Cyclodextrin nanosponges: a potential catalyst and catalyst support for synthesis of xanthenes

The nanoporous framework of a cyclodextrin nanosponge was used as catalyst for accelerating the one-pot, three-component reaction of dimedone, aldehyde, and phenols for synthesis of xanthene derivatives. Moreover, the nanocavities of cyclodextrin nanosponges were exploited for immobilization of heteropolyacids through the wet impregnation method. This catalyst exhibited superior catalytic performance compared to the bare cyclodextrin nanosponge. Despite the good catalytic activity, the leaching of the catalytic species did not allow efficient recovery and reusability. To circumvent this problem, the cyclodextrin nanosponge was amine-functionalized prior to heteropolyacid immobilization. The results proved that the amine functionalities had an effective role in preserving the catalytic species and improving the reusability through decreasing the leaching time. This catalyst was used for synthesis of a variety of xanthenes in aqueous media. The catalytic amount of catalyst afforded the desired product in excellent yields and with a relatively short reaction time. The results suggested cyclodextrin nanosponge-based catalysts as potential candidates for promoting chemical reactions.     

Changing mechanisms in the beta-cyclodextrin-mediated hydrolysis of phenyl esters of perfluoroalkanoic acids

The rate of hydrolysis of esters CF(3)(CF(2))(n)COOPh (1 (n = 1), 2 (n = 2), and 3 (n = 6)) was measured at pH 6.00 and at pH higher than 9.00 in the presence of beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD). For compounds 1 and 2 the reaction rate decreases as the beta-CD concentration increases, and they show saturation effects at all pH. It is suggested that the substrate forms an inclusion complex with cyclodextrin. Analysis of the rate data allows calculation of the association equilibrium constant, K(CD), the rate constant for the reaction of the included compound, k(c), and K(TS) which is the hypothetical association equilibrium constant for the transition state of the cyclodextrin-mediated reaction. The dependence of log K(CD) and log K(TS) with the number of atoms in the chain is different. We suggest that the reactions of 1 and 2 take place with the perfluorinated alkyl chain included in the cavity, whereas the transition state for the reaction of phenyl trifluoroacetate involves a complex with the aryl ring inside the cavity. At low pH the inhibition comes from the protection of the carbonyl group toward nucleophilic attack by water. In basic pH the reaction of HO(-) as an external nucleophile is also inhibited. The cyclodextrin-mediated reaction involves the ionized OH group at the rim of the cyclodextrin cavity with poor efficiency due to an unfavorable orientation of the substrate in the complex. On the other hand, the reaction of compound 3 is strongly accelerated by cyclodextrin because the association of the substrate with cyclodextrin competes with the monomer-aggregate equilibrium and at high enough cyclodextrin concentration the main species present in solution is the complex between 3 and cyclodextrin.     

Phosphocontaining Cyclodextrins as a New Class of Supramolecular Structures

Principal peculiarities of the use of phosphocontaining cyclodextrins as a new class of supramolecular structures are discussed. For the first time cyclodextrin perphosphite has been obtained and isolated in an individual state by the treatment of g -cyclodextrin with triazolide neopentylenephosphorous acid. Cyclodextrin perphosphite exhibited an unusual transphosphorylation under reaction with some chlorophosphites. The inclusion of adamantane into the cyclodextrin cavity results in slowing this reaction down. Some water-soluble cyclodextrin derivatives displayed high activity as phase transfer catalysts in biphase catalysis.     

Synthesis of polyrotaxanes based on α-cyclodextrin and poly(ethylene oxide)

Inclusion complexes of poly(ethylene oxide) with α-cyclodextrin are the key compounds in the synthesis of polyrotaxanes. These complexes prepared in aqueous solutions contain free cyclodextrin, which cocrystallizes with the major reaction product. These complexes dissociate upon dissolution in DMF and DMSO to form cyclodextrin and pseudopolyrotaxanes with a low cyclodextrin content. Polyrotaxane was synthesized with the use of poly(ethylene oxide)-α,ω-bis-amine as a linear component. The end-groups of the polymer in the inclusion complex were modified by the reaction with 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene. A procedure was developed for purification of a polyrotaxane with high cyclodextrin content. __________ Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1914–1918, August, 2005.     

