Tetrahydropyranylation of Alcohols Under Solvent-Free Conditions

A green, efficient, and large-scale method for tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of pyridinium chloride at room temperature under solvent-free conditions is reported.     

Synthesis of symmetrical α-alkyl- and α-arylalkylbenzyl and diarylmethyl ethers by HCl-catalyzed intermolecular dehydration

α-Alkyl-, α-arylalkyl-, and α-aryl-substituted benzyl alcohols were converted into the corresponding symmetrical dibenzyl ethers in the presence of a catalytic amount of 10% aqueous HCl both in methylene chloride and under solvent-free conditions. Analogous reactions in dioxane and on heating afforded mainly the corresponding arylalkenes, whereas symmetrical dibenzyl ethers were formed as minor products.     

p-Toluenesulfonyl Chloride (p-TsCl)-Catalyzed Trimethylsilylation of Hydroxyl Groups Using Hexamethyldisilazane and Their Regeneration Under Mild Conditions: The First Example for Catalytic Application of p-Toluenesulfonyl Chloride

The first catalytic application of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (p-TsCl) for the efficient and selective trimethylsilylation of various types of hydroxyl groups with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) in dichloromethane and desilylation of these compounds in water is reported. The reactions were carried out at room temperature and were found to proceed in good to excellent yields.     

A green chemistry approach to a more efficient asymmetric catalyst: solvent-free and highly concentrated alkyl additions to ketones

There is a great demand for development of catalyst systems that are not only efficient and highly enantioselective but are also environmentally benign. Herein we report investigations into the catalytic asymmetric addition of alkyl and functionalized alkyl groups to ketones under highly concentrated and solvent-free conditions. In comparison with standard reaction conditions employing toluene and hexanes, the solvent-free and highly concentrated conditions permit reduction in catalyst loading by a factor of 2- to 40-fold. These new conditions are general and applicable to a variety of ketones and dialkylzinc reagents to provide diverse tertiary alcohols with high enantioselectivities. Using cyclic conjugated enones, we have performed a tandem asymmetric addition/diastereoselective epoxidation using the solvent-free addition conditions followed by introduction of a 5.5 M decane solution of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) to generate epoxy alcohols. This one-pot procedure allows access to syn epoxy alcohols with three contiguous stereocenters with excellent enantio- and diastereoselectivities and high yields. Both the solvent-free asymmetric additions and asymmetric addition/diastereoselective epoxidation reactions have been conducted on larger scale (5 g substrate) with 0.5 mol % catalyst loadings. In these procedures, enantioselectivities equal to or better than 92% were obtained with isolated yields of 90%. The solvent-free and highly concentrated conditions are a significant improvement over previous solvent-based protocols. Further, this chemistry represents a rare example of a catalytic asymmetric reaction that is highly enantioselective under more environmentally friendly solvent-free conditions.     

Transesterification of esters of adipic acid

Conclusions The corresponding higher esters were produced in good yields by transesterification of lower esters of adipic acid by alcoholysis with alcohols in the presence of an alkaline or acid catalyst. Acid catalysts (p-toluenesulfonyl chloride) are more effective than alkaline catalysts (KOH).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2439–2443, November, 1971.     

Green and Efficient Procedure for the Trimethylsilylation of Hydroxy Groups and Their Regeneration Using Sulfamic Acid as Recyclable Catalyst

Structurally diverse alcohols and phenols were efficiently transformed into their corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) in the presence of catalytic amounts of sulfamic acid (SA) at room temperature under both acetonitrile and solvent-free conditions. Deprotection of these trimethylsilyl ethers to their parent alcohols and phenols was also achieved using this catalyst in water at room temperature.     

MgBr2·OEt2 mediated protection of alcohols with hexamethyldisilazane: An efficient catalytic route for the preparation of silyl ethers under solvent-free conditions

Various types of alcohols and phenols were rapidly protected by hexamethyldisilazane in good to excellent yields at room temperature in the presence of catalytic amount of magnesium bromide ethyl etherate under solvent-free conditions. Good to excellent chemoselectivity was demonstrated for competitive protection of primary hydroxyls in the presence of secondary and tertiary alcohols. Highly selective protection of phenols in the presence of aromatic amines was also demonstrated successfully.     

