Highly efficient Knoevenagel condensation reactions catalyzed by a proline-functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber

A new proline-functionalized fiber catalyst was employed for the first time to catalyze the Knoevenagel condensation reactions between aromatic aldehydes and ethyl cyanoacetate or malononitrile.This fiber catalyst exhibits a high efficiency(0.5-2 mol% of catalyst with yields of 90%-99%) and excellent reusability(up to 20 times) without the need for additional treatments.     

Knoevenagel condensation catalysed by poly（vinyl chloride） supported tetraethylenepentamine （PVC-TEPA）

Poly(vinyl chloride) supported tetraethylenepentamine (PVC-TEPA) has been found to be an efficient catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation. A wide range of aromatic aldehydes easily undergo condensations with ethyl cyanoacetate and malononitrile in the commercial 95% ethanol in refluxing using PVC-TEPA as catalyst to afford the desired products of good purity in moderate to excellent yields. A recycling study confirmed that the catalyst could be reused, the yield of the desired condensation product were not reduced. The merits of this protocol are environmentally benign, simple operation, convenient work-up and good yields. Furthermore, the catalyst can easily be recovered and reused at five times with comparable yields.     

An Improved Synthesis of Brodimoprim

Brodimoprim (1) is a new antibacterial benzylpyrimidine with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities. An improved synthetic method of (1) was reported in this paper from 4-bromo-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde (2) through Knoevenagel condensation, 1,3-prototropic isomerization and cyclization with overall yield of 53.8% which was 40.2% in the early report. As a key intermediate, cinnamonitrile (3) was prepared by the condensation of 2 with 3- methoxypropan-enitrile, which was generated in situ from acrylonitrile with methanolic sodium methoxide. It was found that 3 could be converted easily into the corresponding benzyl isomer 4 by reacting with ethylene glycol monomethyl-ether. 4 reacted with guanidine to give 1 without isolation and purification.     

Polystyrene-supported chloroaluminate ionic liquid as a new heterogeneous Lewis acid catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation

Non-hygroscopic polystyrene-supported chloroaluminate ionic liquid was prepared from the reaction of Memfield resin with 1- methylimidazole followed by reaction with aluminum chloride.This Lewis acidic ionic liquid is environmentally friendly heterogeneous catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes with ethyl cyanoacetate.The catalyst is stable(as a bench top catalyst) and reusable.     

尿素催化的高效绿色Knoevenagel缩合反应

An efficient and green procedure for the urea catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation was developed. In the presence of a catalytic ammount of urea, stoichiometric aldehyde and active methylene compound reacted under sol-vent-free conditions at 100℃ for 5-60 min to give nearly quantitative yield of product.     

Polyethylene glycol （PEG） as a benign solvent for Knoevenagel condensation

The Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehydes with active methylene compound proceeded efficiently in polyethylene glycol at room temperature with L-proline as catalyst. The yield is high and the products had E-isomer dominantly. Polyethylene glycol containing L-proline could be recycled and reused for several times without noticeably decreasing in productivity.     

Basic Ionic Liquid： A Reusable Catalyst for Knoevenagel Condensation in Aqueous Media

IntroductionThe Knoevenagel condensation of aldehydes/ketones and activated methylene compounds is one ofthe most common synthetic methods to produce func-tionalized alkenes. Theα,β-unsaturated productsobtained by this method have been widely used as th…     

Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of 2-D Chromophores for Nonlinear Optics

Nonlinear optical materials have received considerable attention due to its promising and important application in the domain of opto-electrics and photonics. [1,2] Recently, the dual-intramolecular charge transfer chromophores perform rather well in the efficiency-transparency trade-off. [3] In this paper, we reported a series of new two-dimen- sional charge-transfer chromophores synthesized by a Knoevenagel condensation reaction (Scheme 1).     

Synthesis and structures of malonate derivative-calix[4]arene conjugates

A series of novel malonate derivatives-calix[4]arene conjugates were synthesized through Knoevenagel condensation reaction, and the structures of these functionalized calix[4]arenes have been determined     

ReBr(CO)_5-Catalyzed Knoevenagel Condensation

Knoevenagel condensations are especially important reactions for the synthesis of alkene compounds having electron-withdrawing groups such as COR,CN,COOR,NO2 etc. Recently, transition metal hydride ruthenium1, hydride and polyhydride rhenium2, and polyhydride iridium complexes have been found to be the efficient catalysts for Knoevenagle condensation. However the mentioned-above transition metal hydride complexes are not easily prepared. In addition, all of them are oxygen and H2O-sensit…     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 7,7- Dimethyl-2-amino-3-cyano-4-(3,4-methylenedioxylphenyl)- 5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-benzo-[b]-pyran

1 INTRODUCTION Inorganic solid supports as catalysts resulting in higher selectivity, milder conditions and easier work-up has been reported as useful catalysts for many reactions [1~3]. Recently, we have reported the Knoevenagel condensation and some other reactions[4~6] catalyzed by KF-Al2O3. In this paper, we discussed the crystal structure of the title compound synthesized by the reaction of 2-cyano-3-(3,4-methylenedioxylphenyl)acrylonitrile and 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione in…     

聚乙烯基胺包裹Fe_3O_4@SiO_2磁性微球用于Knoevenagel缩合（英文）

Polyvinyl amine coated Fe3O4@SiO2 composite microspheres with a core‐shell structure were prepared and employed as a magnetic catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation under mild conditions. The catalyst can be readily recovered using a magnet and reused several times without loss in activity or selectivity. The performance of the magnetic base catalyst was compared with that of polyvinyl amine functionalized mesoporous SBA‐15, which showed that the magnetic nanoparticles gave improved reaction rate and yield.     

