A simple and efficient copper oxide-catalyzed Barbier–Grignard reaction of unactivated aryl or alkyl bromides with ester

An efficient one-pot route to synthesize tertiary alcohol compounds using Barbier–Grignard reaction of unactivated alkyl or aryl bromides with ester in THF at 65 °C catalyzed by CuO has been developed and systematically investigated. A wide range of substituted tertiary alcohol compounds were obtained in good to high yields. The reaction is highly chemoselective. The mechanism involving the leaving group of R²O^-group is discussed.     

Influence of Molecular Weight on Mild Steel Corrosion Inhibition Effect by Polyvinyl Alcohol in Hydrochloric Acid Solution

The corrosion inhibition of mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution in the presence of three different molecular weights of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) designated as PVA-I, PVA-II, and PVA-III corresponding to 14,000, 72,000, and 125,000 g mol^?1, respectively, was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, linear polarization resistance (LPR), and potentiodynamic polarization techniques at 25°C. It was found that PVA of different molecular weights inhibited the corrosion of mild steel in the acid environment. Inhibition efficiency (η%) increases with increase in concentration of the polymers. LPR measurements clearly show that inhibition efficiency increases with increasing molecular weight in the order PVA-III > PVA-II > PVA-I. Polarization curves indicate that PVA functions as a mixed inhibitor affecting both the anodic metal dissolution and cathodic hydrogen evolution partial reactions of the corrosion process. The experimental data obtained fitted well into Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. Physical adsorption mechanism is proposed from the thermodynamic (free energy of adsorption) parameters obtained.     

CuI/TPA/4-乙酰胺基-TEMPO催化的苄醇与烯丙基醇氧化反应的研究

CuI/TPA(tris(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine)/4-乙酰胺基-TEMPO(2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidyl-1-oxyl)催化体系能够在室温下,以氧气作氧化剂,乙腈作溶剂,高效、高选择性地催化一系列苄醇,烯丙基醇和含杂原子伯醇的氧化,且在体系中无需添加任何碱作助催化剂.     

树枝状聚酰胺胺负载TEMPO的合成及其催化分子氧氧化醇的性能

以乙二胺和丙烯酸甲酯为原料,经过重复Michael和酯氨解反应,制备出二代(2.0 G)树枝状聚酰胺胺(PAMAM).PAMAM与2,2,6,6-四甲基哌啶酮氮氧自由基经缩合、还原将PAMAM与2,2,6,6-四甲基哌啶氮氧自由基(TEMPO)键连,得到PAMAM负载的TEMPO(PAMAM-TEMPO).采用1H NMR、13C NMR以及FT-IR等手段对中间体及最终产物进行了表征.将PAMAM-TEMPO与CuBr2以及2,2-联吡啶结合构成催化体系,用于分子氧为氧化剂的醇的选择性氧化反应,结果表明该体系对苄基以及烯丙基伯醇的氧化显示出良好的催化活性和选择性.结果还证明,TEMPO的负载使氧化产物醛很容易与催化体系分离,而且催化剂可以循环使用.     

助剂Fe对Ir/SiO2催化剂的巴豆醛选择性加氢性能的影响

以SiO2为载体采用分步浸渍法制备了Fe/Ir/SiO2催化剂,考察了助剂Fe对Ir/SiO2催化剂气相巴豆醛选择性加氢性能的影响.采用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、CO化学吸附、H2-程序升温还原(H2-TPR)和拉曼光谱(Raman)等技术对催化剂进行了表征.结果表明,助剂Fe能有效提高Ir/SiO2催化剂的巴豆醛转化率和巴豆醇选择性.Fe含量为0.087%的0.087Fe/Ir/SiO2催化剂的反应性能最佳,反应进行9 h的巴豆醛转化率36.9%,巴豆醇选择性83%.随着催化剂CO吸附量的下降(Fe覆盖的增加),催化剂的转换频率(turn over frequency,TOF)明显增加,这表明Fe促进Ir/SiO2催化剂表面活性位的加氢活性.然而,Fe的掺杂使得Ir/SiO2催化剂存在明显的活性下降现象,归因于Fe导致Ir/SiO2催化剂表面积炭和CO中毒.     

