Kinetics and mechanism for the acid‐catalyzed addition of propionic acid to tetradecenes and hexadecenes

We developed a kinetic model for the reversible direct addition of propionic acid to linear tetradecences and linear hexadecenes on Amberlyst 15 at 93°C. The model addresses concurrent double bond isomerization of the olefins and assumes carbenium ion formations to be rate limiting for all conversions; it is detailed enough to include terms for multiple isomers of esters and olefins. The reaction was first order in olefin and in ester but was one‐half order in propionic acid. Gas chromatography was the analytical method employed to follow the reactions, and this study represents a novel use of this analytical method to elucidate carbenium ion behavior. The model includes five rate‐determining steps and five fast steps. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 354–371, 2010     

催化裂化油浆中烯烃分布研究

以某催化裂化油浆为原料,通过二烯值和溴价分析方法测定了其四组分和五个馏分中共轭烯烃(双键)和烯烃(双键)的含量;同时结合紫外光谱法、核磁共振氢谱法(~1H-NMR)对其四组分和五个馏分中的烯烃类型和含量进行了表征和测定。结果表明,催化裂化油浆中的确存在烯烃(双键)和共轭烯烃(双键),其烯烃(双键)和共轭烯烃(双键)的含量高达21%和6%,四组分中的共轭烯烃(双键)含量依次增多,五个馏分中共轭烯烃(双键)的含量在5%左右,且四组分和五个馏分中烯烃(双键)的含量均呈现先减小后增大的趋势。同时,不同组分和不同馏分之间正构α-烯烃和内烯烃的含量也存在差异。     

Organocatalytic Tandem Reaction to Construct Six‐Membered Spirocyclic Oxindoles with Multiple Chiral Centres through a Formal [2+2+2] Annulation

An efficient tandem reaction for the asymmetric synthesis of six‐membered spirocyclic oxindoles has been successfully developed through a formal [2+2+2] annulation strategy. The amine‐catalysed stereoselective Michael addition of aliphatic aldehydes to electron‐deficient olefinic oxindole motifs gave chiral C3 components, which were further combined with diverse electrophiles (activated olefins or imines) to afford spirocyclic oxindoles with versatile molecular complexity (up to six contiguous stereogenic centres, high diastereo‐ and enantioselectivities).     

Activation of olefins with low-valent gallium compounds under ambient conditions

The reactions of Ar'GaGaAr' (Ar' = C(6)H(3)-2,6-(C(6)H(3)-2,6-(i)Pr(2))(2)) with alkenes revealed the addition of two olefins per Ar'GaGaAr' under ambient conditions for ethylene, propene, 1-hexene and styrene but no reactions with more hindered or cyclic olefins.     

C4/C5烃催化裂解制低碳烯烃的研究进展

从催化剂类型、裂解工艺、催化裂解的影响因素和裂解机理4个方面对国内外C4／C5烃催化裂解制低碳烯烃的研究进行了综述。催化裂解制低碳烯烃催化剂主要采用ZSM-5分子筛系列催化剂，在此基础上发展了酸改性或水热改性高硅ZSM系列分子筛及介孔MCM41分子筛。总结了国内外C4／C5烃的裂解工艺，认为影响催化裂解的主要因素是裂解原料、催化剂类型及工艺条件。目前，裂解机理主要是自由基与碳正离子机理相结合的机理。并简述了本课题组目前有关C4烷烃催化裂解的主要研究进展。     

C4/C5烃催化裂解制低碳烯烃的研究进展

从催化剂类型、裂解工艺、催化裂解的影响因素和裂解机理4个方面对国内外C4/C5烃催化裂解制低碳烯烃的研究进行了综述。催化裂解制低碳烯烃催化剂主要采用ZSM-5分子筛系列催化剂,在此基础上发展了酸改性或水热改性高硅ZSM系列分子筛及介孔MCM-41分子筛。总结了国内外C4/C5烃的裂解工艺,认为影响催化裂解的主要因素是裂解原料、催化剂类型及工艺条件。目前,裂解机理主要是自由基与碳正离子机理相结合的机理。并简述了本课题组目前有关C4烷烃催化裂解的主要研究进展。     

