Highly efficient and versatile chemoselective addition of amines to epoxides in water catalyzed by erbium(III) triflate

Er(OTf)₃ is proposed as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for the opening of epoxides in water with aliphatic as well as aromatic amines leading to the synthesis of β-amino alcohols. The aqueous conditions employed in the present method will make it ‘environmentally friendly’ and potentially useful for industrial applications.     

Sterically Hindered and Deconjugative α-Regioselective Asymmetric Mannich Reaction of Meinwald Rearrangement-Intermediate

Compared to γ-addition, the α-addition of α-branched β,γ-unsaturated aldehydes faces larger steric hindrance and disrupts the π–π conjugation, which might be why very few examples are reported. In this article, a highly diastereo- and enantioselective α-regioselective Mannich reaction of isatin-derived ketimines with α-, β- or γ-branched β,γ-unsaturated aldehydes, generated in situ from Meinwald rearrangement of vinyl epoxides, is realized by using chiral N,N′-dioxide/Sc^III catalysts. A series of chiral α-quaternary allyl aldehydes and homoallylic alcohols with vicinal multisubstituted stereocenters are constructed in excellent yields, good d.r. and excellent ee values. Experimental studies and DFT (density functional theory) calculations reveal that the large steric hindrance of the ligand and the Boc (tButyloxy carbonyl) protecting group of imines are critical factors for the α-regioselectivity.     

主（脱铝Y分子筛纳米腔）-客（Co，Mn和Cox/Mnx三核金属簇合物）纳米复合物催化剂高效催化环己烯环氧化反应

采用模板合成法制备了在脱铝Y分子筛纳米腔中含有Co, Mn,和Co/Mn混合物的三核金属簇合物的复合物催化剂,包括[Mn3(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y,[Co3(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3],[Co2Mn(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y和[CoMn2(O)(CH3COO)6-(py)3]-Y],并运用傅里叶变换红外光谱、紫外-可见光光谱、前场扫描电镜、X射线衍射和原子吸收光谱对其进行了表征.包裹的金属簇合物在环己烯环氧化反应中表现出较高的催化活性,反应以H2O2/O2为氧化剂,在加热机械搅拌下进行,所得环氧化物产率在82.5%?90.7%.在该催化体系中, NaBr用作氧化助剂可以提高反应性能.在所制多相催化体系中,含单核的金属簇合物催化活性更高,其中以Mn3(O)-DAZY化合物的效率最高.各催化剂活性顺序为Mn3(O)-DAZY> Co3(O)-DAZY> Mn2Co(O)-DAZY> MnCo2(O)-DAZY.     

环氧水解酶在不对称合成中的应用

环氧水解酶是一种普遍存在于生物体内的酶,它能选择性水解环氧生成相应的手性二醇。这种酶在催化反应中通常显示出十分高的对映立体选择性,生成高光学活性的环氧和二醇。近年来国际上采用微生物来源的环氧水解酶对环氧底物进行不对称水解,然后再通过酸处理未开环的环氧化物“一锅法”高产率、高选择性的生成单一构型的手性二醇。这一新发展为这种酶在精细合成工业上的运用开辟了广阔的前景。     

稀土化合物催化内酯开环聚合(Ⅲ)──氯化钕-环氧化合物体系催化ε

Bulk polymerization of ε-caprolactone(CL) with neodymium chloride-epoxide sys tem has been studied. It was found that the addition of epoxide can greatly increase the catalytic activity of neodymium chloride. The catalytic activity sequence of NdCl₃ combined with epoxide is: NdCl₃-ethylene oxide > NdCl₃-proplene oxide > NdCl₃-epichlorohydrin≈NdCl₃-allyl glycidyl ether. The catalytic activity of NdCl₃-proplene oxide system increases,but molecular weight of resulting polycaprolactone(PCL) decreases at higher proplene oxide/ neodymium chloride molar ratio.The molecular weight of PCL can be controlled by catalyst concentration. Higher polymerization temperature can greatly increase the catalytic efficien cy. At 30℃, PCLwith molecular weight as high as 28. 9×10⁴can be prepared easily with an activity of 44×10⁴g PCLper molar neodymium, and at 60℃, the molecular weight of PCLand catalytic efficiency increased to 42×10⁴and 10⁶g PCL/mole Nd respectively.     

C60O3的结构和电子光谱的理论研究

用INDO系列方法对C₆₀O₃的可能构型进行研究,结果表明:环氧结构邻近的6-6键易发生进一步的加成反应.其中3个氧原子加在同一个六元环的6-6边上,形成环氧结构最稳定的C₃v构型,第3个氧原子加在2个环氧结构相邻的六元环的6-6边上的C₂、C_s构型也相当稳定,C₂、C_s构型的部分¹³C NMR谱与实验吻合.C₆₀O₃可能有较好的反应活性,其电子光谱属于理论预测.