可循环磁性Pt/Fe_3O_4-MCNT催化剂上的肉桂醛选择性加氢反应

采用多步法依次将制备的Fe3O4纳米颗粒和Pt纳米颗粒负载到多壁碳纳米管(MCNT)上得到Pt/Fe3O4-MCNT磁性催化剂,以X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、超导量子干涉磁强计(SQUID)和热重-差热分析(TG-DTA)对Pt/Fe3O4-MCNT磁性催化剂的结构和磁性质进行了表征。研究发现预制备的Fe3O4纳米颗粒与Pt纳米颗粒均匀地分散于MCNT上,新制备以及多次使用后的Pt/Fe3O4-MCNT室温下都具有良好的超顺磁性。研究了Pt/Fe3O4-MCNT磁性催化剂上的肉桂醛选择性加氢反应,结果显示催化剂具有良好的C=O加氢活性,肉桂醛转化率在50%左右时,肉桂醇选择性可达96%以上。尺寸均一的Pt粒子均匀的分散在催化剂上可能是催化剂具有良好的C=O加氢选择性的重要原因。在外加磁场作用下催化剂可以高效地从液相反应体系中分离,经多次循环使用后仍具有良好的催化性能。     

Chemoselective hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol to 1,5-pentanediol over Ir-MoOx/Si02 catalyst

In this work, MoOx promoted Ir/SiO2 catalysts were prepared and used for the selective hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol （THFA） to 1,5-pentanediol in a continuous flow reactor. The effects of different noble metals （Ir, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh）, supports and Ir contents were screened. Among the investigated catalysts, 4 wt%Ir-MoOx/SiO2 with a Mo/Ir atomic ratio of 0.13 exhibited the best catalytic performance. The synergy between Ix particles and the partially reduced isolated MoOx species attached on them is essential for the excellent catalytic performance of Ix-MoOx/SiO2. The catalyst exhibited a better hydrogenolysis efficiency of THFA with the selectivity of 1,5-pentanediol of 65%-74% at a conversion of THFA of 70%-75% when the initial THFA concentration is ranging from 20 wt% and 40 wt%. And higher system pressure was also in favor of the conversion of THFA. During a stability test, the conversion of THFA and 1,5-pentanediol yield over Ix-MoOz/SiO2 decreased with reaction time, which can be explained by the leaching of Mo species during the reaction.     

Is Electrostatics Sufficient to Describe Hydrogen‐Bonding Interactions?

The stability and geometry of a hydrogen‐bonded dimer is traditionally attributed mainly to the central moiety A?H???B, and is often discussed only in terms of electrostatic interactions. The influence of substituents and of interactions other than electrostatic ones on the stability and geometry of hydrogen‐bonded complexes has seldom been addressed. An analysis of the interaction energy in the water dimer and several alcohol dimers—performed in the present work by using symmetry‐adapted perturbation theory—shows that the size and shape of substituents strongly influence the stabilization of hydrogen‐bonded complexes. The larger and bulkier the substituents are, the more important the attractive dispersion interaction is, which eventually becomes of the same magnitude as the total stabilization energy. Electrostatics alone are a poor predictor of the hydrogen‐bond stability trends in the sequence of dimers investigated, and in fact, dispersion interactions predict these trends better.     

Simple and Efficient Method for the Protection of Hydroxyl Groups as 4-Methoxybenzyl Ethers

PMB ethers of alcohols are obtained in good yields and under mild conditions using the 4-methoxybenzyl N-allyl thiocarbamate and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS)/TfOH as the catalyst. The present method is very fast, simple, and efficient.     

Simple and practical method for selective acylation of primary hydroxy group catalyzed by N-methyl-2-phenylimidazole (Ph-NMI) or 2-phenylimidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazoles (Ph-IBT)

N-Methyl-2-phenylimidazole (Ph-NMI) and 2-phenylimidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazoles (Ph-IBT) catalyzed selective acylation of primary alcohols using acid anhydrides. The Ph-NMI- or Ph-IBT-catalyzed reaction using (PhCO)₂O as an acylating agent could particularly acylate the primary hydroxy group of 1,n-diols (n ⩾ 3) with a high, synthetically useful selectivity.