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Phosphine-catalyzed hydration and hydroalkoxylation of activated olefins: Use of a strong nucleophile to generate a strong base
Stewart, Ian C. Bergman, Robert G. Toste, F. Dean
The direct addition of water and a variety of alcohols to activated olefins was observed in the presence of nucleophilic phosphine catalysts. Unlike existing methods, the reactions proceed at room temperature and in the absence of transition metals, or strong acids or bases. The use of simple commercially available catalysts makes this an attractive method for the preparation of β-hydroxy and β-alkoxy substrates, which are prevalent targets and intermediates in organic synthesis. The scope and mechanism of this reaction has been explored, and the compound that acts as the resting state of the catalyst was synthesized independently. Our mechanism also suggests the possibility of extending the scope of this reactivity to other classes of nucleophiles. Copyright
Addition of alcohols to acrylic compounds catalyzed by Mg-Al LDH
Teodorescu Deaconu Bartha Z?voianu Pavel
This study reports the preparation of hydrotalcite with Mg/Al molar ratio 3 by co-precipitation under low suprasaturation conditions of Mg and Al nitrated solutions with Na2CO3 and NaOH at pH 10. The solid was thermally decomposed at 460°C in air atmosphere in order to obtain mixed oxides which, by means of memory effect, can reconstruct the hydrotalcite structure by hydration with bidistilled water. The hydrotalcite and reconstructed samples by memory effect were characterized by elemental analysis, powder XRD, DRIFT and TG-DTG. Determination of the catalysts surface base sites was made using a method based on the irreversible adsorption of organic acids with different pKa values and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms. The catalytic activity of these solids was evaluated in 1,4-addition of saturated linear alcohols to different acrylic compounds. All these reactions arose with high selectivity in the desired product. No by-products were detected by means of GC-MS chromatography and 1H NMR.
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