Synthesis and Characterization of Diatomaceous Earth-based Iron Porphyrin Nanocomposite Material and Its Electrocatalytic Activity towards the Reduction of BrO3-

The water-soluble metalloporphyrin is one of the most promising classes of compounds to be used as redox mediators/catalysts. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the heterogeneous catalysis of metalloporphyrin, owing to the catalyst support on inorganic material not only maintain beneficial properties of catalyst, but also improve their catalytic activity and selectivity^[1]. For that purpose, scientists begin to search proper support to immobilization metalloporphyrin catalysts. In general, silica, alumina, zeolite, and clay minerals were utilized as matrixes to immobilize the metalloporphyrin.     

Phthalocyanines and related complexes as electrocatalysts for the detection of nitric oxide

Metallophthalocyanine (MPc) and metalloporphyrin complexes as well as some metalloproteins including myoglobin, hemoglobin, cyanocobalamin and cytochrome c catalyse the detection of nitric oxide (NO). The catalytic process often involve changes in the oxidation state of the catalyst. These complexes catalyse both the reduction and oxidation of NO. MPc complexes containing electroactive central metals such as CoPc and FePc generally show better catalytic activity towards the detection of NO than complexes containing electroinacive central metals. However, the involvement of ring based redox processes was confirmed for the homogenous NO catalysis using CoPc.     

Solution‐Based Evolution and Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Activity of Monodisperse Platinum–Copper Nanocubes

Shape‐controlled catalysis : High‐quality Pt–Cu nanocubes with an average size of about 8 nm (see picture, scale bar=20 nm) were synthesized from a high‐temperature organic solution system in the presence of various capping ligands. These cubic Pt–Cu nanocrystals terminated with {100} facets demonstrated a superior catalytic activity towards methanol oxidation compared to similar sized Pt–Cu and Pt nanospheres.

     

乙烯线性齐聚的研究 X．烷氧基锆的催化性能

乙烯线性齐聚的研究Ｘ．烷氧基锆的催化性能何仁，于净，卫锋（大连理工大学化工学院，大连１１６０１２）关键词乙烯，齐聚，直链ａ－烯烃，锆络合物，叔膦乙烯线性齐聚是合成直链低碳ａ一烯径最先进的方法．直链低碳ａ一烯烃是重要的共聚单体和合成许多精细化学品的原料...     

Modeling acid and cationic catalysis on the reactivity of duocarmycins

Several catalyzed alkylation reactions of 9-methyladenine by a model [CPI, cyclopropa[c]pyrrolo[3,2-e]indol-4(5H)-one (1)] of duocarmycin anticancer drugs have been compared to the uncatalyzed reaction in gas phase and in water solvent bulk, using density functional theory at the B3LYP level with the 6-31+G(d,p) basis set and C-PCM solvation model. The effect on the CPI reactivity induced by water, formic and phosphoric acids (general acid catalysis), H3O+ (specific acid catalysis), sodium, and ammonium cation complexation (cationic catalysis) has been investigated. The calculations indicate that the specific acid catalysis and the catalysis induced by sodium cation complexation are strong in the gas phase, but solvation reduces them dramatically by electrostatic effects. The specific acid catalysis is still operative, but strongly reduced in water solution, where the reaction barrier is reduced by 8.6 kcal mol(-1) in comparison to the uncatalyzed reaction. The general acid catalysis induced by phosphoric acid (-7.3 kcal mol(-1)) and the catalysis induced by Na+ and NH4+ complexation become competitive, with a catalytic effect of -3.6 and -4.1 kcal mol(-1) in water, respectively. With the specific acid catalysis, the high acidity (low pK(a) value) of the conjugated acid of CPI (CPIH+), computed in water solution using both C-PCM (pK(a) = +2.6) and PCM-B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) (pK(a) = +2.4) solvation models, suggests that the catalytic effects induced by NH4+ complexation could become more important than the specific acid catalysis and the general catalysis by H3PO4 under physiological conditions, due to concentration effects of the catalysts.     