Stereoselective formation of (2-thenyl)-substituted alkenes from 2-chloromethylthiophene and lithium trialkylalkynylborates

The reactions of 2-chloromethylthiophene (an analog of a benzyl halide) with lithium trialkylalkynylborates gave, after protonation, E-alkenes with a (2-thenyl) substituent in good yields, and the reaction stereo-selectivity was different from that of the reaction of benzyl bromide with an alkynylborate.     

Theoretical study of the benzyl+O2 reaction: kinetics, mechanism, and product branching ratios

Ab initio calculations at the level of CBS-QB3 theory have been performed to investigate the potential energy surface for the reaction of benzyl radical with molecular oxygen. The reaction is shown to proceed with an exothermic barrierless addition of O2 to the benzyl radical to form benzylperoxy radical (2). The benzylperoxy radical was found to have three dissociation channels, giving benzaldehyde (4) and OH radical through the four-centered transition states (channel B), giving benzyl hydroperoxide (5) through the six-centered transition states (channel C), and giving O2-adduct (8) through the four-centered transition states (channel D), in addition to the backward reaction forming benzyl radical and O2 (channel E). The master equation analysis suggested that the rate constant for the backward reaction (E) of C6H5CH2OO-->C6H5CH2+O2 was several orders of magnitude higher that those for the product dissociation channels (B-D) for temperatures 300-1500 K and pressures 0.1-10 atm; therefore, it was also suggested that the dissociation of benzylperoxy radicals proceeded with the partial equilibrium between the benzyl+O2 and benzylperoxy radicals. The rate constants for product channels B-D were also calculated, and it was found that the rate constant for each dissociation reaction pathway was higher in the order of channel D>channel C>channel B for all temperature and pressure ranges. The rate constants for the reaction of benzyl+O2 were computed from the equilibrium constant and from the predicted rate constant for the backward reaction (E). Finally, the product branching ratios forming CH2O molecules and OH radicals formed by the reaction of benzyl+O2 were also calculated using the stationary state approximation for each reaction intermediate.     

Cooperative perfunctionalization and partial labeling of 6-azido-6-deoxy-α-cyclodextrin through copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition

In a microwave and ligand-assisted cyclodextrin click cluster synthesis, we observed the cooperative perfunctionalization in the click reaction of 6-azido-6-deoxy-α-cyclodextrin under our optimized reaction conditions. MALDI-MS data and partial fluorescein labeling via the one-pot/stepwise methods confirmed the occurrence of cooperative perfunctionalization: the fully triazole-functionalized cyclodextrin click cluster became the major product with limited alkyne equivalents. To the best of our knowledge, this work constitutes the first example of a ‘cooperative’ click reaction of an azido-cyclodextrin. This cooperative perfunctionalization of cyclodextrin click clusters offers useful synthetic insights into the partial reporter labeling strategy using azido-cyclodextrin.     

Reaction of benzyl chloride with ammonium sulfide under liquid–liquid phase transfer catalysis: Reaction mechanism and kinetics

The reaction between benzyl chloride and aqueous ammonium sulfide was carried out in an organic solvent – toluene, using tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as phase transfer catalyst (PTC). Two products, namely dibenzyl sulfide (DBS) and benzyl mercaptan (BM), were identified in the reaction mixture. The selectivity of DBS was maximised by changing various parameters such as NH₃/H₂S mole ratio, stirring speed, catalyst loading, concentration of benzyl chloride, volume of aqueous phase, and temperature. The highest selectivity of DBS obtained was about 90% after 445 min of reaction with excess benzyl chloride at 60 °C. Complete conversion of benzyl chloride could be achieved at the cost of very low selectivity of DBS and very high selectivity of BM. The apparent activation energy for the kinetically controlled reaction was found to be 12.3 kcal/mol. From the detailed study of the effects of various parameters on the reaction, a suitable mechanism was established which could explain the course of the reaction.     

