930-89-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Electrochemical Coupling of Biomass-Derived Acids: New C8 Platforms for Renewable Polymers and Fuels
Wu, Linglin,Mascal, Mark,Farmer, Thomas J.,Arnaud, Sacha Pérocheau,Wong Chang, Maria-Angelica
, p. 166 - 170 (2017/01/17)
Electrolysis of biomass-derived carbonyl compounds is an alternative to condensation chemistry for supplying products with chain length >C6for biofuels and renewable materials production. Kolbe coupling of biomass-derived levulinic acid is used to obtain 2,7-octanedione, a new platform molecule only two low process-intensity steps removed from raw biomass. Hydrogenation to 2,7-octanediol provides a chiral secondary diol largely unknown to polymer chemistry, whereas intramolecular aldol condensation followed by hydrogenation yields branched cycloalkanes suitable for use as high-octane, cellulosic gasoline. Analogous electrolysis of an itaconic acid-derived methylsuccinic monoester yields a chiral 2,5-dimethyladipic acid diester, another underutilized monomer owing to lack of availability.
Ring opening of decalin via hydrogenolysis on Ir/- and Pt/silica catalysts
Haas, Andreas,Rabl, Sandra,Ferrari, Marco,Calemma, Vincenzo,Weitkamp, Jens
experimental part, p. 97 - 109 (2012/07/13)
The catalytic conversion of cis-decalin was studied at a hydrogen pressure of 5.2 MPa and temperatures of 250-410 °C on iridium and platinum supported on non-acidic silica. The absence of catalytically active Br?nsted acid sites was indicated by both FT-IR spectroscopy with pyridine as a probe and the selectivities in a catalytic test reaction, viz. the hydroconversion of n-octane. On iridium/silica, decalin hydroconversion starts at ca. 250-300 °C, and no skeletal isomerization occurs. The first step is rather hydrogenolytic opening of one six-membered ring to form the direct ring-opening products butylcyclohexane, 1-methyl-2-propylcyclohexane and 1,2- diethylcyclohexane. These show a consecutive hydrogenolysis, either of an endocyclic carboncarbon bond into open-chain decanes or of an exocyclic carboncarbon bond resulting primarily in methane and C9 naphthenes. The latter can undergo a further endocyclic hydrogenolysis leading to open-chain nonanes. All individual C10 and C9 hydrocarbons predicted by this direct ring-opening mechanism were identified in the products generated on the iridium/silica catalysts. The carbon-number distributions of the hydrocracked products C9- show a peculiar shape resembling a hammock and could be readily predicted by simulation of the direct ring-opening mechanism. Platinum on silica was found to require temperatures around 350-400 °C at which relatively large amounts of tetralin and naphthalene are formed. The most abundant primary products on Pt/silica are spiro[4.5]decane and butylcyclohexane which can be readily accounted for by the well known platinum-induced mechanisms described in the literature for smaller model hydrocarbons, namely the bond-shift isomerization mechanism and hydrogenolysis of a secondary-tertiary carboncarbon bond in decalin.
A structure-activity study of Ni-catalyzed alkyl-alkyl kumada coupling. Improved catalysts for coupling of secondary alkyl halides
Ren, Peng,Vechorkin, Oleg,Von Allmen, Kim,Scopelliti, Rosario,Hu, Xile
supporting information; experimental part, p. 7084 - 7095 (2011/06/26)
A structureactivity study was carried out for Ni catalyzed alkylalkyl Kumada-type cross coupling reactions. A series of new nickel(II) complexes including those with tridentate pincer bis(amino)amide ligands (RN2N) and those with bidentate mixed amino-amide ligands (RNN) were synthesized and structurally characterized. The coordination geometries of these complexes range from square planar, tetrahedral, to square pyramidal. The complexes had been examined as precatalysts for cross coupling of nonactivated alkyl halides, particularly secondary alkyl iodides, with alkyl Grignard reagents. Comparison was made to the results obtained with the previously reported Ni pincer complex [( MeN2N)NiCl]. A transmetalation site in the precatalysts is necessary for the catalysis. The coordination geometries and spin-states of the precatalysts have a small or no influence. The work led to the discovery of several well-defined Ni catalysts that are significantly more active and efficient than the pincer complex [(MeN2N)NiCl] for the coupling of secondary alkyl halides. The best two catalysts are [(HNN)Ni(PPh3)Cl] and [(HNN)Ni(2,4-lutidine)Cl]. The improved activity and efficiency was attributed to the fact that phosphine and lutidine ligands in these complexes can dissociate from the Ni center during catalysis. The activation of alkyl halides was shown to proceed via a radical mechanism.
Aqueous-phase hydrodeoxygenation of bio-derived phenols to cycloalkanes
Zhao, Chen,He, Jiayue,Lemonidou, Angeliki A.,Li, Xuebing,Lercher, Johannes A.
experimental part, p. 8 - 16 (2011/06/17)
The kinetics of the catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of phenol and substituted phenols has systematically been investigated on the dual-functional catalyst system Pd/C and H3PO4 in order to better understand the elementary steps of the overall reaction. The reaction proceeds via stepwise hydrogenation of the aromatic ring, transformation of the cyclic enol to the corresponding ketone, hydrogenation of the cycloalkanone to the cycloalkanol and its subsequent dehydration as well as the hydrogenation of the formed cycloalkene. The presence of dual catalytic functions is indispensible for the overall hydrodeoxygenation. The dehydration reaction is significantly slower than the hydrogenation reaction and the keto/enol transformation, requiring a significantly larger concentration of Bronsted acid sites compared to the available metal sites for hydrogenation.
EVIDENCE FOR A SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER MECHANISM IN REACTIONS OF LITHIUM DIORGANOCUPRATES WITH ORGANIC HALIDES
Ashby, E. C.,DePriest, R. N.,Tuncay, A.,Srivastava, Sushil
, p. 5251 - 5254 (2007/10/02)
It has been demonstrated by means of spectroscopic studies involving cyclizable alkyl halides that lithium dimethylcuprate can react with organic halides by a single electron transfer pathway.