金属卟啉类超分子催化剂*

金属卟啉类超分子催化剂是超分子催化研究领域的重要内容之一,其关键环节是以金属卟啉为基础构建超分子微反应器,使反应活性中心处在一个特定的微环境中,从而实现高的催化效率和选择性。本文分别从超分子催化剂母体结构构筑（借助环糊精、模板等）和催化应用（模拟细胞色素P-450系列酶、光电催化等）的角度详细评述了近年来金属卟啉类超分子催化剂的设计、结构及催化作用的研究进展,并对该研究领域的前景进行了展望。     

Effect of the structure of the diamine backbone of P-N-N-P ligands in iron(II) complexes on catalytic activity in the transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone

The asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones can be efficiently accomplished using catalysts that are based on platinum group metals which are more toxic and less abundant than iron. For that reason the discovery of iron based catalysts for the use in this transformation is important. To address this issue, we synthesized a new series of iron(II)-based precatalysts trans-[Fe(Br)(CO)(PPh(2)CH(2)CH═NCHRCHRN═CHCH(2)PPh(2))]BPh(4) (5a-5d) containing P-N-N-P ligands with the diamines (R,R)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (a), (R,R)-1,2-diphenyl-1,2-diaminoethane (b), (R,R)-1,2-di(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2-diaminoethane (c), and ethylenediamine (d) incorporated in the backbone using a convenient one-pot synthesis using readily available starting materials. All of the complexes, when activated with a base, show a very high activity in the transfer hydrogenation catalysis of acetophenone, using 2-propanol as a reducing agent under mild conditions. A comparison of the TOF of complexes 5a-5d show that the catalytic activity of complexes increase as the size of the substituents in the backbone of ligands increases (d < a < b = c).     

Cooperative Light-Activated Iodine and Photoredox Catalysis for the Amination of C −H Bonds

An unprecedented method that makes use of the cooperative interplay between molecular iodine and photoredox catalysis has been developed for dual light-activated intramolecular benzylic C−H amination. Iodine serves as the catalyst for the formation of a new C−N bond by activating a remote C −H bond (1,5-HAT process) under visible-light irradiation while the organic photoredox catalyst TPT effects the reoxidation of the molecular iodine catalyst. To explain the compatibility of the two involved photochemical steps, the key N−I bond activation was elucidated by computational methods. The new cooperative catalysis has important implications for the combination of non-metallic main-group catalysis with photocatalysis.     

Homogeneous Catalysts with a Mechanical (“Machine‐like”) Action

Molecular machines? The factors involved in and the fundamental nature of a “mechanical” action within molecular catalysis is explored in detail. Such mechanical homogeneous catalysts are rare but not unknown (see graphic). The spatial and temporal nature of their catalytic action is considered. Potential implications for mimicry of enzymes are discussed.

     

Metalloporphyrin‐Based Hypercrosslinked Polymers Catalyze Hetero‐Diels–Alder Reactions of Unactivated Aldehydes with Simple Dienes: A Fascinating Strategy for the Construction of Heterogeneous Catalysts

We describe a novel and intriguing strategy for the construction of efficient heterogeneous catalysts by hypercrosslinking catalyst molecules in a one‐pot Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction. The new hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) as porous solid catalysts exhibit the combined advantages of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, owing to their high surface area, good stability, and tailoring of catalytic centers on the frameworks. Indeed, a new class of metalloporphyrin‐based HCPs were successfully synthesized using modified iron(III) porphyrin complexes as building blocks, and the resulting networks were found to be excellent recyclable heterogeneous catalysts for the hetero‐Diels–Alder reaction of unactivated aldehydes with 1,3‐dienes. Moreover, this new strategy showed wide adaptability, and many kinds of homogeneous‐like solid‐based catalysts with high catalytic performance and excellent recyclability were also constructed.     