Manganese dioxide catalyzed N-alkylation of sulfonamides and amines with alcohols under air

By simply running the reactions under air and solvent-free conditions using catalytic amounts of manganese dioxide, a practical and efficient N-alkylation method for a variety of sulfonamides and amines using alcohols as green alkylating reagents was developed.     

Efficient solvent-free selective monoalkylation of arylacetonitriles with mono-, bis-, and tris-primary alcohols catalyzed by a Cp*Ir complex

Our objectives were to develop catalytic atom-economic processes accessing and/or incorporating versatile functionality using aryl/heteroaryl acetonitriles as substrates. We report essentially solvent-free [Cp*IrCl2]2 catalyzed redox neutral processes whereby substituted acetonitriles react with primary alcohols to deliver monosubstituted aryl/heteroaryl acetonitriles in excellent yield. We further demonstrate that such processes can be achieved by conventional or microwave heating and that bis- and tris-primary alcohols are also processed efficiently.     

Solvent-free tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols catalyzed by amine methanesulfonates

A comparative study of tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols under various solvents or solvent-free conditions using different amine methanesulfonates as catalysts shows that tetrahydropyranyl ethers of alcohols are obtained under solvent-free conditions in good yields using catalytic amounts of triethylenediamine methanesulfonate, 1,6-hexanediamine methanesulfonate, diethylenetriamine methanesulfonate and pyridine methanesulfonate, respectively. The reaction occurs readily in short times at room temperature catalyzed by these catalysts, especially triethylenediamine methanesulfonate. Some of the major advantages of this procedure are that the catalysts are environmentally friendly, highly effective, and easy to prepare and handle. The reaction is also clean and needs no solvent, and the work-up is very simple.     

ZrOCl2 x 8H2O: an efficient, cheap and reusable catalyst for the esterification of acrylic acid and other carboxylic acids with equimolar amounts of alcohols

Esterifications of carboxylic acids with equimolar amount of alcohols could be efficiently catalyzed by ZrOCl(2) x 8H(2)O. Acrylate esters were obtained in good yields under solvent-free conditions at ambient temperature. The esterification of other carboxylic acids with alcohols also proceeded at ambient temperature or at 50 oC to afford esters in high yields. If the esterification was performed in toluene under azeotropic reflux conditions to remove water, both the catalytic activity of ZrOCl(2) x 8H(2)O and the rate of esterification could be increased greatly. Furthermore, in the present catalytic system, the esters could be easily separated from the reaction mixtures and the catalyst could be easily recovered and reused.     

Widely useful DMAP-catalyzed esterification under auxiliary base- and solvent-free conditions

With regard to atom economy and E-factor, catalytic condensation of carboxylic acids with equimolar amounts of alcohols is the most desirable. Although several highly active dehydration catalysts have been reported, more efficient alternatives are still strongly needed because the dehydrative esterification of tertiary alcohols, phenols, acid-sensitive alcohols, amino acids, and hardly soluble alcohols has never proceeded satisfactorily. Here we report new insights into the classical DMAP-catalyzed acylation of alcohols: surprisingly, only a 0.05-2 mol % of DMAP can efficiently promote acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides under auxiliary base- and solvent-free conditions to give the corresponding esters in high yields. Furthermore, we achieved the recovery and reuse of commercially available polystyrene-supported DMAP without using any solvents. These serendipitous findings provide widely useful and environmentally benign esterification methods, which might be more practical and reliable than catalytic dehydrative condensation methods, in particular, for the less reactive alcohols which hardly condense with carboxylic acid directly.     

