Coupled chemoenzymatic transfer hydrogenation catalysis for enantioselective reduction and oxidation reactions

Stereoselective reductions of prochiral ketones were performed using a new thermophilic, NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermus sp. (TADH). The enzyme was produced on 2L-scale from recombinant Escherichia coli and purified by a simple, one-step heat treatment procedure yielding 220 mg of pure enzyme. Regeneration of NADH was catalyzed by the organometallic complex [Cp*Rh(bpy)(H₂O)]²⁺ using formate as a reducing agent. The catalytic performance of [Cp*Rh(bpy)(H₂O)]²⁺ in terms of total number of catalytic cycles and number of catalytic cycles per hour achieved herein (up to 1500 and more than 400 h⁻¹, respectively), are the highest reported for a non-enzymatic nicotinamide regeneration system so far. Chemoenzymatic reduction reactions in a two liquid phase setup were performed on a gramme-scale, for example, 1.3 g of enantiopure (1S,3S)-3-methylcyclohexanol was obtained after purification. The volumetric productivity reached up to 3.9 mM h⁻¹ with an average of 2.6 mM h⁻¹ (5.3 g L⁻¹ d⁻¹) over 10 h. In addition, chemoenzymatic oxidations utilizing the same catalyst set and molecular oxygen as a terminal electron acceptor were performed. Thus, the preparative value of chemoenzymatic transfer hydrogenations with [Cp*Rh(bpy)(H₂O)]²⁺ as a regeneration catalyst coupled especially to thermophilic ADHs was demonstrated.     

Kinetics of reduction of an iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis

The kinetics of reduction of an iron catalyst have been studied at 450–550 °C. The overall kinetic equation was of the mixed-control type. The equation of the surface reaction was of the Langmuir-Hinshelwood type with the adsorption of only water vapor taken into account.

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Metal-complex catalysis during the reduction of functional groups by sodium borohydride in the synthesis of pyrrolidine derivatives

A selective method was developed for the reduction of functional groups with sodium borohydride using complexes of CoCl₂ and CuCl₂ with triethylbenzylammonium chloride and cobalt and copper mesotetra[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridyl]porphyrinates as catalysts. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 205–208, February, 2006.     

Relay catalysis: combined metal catalyzed oxidation and asymmetric iminium catalysis for the synthesis of bi- and tricyclic chromenes

A catalytic asymmetric oxidative iminium-allenamine cascade allows the use of propargyl alcohols as stable substrates and yields valuable chiral bicyclic 4H-chromenes. A subsequent Michael addition-condensation domino reaction provides complex tricyclic 4H-chromenes in a highly enantioselective fashion.     

Preparation of nitrogenous polysaccharide-supported ironporphyrins and their catalysis for the aerobic oxidation of cyclohexane

The coordinations of nitrogenous polysaccharide chitosan and chitin to chloro[tetraphenylporphinato]iron(III) have been investigated by means of the FTIR and UV-VIS analysis techniques, and the effect of their coordination on the aerobic oxidation of cyclohexane catalyzed by ironporphyrin has been studied. The new Fe-N coordination bonds between ironporphyrin and chitosan or chitin were found, and their coordination constants K, which were calculated by means of Langmuirs’s adsorption isotherm equation, were 9.68 × 10⁻⁴ and 6.80 × 10⁻⁴ L/mol, respectively, at equilibrium. It is shown that the coordination of the nitrogenous polysaccharide to ironporphyrin had an important influence on both the conversion and selectivity of the aerobic oxidation of cyclohexane catalyzed by ironporphyrin. The selectivity to the cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol production, the catalyst turnover, and the rate constants k of cyclohexane oxidation increased with increasing coordination constant K. Published in Russian in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2006, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 98–102. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

A study of catalysts for ammonia synthesis with different degrees of reduction

Summary On the stepwise reduction of a ÉGK-59 NH₃ synthesis, catalyst, the maximum specific surface is obtained at 96% reduction; simultaneously, there is an increase in the volume and a decrease in the radii of the pores. The changes in the phase composition and saturation magnetization of the catalyst occurring during reduction have been determined.     

Mössbauer and X-ray characterization and catalytic properties of Co-promoted ammonia synthesis catalysis

Phase composition of Co-promoted ammonia synthesis catalysts has been studied by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. Co-promoted catalysts have maximum activity at 5–7% CoO concentration. This result is associated with the substitution of 1–2 Fe atoms by Co-atoms per unit cell of the bcc -Fe lattice being the active phase for catalysis.     

乙酰糖基金属卟啉的合成及其对烷烃温和氧化的选择性催化作用

由吡咯和葡萄糖取代苯甲醛直接缩合制备了两种葡萄糖取代卟吩,四(邻位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩和四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩,它们进一步金属化合成了四种葡萄糖金属卟啉,氯化四(邻位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合铁、氯化四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合铁、氯化四(邻位四乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合锰和氯化四(间位乙酰葡萄糖氧代苯基)卟吩合锰。它们的结构由紫外-可见光谱、元素分析和核磁共振证实。研究了这些葡萄糖取代金属卟啉对亚碘酰苯常温常压下氧化异戊烷反应的选择性催化作用。研究表明,糖基金属卟啉催化异戊烷端基碳氢键的氧化,对一级碳氢键表现出专一性催化作用。非糖基金属卟啉催化异戊烷二级和三级碳氢键的氧化。与非糖基金属卟啉比较,糖基金属卟啉对烷烃羟基化反应的催化行为更接近细胞色素P-450单充氧酶。     

