New Method for the Synthesis of Benzyl Alkyl Ethers Mediated by FeSO4

The synthesis of benzyl alkyl ethers from benzyl bromides and alcohols using FeSO₄ as a recoverable and reusable mediator has been described without use of base and cosolvent under mild conditions.     

Synthesis of Some Dialkyl Bromo-Substituted Benzyl Phosphonates

Arbuzov reaction of bromo-substituted benzyl bromides and trialkyl phosphites in benzene gave high yields of dialkyl bromo-substituted benzyl phosphonates, and —CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃). The structural assignments of these phosphonates were confirmed by ¹H nmr, ¹³C nmr, ir and mass spectral analysis.     

硫酸亚铈催化的芳香化合物与苄基醇、烯丙醇类化合物以及苄基氯的傅-克烷基化反应研究

硫酸亚铈作为一种便宜的和有效的催化剂催化芳香化合物与苄基醇、烯丙醇类化合物和苄基氯的傅-克烷基化反应. 在1～10 mol%的硫酸亚铈存在下, 芳香化合物分别与苄基醇、烯丙醇类化合物和苄基氯能够顺利有效地进行傅-克烷基化反应. 此外, 催化剂能回收, 再次使用三次也没有明显地失去催化活性.     

A New Oxidative Conversion of Carbohydrate Benzyl Ethers to Benzoyl Esters with RuCl3-NaIO

Abstract

The benzyl group is often used in organic synthesis, especially in carbohydrate chemistry, as one of the most useful of the hydroxyl protecting groups. Benzyl ethers are stable to basic conditions and the benzyl group is removed easily by hydrogenolysis or under Birch reduction conditions. Alternatively, the benzyl ether group is oxidized to benzoyl ester and removed under basic conditions. A few oxidation methods have been reported using more than a stoichiometric amount of chromium reagents such as CrO₃-H₂SO₄ (Jones reagent)¹ or CrO₃-AcOH₂. Here we report a new and mild oxidation of benzyl ether to benzoyl ester with a catalytic amount of RuO₄ derived from RuCl₃ and NaIO₄. This method has proved effective in removing benzyl ether groups chemoselectively in the presence of benzylidene acetal and benzyl glycosidic functions.     

苄基磺酸接枝MCM-41介孔分子筛的合成与表征

在采用溶胶-凝胶法合成纯硅MCM-41基础上，经过两步后合成处理，在纯硅MCM-41上接枝苄基磺酸，并通过X射线衍射、低温氮气吸附、红外光谱、元素分析、热重分析和酸度滴定，对所得样品进行了表征。结果表明，经过苯甲醇、氯磺酸两步接枝处理，苄基及磺酸成功地接入MCM-41上，并保持MCM-41的介孔结构，接枝后的磺酸型MCM-41比表面积和孔容均减小，分别为 976 m²·g^-1和0.42 cm³·g^-1，酸量为4.2 mmol·g^-1。     

Benzyl cobaloximes with thiodioximes: Synthesis, structure and reactivity

Five benzyl cobaloximes with different thiodioximes, BnCo[d(SR)gH]₂Py, have been synthesized and four of these complexes have been characterized by X-ray. The reactivity of these complexes towards molecular oxygen has been studied. The puckering of the Co(dioxime)₂ unit, caused by dioxime side chain, the SR group, significantly influences the Co-C bond reactivity. Structural features in one of the oxygen inserted cobaloximes have been studied to confirm if puckering of dioxime is the guiding factor. The reactivity is also affected, to some extent, by the C-H…π interaction between the benzyl and the dioxime moiety.     