Synthesis of Calix[4]arene Derivatives with NLO Properties

The new chromophore compounds with NLO properties were prepared by Knoevenagel condensation from forrnyl or diformyl calix[4/arene and isophorone derivatives in the presence of piperidine and acetic acid, respectively. In these chromophore calix[4]arenes, the ring locked trienes were employed as the conjugation bridge and electron acceptor in D-π-A units. The NMR spectra demonstrated that they existed in a cone conformation and consequently non-conjugated D-π-A units could be oriented at nearly the same direction.     

Facile access to C-N bonds via unexpected side reactions of Knoevenagel condensation and their application in high-efficiency organic solar cells

The construction of C-N bonds is of great importance in the fields of biology, medicine, chemistry and materials science. Here,the replacement of organic base from pyridine to piperidine in the Knoevenagel condensation process unexpectedly yields a series of novel organic molecules containing C-N bonds. Interestingly, the synthesis method does not require any external transition-metals catalysis, and photo-/electro-catalysis. Additionally, when the new compound 1b is added as a third component t...     

n—Butyl Pyridinium Nitrate as a Reusable Ionic Liquid Medium for Knoevenagel Condensation

The Knoevenagel condensation of carbonyl substrates with active methylenecompounds proceeds smoothly with ammonium acetate as catalyst in n-butyl pyridinium nitrate to afford the desired products of good purity in moderate yields.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Ethyl2—（2—Amino—3—ethoxycarbonyl—4H—benzopyran—4—yl）cyanoacetate

1 INTRODUCTION Inorganic solid supports as catalysts resulting in higher selectivity, milder conditions and easier work-up have been reported as useful catalysts for many reactions [1~3]. Recently, we have reported the Knoevenagel condensation catalyzed by KF-Al2O3[4]. In this paper, we discussed the crystal structure of the title compound synthesized by the reaction of salicylaldehyde and ethyl cyanoacetate in DMF using the catalyst KF-Al2O3 at room temperature KF-Al2O3. In or…     

SYNTHESIS OF POLY(5,5-DIMETHYL-1,3-DIOXAN-2-ONE)BY LIPASE-CATALYZED RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION

Porcine pancreas lipase (PPL) and PPL immobilized on narrow distributed micron-sized glass beads wereemployed successfully for the ring-opening polymerization of 5, 5-dimethyl-1, 3-dioxan-2-one (DTC) for the first time.Different polymerization conditions such as enzyme concentration and reaction temperature were studied. Immobilized PPLexhibits higher activity than native PPL. Along wth the increasing enzyme concentration, the molecular weigh of resultingPDTC decreases. PPL immobilized on narrow distributed micron-sized glass beads has outstanding recyclability. For thethird recycle time, immobilized PPL exhibits the highest catalytic activity and with high activity even after the fifth recyletime for the synthesis of PDTC. The ~1H-NMR spectra indicate that decarboxylation does not occur during the ring-openingpolymerization.     

Facile synthesis of size-tunable ZIF-8 nanocrystals using reverse micelles as nanoreactors

This paper describes a robust method for the synthesis of high-quality ZIF-8 nanocrystals using reverse micelles as discrete nanoscale reactors.The precise size control of ZIF-8 nanocrystals is conveniently achieved by tuning the concentration of precursors,reaction temperatures,the amount of water,and the structure of surfactants.The as-synthesized ZIF-8 nanocrystals are of narrow distribution and tunable size.A size-dependent catalytic activity for Knoevenagel condensation reaction is further demonstrated by using ZIF-8 nanocrystals with different sizes as the catalysts.This facile method opens up a new opportunity in the synthesis of various ZIFs nanocrystals.     

Synthesis of high density and low freezing point jet fuels range cycloalkanes with cyclopentanone and lignin-derived vanillins

In this work, a “cyclopentanone-vanillin” strategy was proposed for the preparation of jet fuel range cycloalkanes from lignocellulose-derived ketones and lignin-derived aldehydes via aldol condensation and hydrodeoxygenation(HDO). Ethanolamine lactate ionic liquid(LAIL) exhibited excellent catalytic activity in the aldol condensation of cyclopentanone and vanillin. Desired mono-condensation and bicondensation products were obtained with yield of 95.2% at 100 °C. It is found that the synergy eff...     

Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Chromophores with 1,8-Dimethoxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene and Ring-locked Triene

The new chromophore molecules with nonlinear optical （NLO） properties were prepared by Knoevenagel condensation from 1,8-dimethoxy-4,5-diformyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene and isophorone derivative in the presence of piperidine and acetic acid. In these chromophore, the ring-locked trienes were employed as the conjugation bridge and electron acceptor in D-π-A units. The key intermediate dialdehyde was conveniently prepared via a three step reaction, in which 1,8-dimethoxyanthraquinone was reduced with zinc/acetic acid and sodium/ethanol successively, followed by formylation with 1,1-dichlorodimethyl ether in the presence of TiCI4. The solvatochromism and UV spectra indicate that they have higher second-order nonlinear hyperpolarizability μβ values than the corresponding reference compound, without red shift of the charge transfer band.