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Olefin Metathesis, p-Cresol, and the Second Generation Grubbs Catalyst: Fitting the Pieces
Swart, Marthinus R.,Twigge, Linette,Erasmus, Elizabeth,Marais, Charlene,Bezuidenhoudt, Barend C. B.
supporting information, p. 1752 - 1762 (2021/05/06)
p-Cresol as additive to the Grubbs second generation catalyst (GII) allows the cross-metathesis of acrylates with prop-1-en-1-ylbenzenes under conditions that only give the prop-1-en-1-ylbenzene self-metathesis product in the absence of cresol. NMR and IR spectroscopy, MALDI-TOF MS and XPS supported the formation of a ruthenium benzylidene with hydrogen bonds between p-cresol and the chloride ligands of GII. XPS furthermore confirmed p-cresol to increase the binding energies of the GII Ru 3d5/2, 3d3/2, 3p3/2 and 3p1/2 photoelectron lines, whereas 1H NMR spectroscopy indicated the carbene carbon and hydrogen to be shielded. It is thus postulated that p-cresol allows for more facile interaction between electron-deficient compounds and the ruthenium benzylidene by decreasing the electron density on the metal center and increasing the electron density on the carbene.
S,O-Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks as Heterogeneous Single-Site Catalysts for the Oxidative Alkenylation of Arenes via C-H activation
Bals, Sara,Bugaev, Aram L.,Dallenes, Jesse,De Vos, Dirk E.,Henrion, Micka?l,Krajnc, Andra?,Liu, Pei,Mali, Gregor,Soldatov, Alexander V.,Van Velthoven, Niels
, p. 5077 - 5085 (2020/05/27)
Heterogeneous single-site catalysts can combine the precise active site design of organometallic complexes with the efficient recovery of solid catalysts. Based on recent progress on homogeneous thioether ligands for Pd-catalyzed C-H activation reactions, we here develop a scalable metal-organic framework-based heterogeneous single-site catalyst containing S,O-moieties that increase the catalytic activity of Pd(II) for the oxidative alkenylation of arenes. The structure of the Pd?MOF-808-L1 catalyst was characterized in detail via solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, N2 physisorption, and high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy, and the structure of the isolated palladium active sites could be identified by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. A turnover frequency (TOF) of 8.4 h-1 was reached after 1 h of reaction time, which was 3 times higher than the TOF of standard Pd(OAc)2, ranking Pd?MOF-808-L1 among the most active heterogeneous catalysts ever reported for the nondirected oxidative alkenylation of arenes. Finally, we showed that the single-site catalyst promotes the oxidative alkenylation of a broad range of electron-rich arenes, and the applicability of this heterogeneous system was demonstrated by the gram-scale synthesis of industrially relevant products.
Cross metathesis with acrylates: N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)- versus cyclic alkyl amino carbene (CAAC)-based ruthenium catalysts, an unanticipated influence of the carbene type on efficiency and selectivity of the reaction
Kaczanowska, Katarzyna,Trzaskowski, Bartosz,Peszczyńska, Aleksandra,Tracz, Andrzej,Gawin, Rafa?,Olszewski, Tomasz K.,Skowerski, Krzysztof
, p. 6366 - 6374 (2020/10/28)
Olefin metathesis has been widely explored as a handle for chemical diversification, a feature critical across chemical sectors. Cross metathesis (CM) with acrylic acid derivatives is an example of important but, due to the low catalyst's efficiency, industrially non-utilized transformation. Here we report on systematic evaluation of ruthenium-based catalysts bearing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) or cyclic alkyl amino carbene (CAAC) ligands in cross metathesis with methyl acrylate. Dramatic influence of the carbene type on the reaction's efficiency and selectivity has been found. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the kinetic selectivity is the main factor differentiating NHC- and CAAC-based ruthenium complexes. Productive turnover number (TON) of 49 900 at 10 ppm loading of nitro-substituted Hoveyda-Grubbs complex (nitro-Grela catalyst) was obtained in the studied reaction, representing the highest efficiency reported to date for this transformation. High efficiency and selectivity of nitro-Grela catalyst was then utilized in cross metathesis of trans-anethole with 2-ethylhexyl acrylate to efficiently produce octyl methoxycinnamate (86 % yield), an antioxidant used in sunscreen formulations.
