Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones in 2-propanol catalyzed by arsinooxazoline-ruthenium(II) complex

Chiral arsinooxazoline Ru(II) complex has been found to be an efficient catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones in 2-propanol. Secondary alcohols with up to 94% enantiomeric excess were obtained at a substrate/catalyst mole ratio of 1000:1. Asymmetric kinetic resolution has also been obtained with 1-arylalkanols at room temperature with 99% ee.     

Kinetics of catalytic Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction of aldehydes and ketones using boron triethoxide

Catalytic Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction of various aliphatic, aromatic, and unsaturated aldehydes and ketones to corresponding alcohols (analyzed by GC-MS) in the presence of boron triethoxide (B(OEt)₃) were studied. Kinetics of this reduction reaction was also studied and the respective rate constants were determined. It was found that B(OEt)₃ catalyzes the reduction of aliphatic aldehydes and ketones to alcohols at room temperature while aromatic aldehydes and ketones were not reduced under the same conditions. In addition, MPV reduction using B(OEt)₃ was found to be chemoselective as unsaturated aldehydes and ketones afforded the corresponding alcohols without affecting unsaturated groups. The mechanism proposed involves a six-membered transition state in which both the alcohol and the carbonyl are coordinated to the same boron centre of a boron alkoxide catalyst.     

Catalytic enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to trifluoromethyl ketones

A procedure for nucleophilic addition of diethylzinc to trifluoromethyl ketones was developed. The TMEDA-catalyzed method converts aromatic substrates to the corresponding 2-aryl-1,1,1-trifluorobutan-2-ols in up to 99% yield, and it is also applicable to less reactive aliphatic ketones if stoichiometric ligand amounts are employed. The first asymmetric variant producing tertiary alcohols with up to 61% ee when TBOX is used as catalyst is described.     

Highly enantioselective carbonyl reduction with borane catalyzed by chiral spiroborate esters derived from chiral 1,2-aminoalcohols

Novel spiroborate esters derived from nonracemic 1,2-amino alcohols were examined as chiral catalysts in the borane reduction of acetophenone and other aromatic ketones at room temperature. The optically active alcohols were obtained in excellent chemical yields and enantioselectivities up to 99% ee with 10% of catalyst.     

无溶剂条件下锰 (Ⅲ)-席夫碱配合物催化过氧化氢氧化醇

 Aliphatic and aromatic alcohols are efficiently oxidized to ketones or carboxylic acids using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant in the presence of a Mn(III) Schiff-base complex as a catalyst under solvent-free conditions. The oxidation of alcohols occurred at 50 °C to give the corresponding ketones or carboxylic acids with a yield higher than 60%.     

Novel and Efficient One Pot Condensation Reactions between Ketones and Aromatic Alcohols in the Presence of CrO3 Producing α,β‐Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

We report a new, effective and simple method for preparing α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds by reacting ketones and aromatic alcohols at 56°C in the presence of CrO₃ (CrO₃ acts as an oxidant and also a catalyst) for around 10 h. The condensation reactions occurred effectively among a wide combination of ketones and alcohols. The procedure is simple and the yields can be high up to 98%. And a probable mechanism is proposed.     

Palladium oxide nanoparticles supported on graphene oxide: A convenient heterogeneous catalyst for reduction of various carbonyl compounds using triethylsilane

Palladium oxide nanoparticles supported on graphene oxide ‐ triethylsilane was found to be an effective reductive system for a broad range of reduction processes, including the reduction of various carbonyl compounds such as aromatic aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols or methyl arene compounds, aromatic ketones to their respective alcohols or saturated compounds, aromatic acyl chlorides to their reduced compounds. The desired products were obtained in good to excellent yields under mild conditions. The heterogeneous environmentally friendly catalyst can be easily separated from the reaction mixture through a simple filtration, facilitating purification of the prepared compounds.     