ω-氯氟烷基醇,烯烃及环氧化物的合成

全氟烷基碘的加成反应一直活跃在氟化学中,即使近来也依然受到注意,这是因为由它们出发可做许多有用的中间体,其中氟烷基取代的醇可做织物表面处理剂,氟烷基取代的环氧化合物可做润滑剂。我们曾用引发剂,使ψ—碘代全氟烷基磺酰氟与多键类化合物在较温和条件下进行加成。黄维垣教授等用NaHCO_3—K_3[Fe(CN)_6]引发Cl(CF_2)_(4.6)I与烯丙醇顺利加成。     

Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity of Yttrium(III) Nitrate Complexes Bearing Tripodal Phosphine Oxide and Mixed Phosphine-Phosphine Oxide Ligands

A series of four tripodal phosphine oxide ligands, (OPR(2))(2)CHCH(2)POR(2) (1a-1d), and four mixed phosphine-phosphine oxide ligands, (OPR(2))(2)CHCH(2)PR(2) (3a-3d), were synthesized and coordinated to yttrium to produce Y(NO(3))(3)[(OPR(2))(2)CHCH(2)POR(2)] (2a-2d) and Y(NO(3))(3)[(OPR(2))(2)CHCH(2)PR(2)](OPPh(3)) (4a-4d) complexes. The previously reported ligand 1a and unknown phosphine oxide ligands 1b-1d were generated in an unprecedented trisubstitution reaction of bromoacetaldehyde diethyl acetal, while the novel partially reduced ligands 3a-3d were synthesized from 1a-1d according to a known literature protocol for the selective monoreduction of bisphosphine oxides. The neutral yttrium complexes 2a-2d are nine-coordinate and display a tricapped trigonal-prismatic geometry. Complexes 4a-4d are also neutral, nine-coordinate species and have a pendant phosphine functionality, which provides the potential to form bimetallic early-late transition-metal complexes. Additionally, yttrium complexes 2a-2d were activated with base and tested for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone, but the results showed that base by itself was significantly more effective than the yttrium species investigated.     

长链烷氧取代金属卟啉的合成及催化性能研究

本文报道了一类长链烷氧取代金属卟啉化合物3的合成.研究了由化合物3与表面活性剂:十二烷基三甲基溴化铵所形成的混合胶束体系作为仿细胞色素P-450加氧酶模拟物对苯乙烯环氧化的催化活性.结果表明:在胶束体系中长链烷氧取代金属卟啉的催化效率优于对称四甲苯基金属卟啉,由此证实:混合胶束中,疏水内核提供的模拟酶的疏水微环境,在苯乙烯环氧化反应中起着重要作用.     

Cover Picture

The cover picture shows the structure of a Pd(II)‐enaminone complex which is prepared from Pd(OAc)₂ and NH₂‐featured enaminone, as well as its application in catalyzing the Suzuki‐Miyaura cross coupling reaction. As unprecedented Pd(II)‐organic species, it has been broadly used to catalyze the Suzuki‐Miyaura reaction of aryl bromides/chlorides and exhibited evidently superior catalytic activity over those commercially available Pd‐catalysts. Alongside the efficient and broad catalysis in Suzuki‐Miyaura reaction in clean aqueous medium, simply modifying reaction conditions and the enaminone structure in the Pd(II)‐enaminone complex, the homo‐coupling of aryl boronic acids can also be efficiently executed. The results disclose the application promise of enaminones in new frontiers of organometallics and catalysis. More details are discussed in the article by Wan et al. on page on page 254—258.

     

Investigating the Molecular Architecture of Hyperbranched Polymers

Hyperbranched polymers constitute a unique class of branched macromolecules, where structural complexity is complemented by relative ease of synthesis. The increasing interest in the study of these materials is due to their distinctive properties, inherently tied to their complex molecular architecture, and is augmented by the continual growth of applications like catalysis, viscosity modifiers, and sensors. We report a structural model for HBPs based on fractal scaling of both mass and connectivity. This model is shown to be of use in understanding small angle scattering data, especially in comparison with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for structural characterization.

