结构简单的4-羟基脯氨酰胺高效催化醛和硝基烯不对称迈克尔加成反应

开发了两种结构简单的反式-4-羟基-L-脯氨酰胺有机小分子催化剂,用于高效催化不对称迈克尔加成反应。在醛和硝基烯的不对称迈克尔加成反应中,以（S）-1,1’-联-2-萘酚为协同催化剂,对两种脯氨酰胺衍生物的催化活性进行研究,发现催化剂摩尔分数仅为0.5%～1%时,产物的收率最高可达96%,非对映和对映选择性值最高可达99/1和99%。该方法为开发低成本、高效率的不对称迈克尔加成反应有机催化剂体系提供了简单易行的选择。     

聚醚季铵离子液体合成及其催化CO2与环氧烷加成反应

设计合成了八个聚醚季铵盐型离子液体, 这类离子液体催化剂都可在无溶剂条件下催化CO2与环氧氯丙烷环加成反应, 并对空气和水稳定. 离子液体的阳离子结构对催化活性影响较大, 阳离子越大, 催化剂活性越高. 以IL1为催化剂, 在140 ℃, 2.0 MPa, 6 h条件下, 催化产物收率可以达到99%. 催化剂可以循环使用.     

手性磷酸催化的有机催化不对称反应

手性磷酸是近年来发展起来的一类新型高效、高对映选择性的Brønsted酸类有机催化剂, 已成功应用于催化不对称Mannich反应、还原胺化反应、Pictet-Spengler反应、aza-Diels-Alder反应和aza-Ene反应等许多重要的有机合成反应. 手性磷酸催化剂分子内同时含有Lewis碱性位点和Brønsted酸性位点, 可同时活化亲电与亲核底物. 作为一种新型双功能有机催化剂, 手性磷酸具有较高的催化活性和对映选择性, 催化剂最低用量可达0.05 mol%. 对各类手性磷酸催化剂在有机催化不对称合成反应中的应用研究进展, 以及不对称诱导反应的机理、手性磷酸的分子结构及反应条件对其催化活性和不对称诱导活性的影响进行了评述.     

一种新型双亲性有机小分子催化剂在水相体系中催化环己酮与硝基烯烃直接不对称Michael加成反应

设计合成了一系列基于脯氨酸巯基咪唑衍生物的新型双亲性有机小分子催化剂,在水相中加入酸作为助催化剂,可以高效高选择性的催化环己酮与硝基烯烃的不对称Michael加成反应,非对映选择性和对映选择性分别高达99：1和96%.     

SpirOP, DPAMPP和不对称催化反应

设计和合成了新型手性配体SpirOP和DPAMPP,它们与铑配位形成阳离子型手性催化剂,在催化脱氢氨基酸的不对称氢化反应中,显示出高催化活性和对映选择性,其ee值高达99%。     

SBA-15固载脯氨酸催化剂的制备及其在不对称Mannich反应中的应用

以4-羟基-L-脯氨酸为原料合成了脯氨酸衍生物,并将其固载于介孔SBA-15分子筛上制备了Pro/SBA-15催化剂.用X射线衍射、N2吸附-脱附、扫描电镜和红外光谱等手段对Pro/SBA-15催化剂进行了表征,并考察了催化剂在不对称Mannich反应中的催化性能.结果表明,固载脯氨酸不影响SBA-15的有序介孔结构,只是其孔径、孔体积和BET比表面积有所减小,在不对称Mannich反应中具有较高的催化活性和对映选择性.与均相催化相比,以对硝基苯甲醛为反应物时可得到较高的分离收率(80%)和中等的对映选择性(ee=60%).催化剂通过简单分离后可重复使用4次以上,其催化性能基本保持不变.     

双功能化Salen-Ti配合物催化芳香醛的不对称氰甲酸酯化反应研究

合成了4个双功能salen-Ti配合物, 并将其应用于芳香醛的不对称氰甲酸酯化反应. 结果表明, 在优化条件下, 催化剂表现出优良的催化活性和良好的对映选择性, 化学收率为86%～95%, 产物的ee值最高可达92%.     