Pd/PMO-SBA-15 催化剂催化苯甲醇选择氧化反应性能

 研究了 PMO-SBA-15 材料负载的金属钯纳米粒子 (Pd/PMO-SBA-15) 在水相中催化苯甲醇选择氧化制苯甲醛的反应. 考察了纳米粒子种类、氧化剂用量、反应时间和反应温度等对苯甲醇转化率及苯甲醛选择性的影响. 结果表明, 以水为溶剂, 以 H2O2 (30%) 为氧化剂时, 可得到较高的苯甲醇转化率和苯甲醛选择性. 当以 0.05 g 的 2%Pd/PMO-SBA-15 为催化剂, H2O2 用量为 1.5 ml, 反应温度为 80 oC, 反应 4 h 时, 苯甲醇转化率和苯甲醛选择性分别达到 97.1% 和 100.0%. 对该催化体系的重复使用性能进行了考察. 结果发现, 随着使用次数的增加, 苯甲醇转化率有所下降, 但苯甲醛选择性保持不变.     

Nonlinear Taft Polar Free Energy Relationship: Reactions of N‐Substituted Benzyl Amines with Benzyl Bromide in Methanol

The rates of reactions of N‐substituted benzyl amines with benzyl bromide were measured using a conductivity technique in methanol medium. The reaction followed a total second‐order path. The end product of the reaction is identified as dibenzyl alkyl amine (C₆H₅CH₂N(R)CH₂C₆H₅). The rates increased with a decrease in the electron‐donating capacity or with an increase in the Taft σ* value of electron‐donating alkyl substituents (R) such as t‐butyl (σ* = ?0.3), i‐propyl (σ* = ?0.19), n‐butyl (σ* = ?0.13), and ethyl (σ* = ?0.1) on nitrogen of the amine until the Taft σ* value becomes zero for the methyl group ( = 0.00), and then the rates decreased with an increase in the electron‐withdrawing capacity or with an increase in the Taft σ* value of electron‐withdrawing substituents (R) such H and C₆H₅ ( = 0.49 and = 0.6). The locus of the Taft polar free energy relationship has a maximum near the point for N‐methyl benzyl amine, showing that there is a sharp change in the rate‐determining step. A mechanism involving formation of an S_N2‐type transition state between the amine nucleophiles and the benzyl bromide and its subsequent decomposition is proposed. Activation parameters were calculated and are discussed.     

Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols under Mild Heterogeneous Conditions

A combination of iodic acid with ammonium dichromate in the presence of wet SiO₂ was used as an efficient oxidizing agent for the transformation of benzyl alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones in n-hexane or without a solvent at room temperature with excellent yields.     

Selective One-Pot Oxidation of Methylarenes to Benzyl Alcohols with the Copper(II)-Peroxydisulfate System

Methylarenes with low oxidation potential are selectively nitrooxylated by Cu(NO₃)₂/Na₂S₂O₈/NaNO₃ in Me₂ SO. Subsequent hydrolysis of the benzyl nitrates affords benzyl alcohols in fairly good yields.     

催化苯甲醇液相氧化反应的高效无定形氧化锰催化剂

研究了焙烧温度对无定形氧化锰的织构及其催化苯甲醇液相氧化反应性能的影响.结果表明,在焙烧温度不高于400℃的条件下,MnOx均保持无定形结构,进一步提高焙烧温度会促使无定形MnOx转变为晶相的OMS-2和Mn2O3.不同氧化锰催化剂的质量比活性随焙烧温度的升高而逐渐降低,无定形MnOx比晶相氧化锰(OMS-2,γ-MnO2和Mn2O3)具有更高的质量比活性,而110℃干燥的无定形氧化锰具有最高的活性.H2-程序升温还原研究表明,氧化锰的起始还原温度与其质量比活性之间存在线性逆变关系,表明氧化锰的还原性能是决定其催化活性的关键因素.     