     

Ursachen der Harnstoffkatalyse einer Dis-Azokupplung. 23. Mitteilung zur kenntnis der azokupplungsreaktion

The kinetics of the second step in the formation of a dis-azocompound from 4, 4′-bis-diazobiphenyl (bisdiazotized benzidine) with 2-naphthol-3, 6-disulfonic acid have been investigated in the presence of various concentrations of urea up to 6,6 M in aqueous buffers. The catalytic action of urea is due to a disaggregation of the diazonium ion aggregates, a base catalysis and a dielectric medium effect.     

长链烷氧取代金属卟啉的合成及催化性能研究

本文报道了一类长链烷氧取代金属卟啉化合物3的合成。研究了由化合物3与表面活性剂:十二烷基三甲基溴化铵所形成的混合胶柬体系作为仿细胞色素P-450加氧酶模拟物对苯乙烯环氧化的催化活性。结果表明:在胶束体系中长链烷氧取代金属卟啉的催化效率优于简单对称四甲苯基金属卟啉,由此证实:混合胶束中,疏水内核提供的模拟酶的疏水微环境,在苯乙烯环氧化反应中起着重要作用。     

Studies on Diastereoselective Intramolecular meta-Cycloaddition of Arene to Olefin (Part Ⅱ)

Wththecapacityt0pr0duceuPt03newringsand6newstereogeniccentersinonestep,thearene-athenephotocycloadditionreactionprovidesaremarkablyeffectivemeansinthesynthesistowardspolyquinanesalldfenestranes.2-'Asfarastheregioselectivityisconcemed,itisbelievedthatsubstitUentsatthear0maticringandthenon-bondedinteractionsbetWeensuchsubstitUentsandthesidechaincontrolthemode0fthecycloadditi0n.Wehaverep0rted"'thatintramolecularhydrogenbondeffectcouldsignificantlyincreasethediastereoselectivityinsuchcycloadditio…     

Furopyridines. IX. Syntheses and properties of 3-ethoxy derivatives of furo[2,3-b]-, furo[3,2-b]-, furo[2,3-c]- and furo[3,2-c]pyridine

Reaction of ethyl 3-ethoxycarbonylmethoxyfuropyridine-2-carboxylates 2a-2d with sodium ethoxide afforded 3-ethoxy derivatives 3a-3d which converted to 3-ethoxyfuropyridines 5a-5d by hydrolysis and decarboxylation of the ester group. Vilsmeier reaction of 5a and 5b gave 2-formyl-3-ethoxy derivatives 6a and 6b and 2-formyl-3-chloro derivatives 7a and 7b , while 5c and 5d did not give any formyl compound. Bromination of 3-ethoxyfuropyridines with 1 equivalent mole of bromine gave 2-bromo-3-ethoxyfuropyridines 9a-9d , whereas reaction with 3 equivalents of bromine yielded 2,2-dibromo-3,3-diethoxy-2,3-dihydrofuropyridines ( 10a and 10b ) and/or 2-bromo-3,3-diethoxy-2,3-dihydrofuropyridines 11b , 11c and 11d . Treatment of compounds 5a-5d with n-butyllithium in hexane-tetrahydrofuran at ?70° and subsequent addition of N,N-dimethylformamide yielded 2-formyl derivatives 6a-6d .     

咪唑修饰硅胶配位固载锰(Ⅲ)卟啉对环己烷空气氧化的催化作用

应用3-氯丙基三甲氧基硅烷和咪唑成功地对硅胶表面进行了修饰,并通过咪唑基纵轴配位方式固载了四苯基锰(Ⅲ)卟啉.在无任何外加溶剂及共还原剂的条件下,应用此高分子金属卟啉作为催化剂,选择性地催化空气氧化环己烷为环己酮和环己醇.研究结果表明,与未固载金属卟啉相比,固载金属卟啉具有更高的催化活性和催化选择性,反应具有更高的酮醇比,催化剂的稳定性有了较大的提高,便于回收和重复使用.另外还探讨了载体在此催化体系中对催化性能的影响.