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Electrogenerated N-heterocyclic carbenes in the room temperature parent ionic liquid as an efficient medium for transesterification/acylation reactions

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), generated by electrochemical reduction under galvanostatic control of 1,3-dialkylimidazolium-based ionic liquids, were employed as catalysts in transesterification reactions in the parent, room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as solvents, without the utilisation of any volatile organic solvent or base. The reaction between isopropenyl or ethyl acetate and an alcohol (not efficient in the absence of catalyst) was induced by the presence of an electrogenerated NHC, which seems to assist the proton transfer from the alcohol to the ester, yielding the corresponding acetate. The reaction also proceeds with methyl nicotinate as starting ester and 2-(diethylamino)ethanol or benzyl alcohol as alcohols and leads to the corresponding biologically active compounds, nicametate and benzyl nicotinate, in good yields. All products were isolated in good to excellent yields and complete recyclability of the ionic liquid as solvent has been demonstrated.

Highly efficient solvent-free acetylation of alcohols with acetic anhydride catalyzed by recyclable sulfonic acid catalyst (SBA-15-Ph-Pr-SO3H)- An environmentally benign method

The catalytic activity of highly thermal stable, hydrophobic, and complete heterogeneous propylsulfonic acid functionalized nanostructured SBA-15 for excellent acetylation of alcohols and phenols with acetic anhydride at ambient temperature in solvent-free conditions was examined under environmentally benign reaction conditions. The salient features of this protocol are the absence of solvent, a green experimental procedure, and simple reusability of the catalyst (at least five reaction cycles).