Co-feeding with DME: An effective way to enhance gasoline production via low temperature aromatization of LPG

The aromatization of light alkenes in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with and without dimethyl ether (DME) addition in the feed was investigated on a modified ZSM-5 catalyst. The results showed that under the given reaction conditions the selectivity of alkenes to high-octane gasoline blending components was markedly enhanced and the formation of propane and butanes was greatly suppressed with the addition of DME. It was also found that the distribution of C₅₊ components was changed a lot with DME addition into the LPG feed. The formation of branched hydrocarbons (mainly C₆?C₈ i-paraffin) and multi-methyl substituted aromatics, which are high octane number gasoline blending components, was promoted significantly, while the content of n-paraffins and olefins in C₅₊ components was decreased obviously, indicating that in addition to the oligomerization, cracking, hydrogen-transfer and dehydrogenation-cyclization of alkenes, the methylation of the formed aromatics and olefins intermediates also plays an important role in determining the product distribution due to the high reactivity of surface methoxy groups formed by DME. And this process, in combination with the syngas-to-methanol/DME technology, provides an alternative way to the production of high-octane gasoline from coal, natural gas or renewable raw materials.     

The electrophilic addition of thiols to olefins: A theoretical and experimental study

Density functional theory with the B3LYP hybrid functional and 6–31G* basis set was used to study the geometric and electronic structure of H₂C = CHR (R = H, CH₃, C₂H₅, C₃H₇, C₄H₉, and C₅H₁₁) olefins, their carbocations formed in the addition of the proton to the olefins, R′-S-H aliphatic thiols (R′ = H, CH₃, C₂H₅, and C₃H₇), the products of the addition of thiols to carbocations, and the final products of the addition of thiols to olefins. The proton affinity of the olefins and the products of the addition of thiols to olefins was calculated. The conclusion was drawn that the limiting stage in the nonradical addition of thiols to olefins catalyzed by acids was proton transfer from the protonated reaction product to the olefin. The theoretical results were compared with the experimental data on the electrophilic addition of polymercaptan to heptene-1.     

Photocycloaddition Reactions of Pyrazinopsoralen with Simple Olefins

Direct photolyses of pyrazinopsoralen (PzPs) with excess olefins such as dimethyl fumarate (DMFu), dimethyl maleate (DMMa) and dimethyl ethylidenemalonate (DMEM) gave C₄-photocycloadducts. The photoproducts were determined to be 1:1 C₄-cycloadducts formed through the addition of 4',5'-furan double bond of the excited P_zP_s to the olefins. The fluorescence of P_zP_s was quenched by olefins with rate constants on the order of 10₉–10₁₀ M -¹/s. The appearance of the long-lived fluorescence component implies a singlet exciplex mechanism for the photocycloaddition reaction of PzPs with excess olefins.     

预裂化理论研究:基质表面酸性位类型及不同类型酸性位接触顺序对裂化过程小分子烯烃收率的影响

在区分氢负离子转移反应与氢转移反应、非选择性氢转移反应与总的氢转移反应的情况下,通过合成物性相近但酸性不同的氧化铝,用以作为裂化催化剂基质材料,在固定床反应器上考察了催化裂化过程,基质酸性位类型及基质表面Lewis及Brönsted酸性位接触顺序对小分子烯烃(丙烯、丁烯)收率的影响。结果表明,催化裂化生成小分子烯烃过程中,分子筛与基质所呈现出的反应特点存在较大的区别,前者活性虽高,但总的氢转移反应活性过强。基质材料裂化活性虽低但其表面以氢负离子转移反应为主,反应路径角度更有利于小分子烯烃收率的提高。另外,基质表面存在Brönsted酸性位,或原料油首先与基质表面Lewis酸性位相接触再与Brönsted酸性位反应的预裂化过程,会在促进裂化反应发生的同时抑制总的氢转移反应,更有利于小分子烯烃收率的提高。     

Chemoselective hydrogenation method catalyzed by Pd/C using diphenylsulfide as a reasonable catalyst poison

While Pd/C is one of the most useful catalysts for hydrogenation, the high catalyst activity of Pd/C causes difficulty in its application to chemoselective hydrogenation between different types of reducible functionalities. In order to achieve chemoselective hydrogenation using Pd/C, we investigated catalyst poison as a controller of the catalyst activity. We found that the addition of Ph₂S (diphenylsulfide) to the Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenation reaction mixture led to reasonable deactivation of Pd/C. By the use of the Pd/C-Ph₂S catalytic system, olefins, acetylenes, and azides can be selectively reduced in the coexistence of aromatic carbonyls, aromatic halides, cyano groups, benzyl esters, and N-Cbz (benzyloxycarbonyl) protecting groups. The present method is promising as a general and practical chemoselective hydrogenation process in synthetic organic chemistry.     