Efficient and selective oxidation of alcohols with <Emphasis Type="Italic">tert</Emphasis>-BuOOH catalyzed by a dioxomolybdenum(VI) Schiff base complex under organic solvent-free conditions

The catalytic activity of dioxidobis{2-[(E)-p-tolyliminomethyl]phenolato}molybdenum(VI) complex was studied, for the first time, in the selective oxidation of various primary and secondary alcohols using tert-BuOOH as oxidant under organic solvent-free conditions at room temperature. The effect of different solvents was studied in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol in this catalytic system. It was found that, under organic solvent-free conditions, the catalyst oxidized various primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehyde or ketone derivatives with high yield. The effects of other parameters such as oxidant and amount of catalyst were also investigated. Among different oxidants such as H₂O₂, NaIO₄, tert-BuOOH, and H₂O₂/urea, tert-BuOOH was selected as oxygen donor in the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. Also, it was found that oxidation of benzyl alcohol required 0.02 mmol catalyst for completion. Dioxomolybdenum(VI) Schiff base complex exhibited good catalytic activity in the oxidation of alcohols with tert-BuOOH under mild conditions. In this catalytic system, different primary alcohols gave the corresponding aldehydes in good yields without further oxidation to carboxylic acids.     

Synergistic Ag(I)/nBu4NBr-catalyzed fixation of CO2 to β-oxopropyl carbonates via propargylic alcohols and monohydric alcohols

Chemical fixation of carbon dioxide under mild reaction conditions e.g. atmospheric pressure and low temperature depends upon the ability of catalyst. Herein, a synergistic catalytic scheme of silver sulfadiazine/ⁿBu₄NBr was described for the three-component reaction of propargylic alcohols, CO₂, and monohydric alcohols. This catalytic system was demonstrated effectively to provide β-oxopropyl carbonates in excellent yields (up to 99% yield with 5?mol% catalyst). The method tolerated a wide scope of propargylic alcohols and monohydric alcohols under atmospheric CO₂ pressure and solvent-free conditions. The excellent catalytic performance was attributed to the synergistic catalysis confirmed by the careful experiments.     

Solvent-free alkylation of dimethyl malonate using benzyl alcohols catalyzed by FeCl_3/SiO_2

Activated methylene compound such as dimethyl malonate reacted readily with benzylic alcohols in the presence of ferric chloride/silica gel mixture(FeCl_3/SiO_2) under microwave irradiation to produce benzylic derivative of dimethyl malonate in high yields in solvent-free condition.     

Silver(I) oxide mediated highly selective monotosylation of symmetrical diols. Application to the synthesis of polysubstituted cyclic ethers

[reaction: see text] The reaction of symmetrical diols and oligo(ethylene glycol)s with a stoichiometric amount of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in the presence of silver(I) oxide and a catalytic amount of potassium iodide led selectively to the monotosylate derivatives in high yields. Polysubstituted cyclic ethers were obtained readily upon treatment of the corresponding diols with an excess of silver oxide. The high selectivity was explained on the basis of the difference in acidity between the two hydroxy groups, which undergo an intramolecular hydrogen bonding.     

Silica Chloride–Catalyzed Synthesis of Thiiranes from Oxiranes Under Solvent-Free Conditions

A mild, simple, and efficient method for the synthesis of thiiranes from epoxides using a catalytic amount of silica chloride under solvent-free conditions has been developed. Experimental simplicity, simple work-up procedure, and solvent-free reaction conditions are important features of the present protocol.     

SBA-15-functionalized sulfonic acid confined acidic ionic liquid: a powerful and water-tolerant catalyst for solvent-free esterifications

Incorporating a hydrophobic Br?nsted acid ionic liquid (HBAIL) inside the nanospaces of SBA-15-Pr-SO(3)H led to a hydrophobic super Br?nsted acid catalyst, which showed excellent catalytic performance in direct esterification of alcohols and carboxylic acids at ambient temperature under solvent-free conditions.     

Stereoselective Synthesis of syn-and anti-3a-Hydroxyl-1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b] indole-2-carboxylic Acid

The structure of syn-and anti-N^b-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-3a-hydroxyl-1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydro pyrrolo[2,3,-b]indole-2-carboxylic t-butyl ester was stercoselectively synthesized by oxidative ring formation of N^b-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-L-tryptophan t-butyl ester in methylene chloride containing dimethyldioxirane(DMDO),the p-toluenesulfonly group and t-butyl group can be easily removed by sodium naphthalenide and trifluoroacetic acid,respectively.     

A mild and efficient chemoselective tetrahydropyranylation of primary alcohols using La(NO3)3·6H2O as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions

Primary alcohols undergo selective and efficient tetrahydropyranylation in the presence of a catalytic amount of La(NO₃)₃·6H₂O under solvent-free conditions.