高分子负载金属络合物催化烯烃对映选择环氧化的研究

综述了近年来高分子负载金属络合物催化烯烃对映选择环氧化的研究进展,着重阐述了有机高分子和无机高分子负载金属络合物催化剂的催化活性,并就如何设计具有高催化活性和高对映选择性的高分子负载金属络合物催化剂提出了一些建议。     

蒽酮与β-硝基苯乙烯的不对称Michael加成反应

不对称催化Michael加成反应是一类重要的形成碳—碳键的反应,以蒽酮作为亲核试剂的不对称Michael反应报道甚少.以手性伯胺硫脲作为催化剂,对蒽酮与硝基苯乙烯的不对称有机催化Michael加成反应进行了研究.实验结果表明,所用的伯胺硫脲均具有较好的催化活性(80%～95%收率),其中硫脲4a得到了较高的对映选择性.对反应条件进行优化后,以乙醚为溶剂,使用5%摩尔分数催化剂4a和苯甲酸,研究了多个硝基苯乙烯类底物和蒽酮的Michael加成反应,获得了优异的化学收率(95%～98%)和较好的对映选择性(最高86%ee).     

手性磷酰胺类配体不对称催化串联反应合成手性3-取代苯酞化合物

以反式-1,2-二苯基乙二胺为原料合成了一系列磷酰胺类配体, 考察了该类配体在催化1,2-加成/内酯化串联反应合成手性3-取代苯酞化合物过程中的催化活性. 在最优条件下, 即在配体7d摩尔分数为20%时, 可以获得高达90%的收率及大于80% e.e.值的3-取代苯酞化合物; 该配体合成简单, 虽然作为催化剂使用量较大但较易回收再利用. 对反应机理进行了推测, 认为反应过程中形成的环状过渡态有助于提高反应的对映选择性.     

固载脯氨酸类手性催化剂的制备及在不对称Aldol反应中的催化作用

制备了两种二氧化硅-甲基纤维素-脯氨酸类手性小分子复合催化剂,证明了它们可以在室温下催化不对称Aldol反应.所得产物产率较高,ee值最高能达到86.8%.这些催化剂比较稳定,并具有一定的重复使用的性能.     

Highly enantioselective conjugate addition of malonate and beta-ketoester to nitroalkenes: asymmetric C-C bond formation with new bifunctional organic catalysts based on cinchona alkaloids

The development of readily accessible bifunctional chiral catalysts is a desirable yet challenging goal in catalytic asymmetric synthesis. In this communication, we describe the development of a new class of readily accessible chiral bifunctional organic catalysts that could be derived in one or two steps in high yield from either quinidine or quinine. These catalysts have been shown to catalyze a highly enantioselective conjugate addition of methyl and ethyl malonates and beta-ketoesters to a broad range of beta-substituted nitroalkenes, an synthetically important C-C bond-forming reaction utilizing readily available starting materials. This new catalytic asymmetric reaction proceeds in 91-98% ee and 71-99% yield.     

Discovery of exceptionally efficient catalysts for solvent-free enantioselective hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.

Combinatorial coordination chemistry strategy combined with high-throughput screening techniques has been successfully applied to engineering practical enantioselective catalysts for asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. The reaction of Danishefsky's diene with a variety of aldehydes can be carried out with 0.1-0.005 mol % of H4-BINOL/Ti/H4-BINOL or H4-BINOL/Ti/H8-BINOL catalysts at room temperature under solvent- and MS-free conditions to afford dihydropyrone derivatives with up to quantitative yield and 99.8% ee.     

Highly efficient synthesis of N-substituted isoindolinones and phthalazinones using Pt nanowires as catalysts

A series of N-substituted isoindolinones have been successfully synthesized through the reductive C-N coupling and intramolecular amidation of 2-carboxybenzaldehyde and amines. This one-pot synthesis gives excellent yields using ultrathin Pt nanowires as catalysts under 1 bar of hydrogen. These unsupported catalysts can also be used for the synthesis of phthalazinones in high yield when hydrazine or phenyl hydrazine is used instead of amines.     

Highly Efficient Esterification of an Equimolar Amount of Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols Catalyzed by ZrOCl_2·8H_2O

Esterification of carboxylic acids with alcohols is one of the most fundamental and useful transformations in organic synthesis. The most common catalysts are H2SO4 and TsOH. However, H2SO4 or TsOH-catalyzed esterification procedure has some problems such as corrosion, side reactions, difficulty in separation. Hence, recently, various solid acid catalysts such as ion-exchanged resins, molecular sieve, and heteropoly acids etc. have been employed for esterification reaction. However, the s…     

Renaissance of immobilized catalysts. New types of polymer-supported catalysts, 'microencapsulated catalysts', which enable environmentally benign and powerful high-throughput organic synthesis

Immobilized catalysts have been reinvestigated from two aspects; as keys to environmentally benign chemical processes and high-throughput organic synthesis for combinatorial chemistry. While most known polymer-supported catalysts are less active than the corresponding original catalysts, new types of polymer-supported catalysts, microencapsulated catalysts, have been developed. The catalysts were immobilized on to polymers using physical envelopment by polymer backbones and interaction between pi electrons of benzene rings of the polystyrenes used as polymer backbones and vacant orbitals of the catalysts. Microencapsulated Sc, Os, Pd and Ru catalysts have been successfully prepared and high activities have been attained. In all cases, no leaching of the catalysts occurred, and the immobilized catalysts were recovered quantitatively by simple filtration and reused without loss of activity. It is noted that this method enables direct immobilization of metals onto polymers, and that normally unstable species such as Pd(0)(PPh3) can be kept stable by this immobilization technique. It is expected that other metal catalysts can be immobilized using this microencapsulation technique.     