EFFECTS OF BINDERS ON THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT ALKENES FROM SYNGAS OVER K-Fe-MnO/SILICALITE-2 CATALYST Ⅱ. MODIFICATION EFFECT OF Al_2O_3 BINDER ON CO HYDROGENATION

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Z/E-photoisomerizations of olefins with 4npi- or (4n + 2)pi-electron substituents: zigzag variations in olefin properties along the T(1) state energy surfaces

[Figure: see text]. A quantum chemical study has been performed to assess changes in aromaticity along the T1 state Z/E-isomerization pathways of annulenyl-substituted olefins. It is argued that the point on the T1 energy surface with highest substituent aromaticity corresponds to the minimum. According to Baird (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, 4941), aromaticity and antiaromaticity are interchanged when going from S0 to T1. Thus, olefins with S0 aromatic substituents (set A olefins) will be partially antiaromatic in T1 and vice versa for olefins with S0 antiaromatic substituents (set B olefins). Twist of the C=C bond to a structure with a perpendicular orientation of the 2p(C) orbitals (3p*) in T1 should lead to regaining substituent aromaticity in set A and loss of aromaticity in set B olefins. This hypothesis is verified through quantum chemical calculations of T1 energies, geometries (bond lengths and harmonic oscillator measure of aromaticity), spin densities, and nucleus independent chemical shifts whose differences along the T1 PES display zigzag dependencies on the number of -electrons in the annulenyl substituent of the olefin. Aromaticity changes are reflected in the profiles of the T1 potential energy surfaces (T1 PESs) for Z/E-isomerizations because olefins in set A have minima at 3p* whereas those in set B have maxima at such structures. The proper combination (fusion) of the substituents of set A and B olefins could allow for design of novel optical switch compounds that isomerize adiabatically with high isomerization quantum yields.     

Air-assisted addition of grignard reagents to olefins. A simple protocol for a three-component coupling process yielding alcohols

Silylmethyl, tertiary-alkyl, alkenyl, and aryl Grignard reagents underwent intermolecular addition to olefins, such as styrenes, conjugated dienes, and enynes under an air atmosphere to give homologated alcohols. For example, (trimethylsilyl)methylmagnesium chloride and alpha-methylstyrene in ether at room temperature under dry air directly furnished 2-phenyl-4-(trimethylsilyl)-2-butanol in good yield. As the Grignard addition to olefins under argon with rigorous exclusion of O2 did not proceed at all, the above reaction should involve a radical mechanism: an alkyl radical generated by the aerial oxidation of the Grignard reagent adds to olefin, which is followed by oxygenation. Representative examples of this transformation, where products were obtained in good to excellent diastereo- or regioselectivity, are also disclosed.     

Angular ligand constraint yields an improved olefin aziridination catalyst

[reaction: see text] The use of a pyridinophane, a macrocycle composed of three pyridines linked, via all ortho positions through CH(2) or CH(2)CH(2) groups, bound to copper, gives good performance (rate and yield) catalyzing the conversion of substituted aliphatic olefins and PhINTs to aziridines. Advantages also derive from using CH(2)Cl(2) solvent and the weakly coordinating anions BAr(4)(-) (Ar = C(6)H(5) or 3,5-C(6)H(3)(CF(3))(2)). Reactions are complete in minutes at 20 degrees C, and yields are almost quantitative for olefins not bearing secondary allylic CH bonds; however, cis-cyclooctene gives only the aziridine despite the allylic hydrogens.     