Pt@MOF-177: synthesis, room-temperature hydrogen storage and oxidation catalysis

The gas-phase loading of [Zn(4)O(btb)(2)](8) (MOF-177; H(3)btb=1,3,5-benzenetribenzoic acid) with the volatile platinum precursor [Me(3)PtCp'] (Cp'=methylcyclopentadienyl) was confirmed by solid state (13)C magic angle spinning (MAS)-NMR spectroscopy. Subsequent reduction of the inclusion compound [Me(3)PtCp'](4)@MOF-177 by hydrogen at 100 bar and 100 degrees C for 24 h was carried out and gave rise to the formation of platinum nanoparticles in a size regime of 2-5 nm embedded in the unchanged MOF-177 host lattice as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD). The room-temperature hydrogen adsorption of Pt@MOF-177 has been followed in a gravimetric fashion (magnetic suspension balance) and shows almost 2.5 wt % in the first cycle, but is decreased down to 0.5 wt % in consecutive cycles. The catalytic activity of Pt@MOF-177 towards the solvent- and base-free room temperature oxidation of alcohols in air has been tested and shows Pt@MOF-177 to be an efficient catalyst in the oxidation of alcohols.     

The synthesis of chiral β-ketosulfoxides by enantioselective oxidation and their stereocontrolled reduction to β-hydroxysulfoxides

Various chiral non-racemic β-ketosulfoxides, a class of compounds frequently used in asymmetric synthesis, were prepared in good yields by tert-butyl hydroperoxide oxidation of the corresponding sulfides in the presence of a complex between titanium and (S,S)-hydrobenzoin. The ee values of almost all of the purified products were >98%. As ascertained by X-ray analysis and/or by NMR spectroscopy, the use of the (S,S)-form of the ligand led to aryl β-ketosulfoxides with (R_S)-configuration and to methyl phenacyl sulfoxide with the (S_S)-configuration. Some of the aryl ketosulfoxides were subjected to reduction with DIBAL-H/ZnCl₂ and the corresponding β-sulfinylalcohols with an (R,R_S)-configuration produced.     

Oscillatory phenomena during ammonia oxidation in the presence of a PtRh catalyst

The paper describes oscillatory phenomena observed during ammonia oxidation on a PtRh catalyst in a single pellet reactor. The phenomena consist in periodical changes of the catalyst temperature and a periodical initiation of the reaction in the gas phase. They are interpreted via coupling of the catalytic dissociation and homogeneous oxidation of ammonia.

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EXAFS-XANES evidence of in situ cesium reduction in Cs-Ru/C catalysts for ammonia synthesis

We present here a X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) investigation on the local chemical order and electronic structure of Cs and Ba, promoters of the Ru/C catalysts for ammonia synthesis that attracted interest because of highly increased productivity. The role of the promoters is still largely unclear, although indirect evidence for Cs partial reduction has been obtained by this and other groups. Our XAS analysis with in situ H(2) reduction directly supports the partial Cs reduction in the promoted Ru/C catalysts, depending on the presence of Ru and on the graphitization degree of the support. Higher coordination of Ba was observed with respect to Cs in the reduced samples, without evidence of heavy atoms (Ru, Cs, and Ba) in the surroundings. Because of the strong electropositive nature of Cs, direct experimental evidence of its partial reduction is of outstanding significance also for other applications.     

Micellar catalysis in the oxidation of lipids

The features of the catalytic effects of surfactants (S) in the oxidation of hydrocarbons and lipids are considered. It is shown that the primary amphiphilic products of the oxidation of hydroperoxides (ROOH) and lipids and the known cationic surfactants form mixed micelles {nS-mROOH} in which the accelerated decomposition of ROOH occurs and other polar components, such as metal-containing compounds, inhibitors, etc., can be concentrated, thus producing a large effect on the oxidation rate and mechanism.     

非离子水溶性膦配体的合成及其应用进展

按非离子水溶性膦配体的发展特点,就羟基取代膦配体、天然碳水化合物为母体的膦配体、聚醚基取代的膦配体、具手性中心的膦配体、高分子负载型膦配体、温控相转移膦配体、环糊精改性的膦配体等类型的非离子水溶性膦配体的合成及其在两相催化中的应用作一综述。     

Double-pillared cobalt Pacman complexes: synthesis, structures and oxygen reduction catalysis

The syntheses and structures of binuclear cobalt complexes of a double-pillared cofacial Schiff-base pyrrole macrocycle (L) were determined and their activity as catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction evaluated. The new binuclear cobalt complex, [Co(2)(L)], 1 was formed in good yield using a salt-elimination method and was characterised as adopting a cofacial structure in solution by NMR spectroscopy and as its THF and pyridine solvates in the solid state by X-ray crystallography. Using a variety of spectroscopic techniques, this complex was found to react reversibly with dioxygen to form a new paramagnetic complex. Furthermore, the new aqua-hydroxy double salt [Co(2)(μ-H(3)O(2))(py)(2)(L)][BF(4)] 2 was characterised by X-ray crystallography. In acidified benzonitrile solution, 1 behaves as a catalyst for the selective four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water and showed a large improvement in efficacy compared to its o-phenylene Schiff-base analogues.