- Highly selective hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis using a copper-doped porous metal oxide catalyst
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A copper-doped porous metal oxide catalyst in combination with hydrogen shows selective and quantitative hydrogenolysis of benzyl ketones and aldehydes, and hydrogenation of alkenes. The approach provides an alternative to noble-metal catalysed reductions and stoichiometric Wolff-Kishner and Clemmensen methods.
- Petitjean, Laurene,Gagne, Raphael,Beach, Evan S.,Xiao, Dequan,Anastas, Paul T.
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- Nickel-catalyzed intelligent reductive transformation of the aldehyde group using hydrogen
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The selective transformation of the aldehyde group (-CHO) in multifunctional oxygenates is a key challenge in the development of sustainable biomass feedstock. Herein, a smart Ni-MFC catalyst was developed from a 2D Ni-based metal-organic framework (MOF), which efficiently promoted the transformation of -CHO in the presence of H2 to a methyl group (-CH3) via the reductive etherification and hydrogenolysis of the C-O ether bond in methanol. Moreover, the catalytic process could be controlled to directionally produce methyl ether (-CH2OR) using the reductive etherification protocol. For the catalytic reduction of vanillin, the Ni-MFC-700 catalyst guaranteed the full conversion of vanillin and 96.5% yield of the desired 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (MMP), while the Ni-MFC-500 catalyst afforded about 82.7% yield of 4-(methoxymethyl)-2-methoxyphenol in methanol solvent. This is a novel and promising approach for the valorization of multifunctional oxygenates and biomass-derived platform compounds.
- Tong, Xinli,Guo, Pengfei,Liao, Shengyun,Xue, Song,Zhang, Haigang
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p. 5828 - 5840
(2019/11/11)
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- Zinc chloride as an efficient catalyst for chemoselective dimethyl acetalization
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Commercially available anhydrous zinc chloride has been found to be a highly efficient catalyst for dimethyl acetalization in high yields by treatment of aldehydes and ketones with trimethyl orthoformate in methanol-cyclohexane at reflux temperature. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Roy, Anupam,Rahman, Matiur,Das, Sudarshan,Kundu, Dhiman,Kundu, Shrishnu Kumar,Majee, Adinath,Hajra, Alakananda
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p. 590 - 595
(2009/07/04)
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- Tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) as an efficient generator of HBr for an efficient chemoselective reagent for acetalization of carbonyl compounds
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Acyclic and cyclic acetals of various carbonyl compounds were obtained in excellent yields under a mild reaction condition in the presence of trialkyl orthoformate and a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium tribromide (TBATB) in absolute alcohol. Chemoselective acetalization of an aldehyde in the presence of ketone, unsymmetrical acetal formation, shorter reaction times, mild reaction conditions, the stability of acid-sensitive protecting groups, high efficiencies, facile isolation of the desired products, and the catalytic nature of the reagent make the present methodology a practical alternative.
- Gopinath, Rangam,Haque, Sk. Jiaul,Patel, Bhisma K.
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p. 5842 - 5845
(2007/10/03)
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- Selective synthesis of 4,6-O-alkenylidene and -benzylidene acetals from unprotected sucrose by lanthanide(III) resin-catalyzed transacetalization
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Lanthanide cation exchanged resins were used as catalysts for the acetalization of sucrose. Ytterbium(III)- and erbium(III)-exchanged resins promote the transacetalization of dialkyl acetals of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. A two-step one-pot procedure provides direct access from the unsaturated aldehyde to a series of sucrose 4,6-acetals in good yields from unprotected sucrose without concomitant glycosidic bond cleavage.
- Porwanski,Salanski,Descotes,Bouchu,Queneau
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p. 525 - 528
(2007/10/03)
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- Oxidation of o-Methoxyphenols with a Hypervalent Iodine Reagent: Improved Synthesis of Asatone and Demethoxyasatone
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Oxidation of the 2-methoxyphenols 1c-f with phenyliodonium(III) diacetate (PIDA) in methanol resulted in the formation of the cyclohexa-2,4-dienones 4c-f, which dimerized spontaneously to a single product (5c-f) in each case. Using this method the synthes
- Kuerti, Laszlo,Szilagyi, Laszlo,Antus, Sandor,Nogradi, Mihaly
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p. 2579 - 2582
(2007/10/03)
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