Diversity-oriented synthesis of tamoxifen-type tetrasubstituted olefins

A general synthetic scheme for tamoxifen-type tetrasubstituted olefins based on the novel Cu-catalyzed carbomagnesation across alkynyl(2-pyridyl)silane has been developed. A wide array of electronically and structurally diverse tetrasubstituted olefins can be prepared in a regiocontrolled, stereocontrolled, and diversity-oriented manner. Noteworthy features are that (i) the three aryl groups, which are believed to be important (essential) for anti-estrogenic activity, can be varied at will because they all stem from readily available aryl iodides, and (ii) any stereo- and regioisomers can, in principle, be prepared by simply changing the applying order of aryl iodides into the sequence.     

The reactions of chlorine monofluoride with unsaturated compounds and the dehydrohalogenation of some of the derivatives

The reactions of chlorine monofluoride with benzene, toluene and nitrobenzene to give monochloro derivatives has been investigated and its addition reactions to various substituted olefins studied. The products from all these reactions are consistent with the participation of a chloronium ion as the reactive species, even in solvents of low dielectric constant. The chlorofluoro addition products formed from the olefins have been dehydrohalogenated and the mechanism of reactions discussed in terms of an E1 cb mechanism or paene-carbonium ion extreme.     

Regioselectivity and equilibrium thermodynamics for addition of Rh-OH to olefins in water

Rhodium(III) tetra(p-sulfonato phenyl) porphyrin ((TSPP)Rh) aquo and hydroxo complexes react with a series of olefins in water to form beta-hydroxyalkyl complexes. Addition reactions of (TSPP)Rh-OH to unactivated terminal alkenes invariably occur with both kinetic and thermodynamic preferences to place rhodium on the terminal carbon to form (TSPP)Rh-CH(2)CH(OH)R complexes. Acrylic and styrenic olefins initially react to place rhodium on the terminal carbon to form Rh-CH(2)CH(OH)X as the kinetically preferred isomer but subsequently proceed to an equilibrium distribution of regioisomers where Rh-CH(CH(2)OH)X is the predominant thermodynamic product. Equilibrium constants for reactions of the diaquo rhodium(III) compound ([(TSPP)Rh(III)(H(2)O)(2)](-3)) in water with a series of terminal olefins that form beta-hydroxyalkyl complexes were directly evaluated and used in deriving thermodynamic values for addition of the Rh-OH unit to olefins. The DeltaG degrees for reactions of the Rh-OH unit with olefins in water is approximately 3 kcal mol(-1) less favorable than the comparable Rh-H reactions in water. Comparisons of the regioisomers and thermodynamics for addition reactions of olefins with Rh-H and Rh-OH units in water are presented and discussed.     

Deoxygenation of Epoxides with Carbon Monoxide

The use of carbon monoxide as a direct reducing agent for the deoxygenation of terminal and internal epoxides to the respective olefins is presented. This reaction is homogeneously catalyzed by a carbonyl pincer-iridium(I) complex in combination with a Lewis acid co-catalyst to achieve a pre-activation of the epoxide substrate, as well as the elimination of CO₂ from a γ-2-iridabutyrolactone intermediate. Especially terminal alkyl epoxides react smoothly and without significant isomerization to the internal olefins under CO atmosphere in benzene or toluene at 80–120 °C. Detailed investigations reveal a substrate-dependent change in the mechanism for the epoxide C−O bond activation between an oxidative addition under retention of the configuration and an S_N2 reaction that leads to an inversion of the configuration.     

Synthesen durch Halbleiter‐Photokatalyse: Solare Chemie

Semiconducting zinc and cadmium sulfide powders are photocatalysts for novel organic syntheses. Due to their ability to generate reducing and oxidizing surface centers through light absorption, these powders can catalyze C‐C and C‐N coupling reactions via initial interfacial electron transfer with adsorbed substrates like olefins, imines, and 1,2‐diazenes. The thus obtained primary intermediates may be transformed to reduced and oxidized products, like in an electrochemical reaction, or combine to one unique addition product. In the latter case the addition of cyclic olefins to imines and 1,2‐diazenes affords novel homoallylamines and allylhydrazines. This is a good example for “green chemistry”, since no waste materials are produced and solar light is used as energy source. The eterogeneous sensitizer can be conveniently separated from the products by filtration.