Interface Engineering in Two‐Dimensional Heterostructures: Towards an Advanced Catalyst for Ullmann Couplings

The design of advanced catalysts for organic reactions is of profound significance. During such processes, electrophilicity and nucleophilicity play vital roles in the activation of chemical bonds and ultimately speed up organic reactions. Herein, we demonstrate a new way to regulate the electro‐ and nucleophilicity of catalysts for organic transformations. Interface engineering in two‐dimensional heteronanostructures triggered electron transfer across the interface. The catalyst was thus rendered more electropositive, which led to superior performance in Ullmann reactions. In the presence of the engineered 2D Cu₂S/MoS₂ heteronanostructure, the coupling of iodobenzene and para‐chlorophenol gave the desired product in 92 % yield under mild conditions (100 °C). Furthermore, the catalyst exhibited excellent stability as well as high recyclability with a yield of 89 % after five cycles. We propose that interface engineering could be widely employed for the development of new catalysts for organic reactions.     

Zinc-prolinamide complex catalyzed direct asymmetric aldol reactions in the presence of water

An efficient direct asymmetric aldol reaction with zinc triflate and prolinamides as combined catalysts is reported. A series of chiral prolinamides have been designed and used in the direct aldol reaction resulting in the desired products with excellent yields (up to 94% yield) and high enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee). Water was found to play a significant role in the formation of the aldol products, which suggests a new strategy in the design of new organic catalysts.     

Fabrication of bimetallic nanoparticles modified hollow nanoporous carbons derived from covalent organic framework for efficient degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol

Bimetallic nanoparticles modified hollow-structured nanoporous carbons (NPCs) have been fabricated via a convenient one-step carbonizing strategy derived from covalent organic framework. The Pd/Fe/NPCs, Pt/Fe/NPCs and Rh/Fe/NPCs were obtained and can be used as Fenton-like catalysts with good stability and reusability. The catalytic activity was evaluated by the degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenl (2,4-DCP). These fabricated bimetallic catalysts exhibited much higher catalytic activity than Fe/NPCs at room temperature. The enhancement of catalytic ability was benefited from synergetic catalytic effect of bimetallic nanoparticles and accelerated mass transfer of hollow structure. Additionally, the enhanced catalytic mechanism of bimetallic catalysts was studied in detail and the reasonable reaction pathway was proposed. Besides, the bimetallic catalysts were successfully used for degradation of 2,4-DCP in actual industrial wastewater and the removal efficiency could reach 74.3% within 120 min, which demonstrated the promising potential application of bimetallic catalysts in the removal of pollutants in environment.     

Copper Catalyzed C−H Activation

Activation of C?H bonds and their application in cross coupling chemistry has received a wider interest in recent years. The conventional strategy in cross coupling reaction involves the pre‐functionalization step of coupling reactants such as organic halides, pseudo‐halides and organometallic reagents. The C?H activation facilitates a simple and straight forward approach devoid of pre‐functionalization step. This approach also addresses the environmental and economical issues involved in several chemical reactions. In this account, we have reported C?H bond activation of small organic molecules, for example, formamide C?H bond can be activated and coupled with β‐dicarbonyl or 2‐carbonyl substituted phenols under oxidative conditions to yield carbamates using inexpensive copper catalysts. Phenyl carbamates were successfully synthesized in moderate to good yields by cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) of phenols with formamides using copper catalysts in presence of a ligand. We have also prepared unsymmetrical urea derivatives by oxidative cross coupling of formamides with amines using copper catalysts. Synthesis of N,N‐dimethyl substituted amides, 5‐substituted‐γ‐lactams and α‐acyloxy ethers was carried out from carboxylic acids using recyclable CuO nanoparticles. Copper nanoparticles afforded N‐aryl‐γ‐amino‐γ‐lactams by oxidative coupling of aromatic amines with 2‐pyrrolidinone. Reusable transition metal HT‐derived oxide catalyst was used for the synthesis of N,N‐dimethyl substituted amides by the oxidative cross‐coupling of carboxylic acids and substituted benzaldehydes. Overview of our work in this area is summarized.