presence of 0.005 mol % of (Ph2NNN)NiCl2(CH3CN) and 5 mol % of NaOtBu at 140 °C after 24 h. The reaction exhibits zero-order dependence of rate on catalyst concentration and first-order dependence on the concentration of base, benzyl alcohol, and 1-phenyl ethanol which points to the base-mediated aldol condensation as the rate-determining step. Most of the intermediates involved in catalysis have been identified by HRMS. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on a pincer-Ni catalyzed β-alkylation of alcohols and, hitherto, such unprecedented turnovers have not been reported with a homogeneous molecular nickel-based catalyst.

Chelate ring size effects of Ir(P,N,N) complexes: Chemoselectivity switch in the asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones

A novel, highly modular approach has been developed for the synthesis of new chiral P,N,N ligands with the general formula Ph2P(CH3)CH(CH2)mCH(CH3)NHCH2CH2(CH2)nN(CH3)2 and Ph2P(CH3)CHCH2CH(CH3)NHCH2(CH2)n-2-Py (m, n = 0, 1). The systematic variation of their P–N and N–N backbone led to the conclusion that the activity, chemo- and enantioselectivity in the hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated ketones are highly dependent on the combination of the two bridge lengths. It has been found that a minor change in the ligand's structure, i. e. varying the value of m from 1 to 0, can switch the chemoselectivity of the reaction, from 80percent C[dbnd]O to 97percent C[dbnd]C selectivity.

Room-Temperature Guerbet Reaction with Unprecedented Catalytic Efficiency and Enantioselectivity

We report herein an unprecedented highly efficient Guerbet-type reaction at room temperature (catalytic TON up to >6000). This β-alkylation of secondary methyl carbinols with primary alcohols has significant advantage of delivering higher-order secondary alcohols in an economical, redox-neutral fashion. In addition, the first enantioselective Guerbet reaction has also been achieved using a commercially available chiral ruthenium complex to deliver secondary alcohols with moderate yield and up to 92 % ee. In both reactions, the use of a traceless ketone promoter proved to be beneficial for the catalytic efficiency.

Phosphine-free pincer-ruthenium catalyzed biofuel production: High rates, yields and turnovers of solventless alcohol alkylation

Phosphine-free pincer-ruthenium carbonyl complexes based on bis(imino)pyridine and 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl) pyridine ligands have been synthesized. For the β-alkylation of 1-phenyl ethanol with benzyl alcohol at 140 °C under solvent-free conditions, (Cy2NNN)RuCl2(CO) (0.00025 mol%) in combination with NaOH (2.5 mol%) was highly efficient (ca. 93% yield, 372?000 TON at 12?000 TO h-1). These are the highest reported values hitherto for a ruthenium based catalyst. The β-alkylation of various alcohol combinations was accomplished with ease which culminated to give 380?000 TON at 19?000 TO h-1 for the β-alkylation of 1-phenyl ethanol with 3-methoxy benzyl alcohol. DFT studies were complementary to mechanistic studies and indicate the β-hydride elimination step involving the extrusion of acetophenone to be the overall RDS. While the hydrogenation step is favored for the formation of α-alkylated ketone, the alcoholysis step is preferred for the formation of β-alkylated alcohol. The studies were extended for the upgradation of ethanol to biofuels. Among the pincer-ruthenium complexes based on bis(imino)pyridine, (Cy2NNN)RuCl2(CO) provided high productivity (335 TON at 170 TO h-1). Sterically more open pincer-ruthenium complexes such as (Bim2NNN)RuCl2(CO) based on the 2,6-bis(benzimidazole-2-yl) pyridine ligand demonstrated better reactivity and gave not only good ethanol conversion (ca. 58%) but also high turnovers (ca. 2100) with a good rate (ca. 710 TO h-1). Kinetic studies indicate first order dependence on concentration of both the catalyst and ethanol. Phosphine-free catalytic systems operating with unprecedented activity at a very low base loading to couple lower alcohols to higher alcohols of fuel and pharmaceutical importance are the salient features of this report. This journal is

Reaction condition controlled nickel(ii)-catalyzed C-C cross-coupling of alcohols

The challenge in the C-C cross-coupling of secondary and primary alcohols using acceptorless dehydrogenation coupling (ADC) is the difficulty in accurately controlling product selectivities. Herein, we report a controlled approach to a diverse range of β-alkylated secondary alcohols, α-alkylated ketones and α,β-unsaturated ketones using the ADC methodology employing a Ni(ii) 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine-2-thiolate cluster catalyst under different reaction conditions. This catalyst could tolerate a wide range of substrates and exhibited a high activity for the annulation reaction of secondary alcohols with 2-aminobenzyl alcohols to yield quinolines. This work is an example of precise chemoselectivity control by careful choice of reaction conditions.

Tandem Cross Coupling Reaction of Alcohols for Sustainable Synthesis of β-Alkylated Secondary Alcohols and Flavan Derivatives

A Ru(II) NHC complex (loading down to 0.001 mol%) catalyzed cross coupling of a broad range of aromatic, aliphatic and heterocyclic alcohols is reported. This protocol also functioned efficiently under solvent-free conditions. Remarkably, this catalytic system disclosed so far the highest TON of 288000 for the cross coupling of alcohols. Notably, this methodology was successfully applied for the one-pot synthesis of a range of flavan derivatives. A detailed DFT studies and kinetic experiments were performed to understand the reaction mechanism as well as the high reactivity of this catalytic system. (Figure presented.).

Sodium amalgam mediated desulfonylative reduction of α-functionalized β-ketosulfones

Sodium amalgam mediated desulfonylative reduction of β-ketosulfones in MeOH at rt affords alcohols in good yields via radical desulfonylation of β-ketosulfones and sequential Bouveault-Blanc reduction of the resulting ketones.

Bimetallic Pt–Sn/γ-Al2O3catalyzed β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols under solvent-free conditions

Heterogeneous bimetallic Pt–Sn/γ-Al2O3(0.5?wt% Pt, molar ratio Pt:Sn?=?1:3) was successfully utilized as the catalyst for direct β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols under solvent-free conditions. β-Alkylated secondary alcohols were obtained in moderate to high yields with water formed as the by-product through a hydrogen borrowing pathway. The present protocol provides a concise atom-economical and environmentally benign method for C–C bond formation.