有机杂化介孔Beta分子筛的合成及在苯甲醇烷基化反应中的应用

针对沸石分子筛在苯甲醇和三甲基苯的烷基化催化反应应用中存在催化活性低及微孔孔道内大量苯甲醇自醚化副反应导致产物选择性低这一难题, 通过引入等级孔结构提高外比表面积和有机杂化修饰封堵微孔孔道的双重策略, 在大幅提升可接触的外表面活性中心数量的同时有效降低苯甲醇进入微孔孔道内发生自醚化副反应, 开发出具有高反应活性及烷基化产物选择性的有机杂化介孔Beta分子筛材料, 大幅度提升了其对苯甲醇和三甲基苯的烷基化反应的催化活性和产物的选择性, 使苯甲醇的转化率从66.8%提升到了99.7%, 烷基化产物的选择性从14.8%提高到50.7%. 本工作为开发高活性及高选择性的烷基化催化剂提供了新的思路.     

室温离子液体中乙酸钠和氯苄催化合成乙酸苄酯

在多种1,3-二烷基咪唑和烷基吡啶室温离子液体中考察了较温和条件下乙酸 钠和氯化苄作用合成乙酸苄酯反应。在反应温度下（60 ℃）,熔融的三水合乙酸 钠与离子液体相混溶,氯苄同乙酸钠作用得到乙苄酯,它与四氟硼酸1-乙基-3-甲 基咪唑离子液体不溶而分层。反应结束后产物乙酸苄酯可直接倾析得到,乙酸苄酯 产率达到90%,纯度超过99%。此离子液体催化体系简化了产物分离,离子液体可以 重复使用。     

镍铁氰化物纳米粒子的合成及其多相催化无溶剂条件下苯甲醇氧化的潜能(英文)

Nickel hexacyanoferrate nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized using elemental analysis, thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. A FE-SEM image of the nickel hexacyanoferrate showed that it consists of nearly spherical particles with sizes ranging from 30 to 70 nm. The synthesized material was found to be a heterogeneous catalyst useful for the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol with H2O2 as an oxidant. A 36% conversion of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde was achieved under optimized reaction conditions using specific parameters such as the amount of catalyst, the temperature, the benzyl alcohol to H2O2 molar ratio, and the reaction time.     

Production and excited state dynamics of the photorearranged isomer of benzyl chloride and its methyl derivatives studied by stepwise two-color laser excitation transient absorption and time-resolved thermal lensing techniques

Production and photoexcited dynamics of reaction intermediates with photolyses of benzyl chloride (BzCl) and methyl-substituted benzyl chlorides (MeBzCls) were studied by using stepwise two-color laser excitation transient absorption (TC-TA) and two-color laser excitation time-resolved thermal lensing (TC-TRTL) measurements. With photoexcitation of BzCl the formation of transient photorearranged isomer was suggested in the previous paper [Res. Chem. Intermed. 2001, 27, 137]. Such an isomer formation for MeBzCls was also observed in a 248 nm excitation. It was found that further photoexcitation of the isomers with the 308 nm light caused photodissociation to yield the corresponding benzyl radicals. The reaction quantum yield and the molar absorptivity of the photorearranged isomer of BzCl were estimated. The heat of reaction for the photodissociation of the isomer was successfully determined with the TC-TRTL measurement. These experimental results were consistent with MO calculations.     

三丁胺胺化强碱性阴离子交换树脂催化合成羧酸苄酯

用组合化学方法筛选出的对无外加碱条件下的亲核取代催化活性最高的聚合物季铵盐-三丁胺胺化强碱性阴离子交换树脂为相转移催化剂,催化合成了乙酸苄酯、丙酸苄酯、丁酸苄酯、戊酸苄酯等羧酸苄酯。讨论了各种反应条件对合成丙酸苄酯的产率的影响,并对传统合成方法进行了改进。在优化反应条件下,反应产率接近100%。     

Practical Os/Cu-cocatalyzed air oxidation of allyl and benzyl alcohols at room temperature and atmospheric pressure

[reaction: see text] A new protocol for the oxidation of primary and secondary allyl and benzyl alcohols at room temperature and using 1 atm of air is described. The procedure uses low loadings of copper salts and osmium tetroxide, which is activated with quinuclidine and prereduced with an alkene. Chemoselectivity for allyl and benzyl alcohols is very high, no overoxidation is observed, and the reaction takes place under neutral conditions.     