Asymmetric reduction of representative ketones with a bis-chiral oxazaborolidine system

In recent years, many optically active β-amino alcohols, mostly derived from naturally occurring α-amino acids, have been incorporated into the asymmetric synthesis as chiral auxiliaries or ligands.1 An effective asymmetric catalysts, the oxazaborolidine-borane reagents, which were originally pioneered by Itsuno and Corey,2 were generally prepared from chiral β-amino alcohols by the reaction with boric acid or formed in situ in the presence of borane. These reagents provide excellent enanti…     

A practical synthesis of optically active aromatic epoxides via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of α-chlorinated ketones with chiral rhodium-diamine catalyst

A practical method for the synthesis of optically active aromatic epoxides has been developed via the formation of optically active α-chlorinated alcohols and intramolecular etherification. Optically active alcohols with up to 99% ee can be obtained from the asymmetric reduction of aromatic ketones with a substrate/catalyst ratio of 1000-5000 using a formic acid/triethylamine mixture containing a well-defined chiral Rh complex, Cp*RhCl[(R,R)-Tsdpen]. The asymmetric reduction of α-chlorinated aromatic ketones with a chiral Rh catalyst is characterized by a rapid and carbonyl group-selective transformation because of the coordinatively saturated nature of diamine-based Cp*Rh(III) hydride complexes. The outcome of the reduction is significantly influenced by the structures of the ketonic substrates as well as the hydrogen source such as formic acid or 2-propanol. Commercially available reagents and solvents can be used in this reaction without special purification. This epoxide synthetic process in either a one- or two-pot procedure is practical and particularly useful for the large-scale production of optically active styrene oxides from α-chlorinated ketones.     

氧化铜修饰羟基磷灰石负载金对醇类需氧氧化的双金属协同催化

采用均匀沉积-沉淀法制备了氧化铜修饰羟基磷灰石负载金催化剂(Au/CuO-HAP),并用原子吸收光谱、N2吸附脱附、X射线粉末衍射、透射电镜和X射线光电子能谱等方法对催化剂结构和形貌进行了表征.考察了催化剂对醇类液相需氧氧化的催化性能.与单金属Au/HAP或CuO-HAP相比较,双金属Au/CuO-HAP对苯甲醇氧化的催化活性和苯甲醛的选择性有显著提高,120 oC反应1.5 h,苯甲醇的转化率和苯甲醛的选择性分别达到99.7%和98.4%.在Au/CuO-HAP的催化下,其它类型的芳香醇均可高选择性转化为相应的醛或酮. Au/CuO-HAP催化剂有很好的稳定性和可回收性,4次回收后,其催化活性没有明显变化.     

用手性配体改性铝锂试剂对芳香酮的还原

用手性一元酮作辅助配体,与１,２,５,６－二丙酮甘ｉＡｌｈ５对芳香酮进行对映选择 的,得到光学活性产物８个。通过与α－乙酰氧基－Ｌ－丙酰氯生成非对映异构体酯,经气相色谱分析,芳酮挑学产率为２３．３￣７１．２％。初步探讨了配体之间对称性匹配的情况。     

Highly enantioselective phenylacetylene addition to aromatic ketones catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid-aluminum complexes

The catalytic asymmetric addition of phenylacetylene to aromatic ketones is reported. The catalyst, generated from commercially available Cinchona alkaloids and industrially available triethylaluminum, gives the expected tertiary alcohols with good enantiomeric excess (70-89%) and yields (60-83%). No previous case has been reported successfully using triethylaluminum as a Lewis acid in the asymmetric alkynylation of carbonylic derivatives, and thus we provide a new method to obtain optically active tertiary propargyl alcohols.     

Chiral tertiary 2-furyl alcohols: diversified key intermediates to bioactive compounds. Their enantioselective synthesis via (2-furyl)aluminium addition to ketones catalyzed by a titanium catalyst of (S)-BINOL

Novel asymmetric 2-furyl additions of (2-furyl)AlEt(2)(THF) to aromatic ketones and one alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone catalyzed by a titanium catalyst of 10-20 mol% (S)-BINOL are reported to furnish tertiary furyl alcohols in good to excellent enantioselectivities of 87-93% ee.     