Benzyl Borane NHC Adducts: Beyond B−C Bond Scission

Benzyl-substituted boronates and borates are widely employed as mild sources in radical or anionic transfer reactions of benzyl entities. In this process the B−C bond to the benzyl moiety is essentially ruptured. In contrast, reactions with retention of the B−C bond are poorly investigated although several other reactive sites in benzyl–boron systems are clearly inherent. In this respect, the novel reactivity of the representative borane adduct IiPr−BH₂Bn [IiPr=:C{N(iPr)CH}₂, Bn=CH₂C₆H₅] is demonstrated. Dihalogenation of the BH₂ entity is observed with BCl₃ and BBr₃, whereas BI₃ either affords IiPr−BHI₂ or proceeds with borylation of the aromatic phenyl ring to give a hydride-bridged bisborylated species. The photochemical mono- and dihalogenation of the benzylic CH₂ group was demonstrated with elemental bromine Br₂. The brominated product IiPr−BBr₂−CHBr−C₆H₅ was borylated at the benzylic carbon atom in an umpolung event with BI₃ to afford the zwitterion IiPr−BI−CH(BI₃)−C₆H₅.     

离子液体中苄基氯在银电极上的电催化羧化

在饱和了CO2的室温离子液体中,首次在银电极上研究了苄基氯电羧化的可行性。通过循环伏安法研究了苄基氯在不同电极上的电化学行为,结果表明了银电极对苄基氯的还原具有很强的电催化效果。在最优化的条件下,得到了苯乙酸的最高产率为45%。在连续的4次离子液体回收利用过程中,随着离子液体使用次数的增加苯乙酸的产率逐渐降低。     

Discovery of Benzyl Tetraphosphonate Derivative as Inhibitor of Human Factor Xia

The inhibition of factor XIa (FXIa) is a trending paradigm for the development of new generations of anticoagulants without a substantial risk of bleeding. In this report, we present the discovery of a benzyl tetra-phosphonate derivative as a potent and selective inhibitor of human FXIa. Biochemical screening of four phosphonate/phosphate derivatives has led to the identification of the molecule that inhibited human FXIa with an IC₅₀ value of ∼7.4 μM and a submaximal efficacy of ∼68 %. The inhibitor was at least 14-fold more selective to FXIa over thrombin, factor IXa, factor Xa, and factor XIIIa. It also inhibited FXIa-mediated activation of factor IX and prolonged the activated partial thromboplastin time of human plasma. In Michaelis-Menten kinetics experiment, inhibitor 1 reduced the V_MAX of FXIa hydrolysis of a chromogenic substrate without significantly affecting its K_M suggesting an allosteric mechanism of inhibition. The inhibitor also disrupted the formation of FXIa – antithrombin complex and inhibited thrombin-mediated and factor XIIa-mediated formation of FXIa from its zymogen factor XI. Inhibitor 1 has been proposed to bind to or near the heparin/polyphosphate-binding site in the catalytic domain of FXIa. Overall, inhibitor 1 is the first benzyl tetraphosphonate small molecule that allosterically inhibits human FXIa, blocks its physiological function, and prevents its zymogen activation by other clotting factors under in vitro conditions. Thus, we put forward benzyl tetra-phosphonate 1 as a novel lead inhibitor of human FXIa to guide future efforts in the development of allosteric anticoagulants.     

Pyrolytic Chemistry of Benzyl Benzoate

Flash vacuum pyrolysis of benzyl benzoate ( 3 ) at temperatures in the range 750–900 °C and at 10² torr gave diphcnylmethane ( 5 ) as the major product with toluene ( 6 ) and eight other trace products, namely bipbenyl ( 7 ), dibenzyl ( 8 ), 2-, 3-, 4-phenyltoluenes ( 9,10,11 , respectively), fluorcne ( 12 ), benzyl alcohol ( 4 ) and benzaldehyde ( 13 ). The mechanism of formation of these products is proposed to involve benzyl and phenyl radicals.     