Synthesis of 7-substituted benzolactam-V8s and their selectivity for protein kinase C isozymes

[reaction: see text] Condensation of L-valine benzyl ester toluenesulfonic acid salt with a substituted cyclohexadione followed by aromatization with the assistance of NBS provides an N-aryl L-valine benzyl ester. This intermediate is converted into 7-substituted benzolactam-V8s using an asymmetric Strecker reaction as the key step. The target molecules show a different pattern of isozyme selectivity relative to the 8-substituted benzolactam-V8s.     

Preparation of acyl fluorides with hydrogen fluoride-pyridine and 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide

This work presents an efficient procedure for preparing acyl fluorides by simply reacting carboxylic acid with hydrogen fluoride-pyridine and 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) in dichloromethane. The acyl fluorides were converted in situ to the corresponding benzyl carboxylic esters by adding benzyl alcohol and triethylamine to the reaction mixture.     

Switchable Chemoselectivity of Reactive Intermediates Formation and Their Direct Use in A Flow Microreactor

A chemoselectivity switchable microflow reaction was developed to generate reactive and unstable intermediates. The switchable chemoselectivity of this reaction enables a selection for one of two different intermediates, an aryllithium or a benzyl lithium, at will from the same starting material. Starting from bromo-substituted styrenes, the aryllithium intermediates were converted to the substituted styrenes, whereas the benzyl lithium intermediates were engaged in an anionic polymerization. These chemoselectivity-switchable reactions can be integrated to produce polymers that cannot be formed during typical polymerization reactions.     

Investigation of the cyclodextrin complexes of mandelic acid derivatives

Racemic free mandelic acid and its methyl, ethyl, isoamyl and benzyl esters were found to form inclusion complexes with all the three studied natural cyclodextrins proved by thermoanalytical results. Differences between the solid state stability of guests were detected mainly by evolved gas analysis. Even signs of an eventual optical resolution by molecular inclusion were observed in several cases, but still not sufficiently proven. Due to the rather high volatility and low melting points of the majority of guest substances DSC technique was found to be suitable for studying the cyclodextrin complexes of mandelic acid. Dedicated to Prof. József Szejtli on the occasion of his 60^th birthday     

Efficient and Mild Iron-Catalyzed Direct Allylation of Benzyl Alcohols and Benzyl Halides with Allyltrimethylsilane

An efficient and mild iron-catalyzed direct allylation of benzyl alcohols and benzyl halides with allyltrimethylsilane has been developed. The present reaction would provide an excellent alternative to published methods because of its excellent yields, sustainable catalyst, and mild conditions.     

The kinetics of competing multiple-barrier unimolecular dissociations of o-, m-, and p-chlorotoluene radical cations

The kinetics of competing multiple-barrier unimolecular dissociations of o-, m-, and p-chlorotoluene radical cations to C7H7(+) (benzyl and tropylium) are studied by ab initio/Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) calculations. This system presents a very intriguing kinetic example in which the conventional approach assuming a single-barrier or a double-well potential surface with one transition state cannot predict or explain the outcome. The molecular parameters obtained at the SCF level of theory with the DZP basis set are utilized for the evaluation of microcanonical RRKM rate constants with no adjustable parameters. First-principles calculations provide the microscopic details of the reaction kinetics along the two competing multiple-barrier reaction pathways: the rate-energy curves for all elementary steps; temporal variations of the reactants, the reaction intermediates, and the products; and the product yield as a function of energy. The rate constant for each channel is calculated as a function of the internal energy at 0 K. After the thermal correction, the calculated rate-energy curves for the benzyl channel agree well with the photoelectron photoion coincidence data obtained at room temperature for all three isomers. Close agreement between experiments and theory suggests that first-principles calculations taking the full sequence of kinetic steps into account offer a useful kinetic model capable of correctly predicting the outcome of competing multiple-barrier reactions. The slowest process is identified as [1,2] and [1,3] alpha-H migration at the entrance to the tropylium and benzyl channel, respectively. However, the overall rate is determined not by the slowest process, but by the combination of the slowest rate and the net flux toward the product, which is multiplicatively reduced with an increasing number of reaction intermediates. The product yield calculation confirms the benzyl cation as the predominant product. For all isomers, the thermodynamically most stable tropylium ion is produced much less than expected because a large fraction of flux coming into the tropylium channel goes back to the benzyl channel. The benzyl channel is kinetically favored because it involves a lower entrance barrier with fewer rearrangements than the tropylium channel.