Highly efficient catalytic system for hydrosilylation of ketones with iron(II) acetate-thiophenecarboxylate

A combination of a catalyst derived from ferrous acetate and sodium thiophene-2-carboxylate efficiently promoted hydrosilylation of aromatic and aliphatic ketones to give the corresponding secondary alcohols in high yields with extremely high selectivity.     

Asymmetric Reduction of Aromatic Ketones and Asymmetric Hydroboration of 2-Phenyl-1-Alkenes with the Reagent Prepared from Borane-Methyl Sulfide and (15,25)-(+)-2-Amino-3-Methoxy-1-Phenyl-1-Propanol

Asymmetric reduction of aromatic ketones, with the reagent (1) prepared from borane-methyl sulfide (EMS) and (15, 25)-(+)-2-amino-3-methoxy-1-phenyl-1-propanol (3a) yielded the corresponding alcohols in 30–65% e.e. This reagent (1) is also effective for the asymmetric hydroboration of 2-phenyl-1-alkenes, isoelectronically similar to the aromatic ketones, and yielded the corresponding alcohols in 8–37% e.e.     

用芹菜茎催化对映选择性还原芳香酮

研究了用芹菜茎薄片在温和与环境友好的条件下催化芳香酮的对映选择性还原反应, 制备得到具有光学活性的(S)-1-芳基醇, 产物的对映选择性符合Prelog规则. 考察了pH值、反应时间、反应温度、底物浓度等因素对底物芳香酮的转化率和产物(S)-1-芳基醇的对映体过量值的影响, 并优化了这些反应条件. 文中还研究了底物的构效关系, 发现羰基两边取代基的空间效应和电子效应明显影响底物的转化率和产物的对映体过量值. 在合适的条件下底物苯乙酮的转化率高达100%, 产物(S)-1-苯基乙醇的对映体过量值大于99.0%. 苯丙酮、对甲基苯乙酮和对氯苯乙酮等其它芳香酮的转化率达到中等程度, 但所得(S)-1-芳基醇的最大对映体过量值均大于99.0%.     

Efficient and chemoselective reduction of carbonyl compounds with supported gold catalysts under transfer hydrogenation conditions

A new heterogeneous catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) system, consisting of a non-flammable supported Au catalyst along with 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor, was proven to be effective for chemoselective reduction of a wide range of aromatic ketones and aldehydes to the corresponding alcohols.     

A remarkably effective catalyst for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones in water and air

A Rh(III) complex generated in situ from [Cp*RhCl2]2 and (1R,2R)-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine (TsCYDN) serves as a remarkably effective, robust catalyst for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones by HCOONa in water in air, affording alcohols in up to 99% ee.     

Highly concentrated catalytic asymmetric allylation of ketones

[reaction: see text] We report the catalytic asymmetric allylation of ketones under highly concentrated reaction conditions with a catalyst generated from titanium tetraisopropoxide and BINOL (1:2 ratio) in the presence of isopropanol. This catalyst promotes the addition of tetraallylstannane to a variety of ketones to produce tertiary homoallylic alcohols in excellent yield (80-99%) with high enantioselectivities (79-95%). The resulting homoallylic alcohols can also be epoxidized in situ using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) to afford cyclic epoxy alcohols in high yield (84-87%).     

Reduction of aldehydes and ketones by sodium dithionite using viologens as electron transfer catalyst

It was found that aromatic aldehydes and ketones could be reduced smoothly at room temperature by sodium dithionite using viologen derivatives as an electron transfer catalyst to obtain the corresponding alcohols in good yields. Viologens (methyl viologen and polymer) acted catalytically and active species in the reduction were quinoid forms which were obtained by two-electron reduction of viologens.