Pressure Effects in the Solvolysis of Benzyl Chlorides

Rates of solvolysis of benzyl chloride and of substituted benzyl chlorides have been measured in an acetone-water mixture (acetone mole fraction 0.147) at pressures ranging from atmospheric to 1 kbar. Pressure studies have also been made for p-methyl benzyl chloride in various acetone-water mixtures. Measurements have also been made of the partial molar volumes of the reactants. The plots of log k against pressure are fitted to a second-degree polynomial in P, and values of ΔV^? and (δΔV^//δP)_T are obtained. The ΔV^? values are all negative, having values ranging from ?18 to ?24 cc/mole. The results are interpreted on the view that the mechanisms are S_N2(1), i.e. are towards the S_N1 end of the S_N2 spectrum of behavior. The ΔV^? values steadily become more negative in the series p? CH₃, H, p? Cl, pNO₂, and this is interpreted in terms of the greater spreading of positive charge in the p? CH₃ case and in terms of greater S_N2(2) character in the p? NO₂ case. The ΔV^? values go through a minimum as the solvent composition is varied, a result that is related to the existence of a corresponding maximum in the partial molar volumes of the reactant. The (δΔV^?/δP)_T values show a negative correlation with ΔV^?, suggesting, as expected, that the more compact activated complexes are the least compressible.     

Multireference Calculation of the Photodissociation of Benzyl Chloride

The photodissociation mechanism of benzyl chloride （BzCl） under 248 nm has been investigated by the complete active space SCF （CASSCF） method by calculating the geometries of the ground （S0） and lower excited states, the vertical （Tv） and adiabatic （T0） excitation energies of the lower states, and the dissociation reaction pathways on the potential energy surfaces （PES） of SI, TI and T2 states. The calculated results clearly elucidated the photodissociation mechanism of BzCl, and indicated that the photodissociation on the PES of T1 state is the most favorable.     

Selective Formation of Indene through the Reaction of Benzyl Radicals with Acetylene

The combustion of fossil fuels forms polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) composed of five‐ and six‐ membered aromatic rings, such as indene (C₉H₈), which are carcinogenic, mutagenic, and deleterious to the environment. Indene, the simplest PAH with single five‐ and six‐membered rings, has been predicted theoretically to be formed through the reaction of benzyl radicals with acetylene. Benzyl radicals are found in significant concentrations in combustion flames, owing to their highly stable aromatic and resonantly stabilized free‐radical character. We provide compelling experimental evidence that indene is synthesized through the reaction of the benzyl radical (C₇H₇) with acetylene (C₂H₂) under combustion‐like conditions at 600 K. The mechanism involves an initial addition step followed by cyclization and aromatization through atomic hydrogen loss. This reaction was found to form the indene isomer exclusively, which, in conjunction with the high concentrations of benzyl and acetylene in combustion environments, indicates that this pathway is the predominant route to synthesize the prototypical five‐ and six‐membered PAH.     

硫酸氢钠催化合成羧酸苄酯

讨论了一水硫酸氢钠催化合成乙酸苄酯的条件。羧酸、苄醇和硫酸氢钠的质量比为 3∶2∶0 .1 45 ,以环己烷为溶剂 ,进行回流分水 ,合成了甲酸苄酯、乙酸苄酯、丙酸苄酯和丁酸苄酯 ,其收率为 68.5 %～ 84.1 %     

Palladium Chemistry Related to Benzyl Bromide Carbonylation: Mechanistic Studies

Summary.  Palladium(II) complexes of the general formula PdCl₂ (PR₃)₂ with PR₃ = { P(OPh)₃}, P(O-4-MeC₆H₄)₃, P(O-2-MeC₆H₄)₃, and PPh₂(OBu) were reduced by NEt₃ in chloroform or benzene to Pd(0) complexes Pd(PR₃)₄ and Pd(PR₃)_x(NEt₃) _4−x . The same reaction performed in the presence of air gave CH₃CHO or CH₃CH₂CHO when NPr₃ was used instead of NEt₃. Pd(P(OPh)₃)₄ reacted with benzyl bromide affording the oxidative addition product cis-PdBr(CH₂Ph)(P(OPh)₃)₂. The reaction of PdCl₂(P(OPh)₃)₂ with benzyl bromide was observed only in the presence of NEt₃, and a dimeric complex of [PdBr(CH₂Ph)(P(OPh)₃)]₂ was identified as the reaction product. Both benzyl complexes reacted fast with CO (1 atm) to form acyl complexes exhibiting ν(CO) bands at 1709 and 1650 cm⁻¹.