Synthesis of some new bis-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones by using silica-supported tin chloride and titanium tetrachloride

<正>Silica-supported tin chloride and titanium tetrachloride were prepared by the reaction of tin chloride and titanium tetrachloride with activated silica gel in refluxing toluene.These solid acids have been employed as the catalysts for the synthesis of bisdihydropyrimidin -2(1H)-ones from aromatic dialdehydes,1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and urea at 90℃under solvent-free conditions.     

Mononuclear gallium complexes with the redox-active dmp-bian ligand (dmp-bian is 1,2-bis[(2,6-dimethylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene): synthesis and reactions with alkynes

Russian Chemical Bulletin - The direct reduction of 1,2-bis[(2,6-dimethylphenyl)imino]acenaphthene (dmp-bian (1)) with gallium metal in toluene affords the solvent-free bis-ligand complex...     

A green chemistry approach to a more efficient asymmetric catalyst: solvent-free and highly concentrated alkyl additions to ketones

There is a great demand for development of catalyst systems that are not only efficient and highly enantioselective but are also environmentally benign. Herein we report investigations into the catalytic asymmetric addition of alkyl and functionalized alkyl groups to ketones under highly concentrated and solvent-free conditions. In comparison with standard reaction conditions employing toluene and hexanes, the solvent-free and highly concentrated conditions permit reduction in catalyst loading by a factor of 2- to 40-fold. These new conditions are general and applicable to a variety of ketones and dialkylzinc reagents to provide diverse tertiary alcohols with high enantioselectivities. Using cyclic conjugated enones, we have performed a tandem asymmetric addition/diastereoselective epoxidation using the solvent-free addition conditions followed by introduction of a 5.5 M decane solution of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) to generate epoxy alcohols. This one-pot procedure allows access to syn epoxy alcohols with three contiguous stereocenters with excellent enantio- and diastereoselectivities and high yields. Both the solvent-free asymmetric additions and asymmetric addition/diastereoselective epoxidation reactions have been conducted on larger scale (5 g substrate) with 0.5 mol % catalyst loadings. In these procedures, enantioselectivities equal to or better than 92% were obtained with isolated yields of 90%. The solvent-free and highly concentrated conditions are a significant improvement over previous solvent-based protocols. Further, this chemistry represents a rare example of a catalytic asymmetric reaction that is highly enantioselective under more environmentally friendly solvent-free conditions.     

Controlling the duality of the mechanism in liquid-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol catalysed by supported Au-Pd nanoparticles

In the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles as catalysts, two pathways have been identified as the sources of the principal product, benzaldehyde. One is the direct catalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde by O(2), whereas the second is the disproportionation of two molecules of benzyl alcohol to give equal amounts of benzaldehyde and toluene. Herein we report that by changing the metal oxide used to support the metal-nanoparticles catalyst from titania or niobium oxide to magnesium oxide or zinc oxide, it is possible to switch off the disproportionation reaction and thereby completely stop the toluene formation. It has been observed that the presence of O(2) increases the turnover number of this disproportionation reaction as compared to reactions in a helium atmosphere, implying that there are two catalytic pathways leading to toluene.     

Selective liquid-phase oxidation of toluene over heterogeneous Mn@ZIF-8 derived catalyst with molecular oxygen in the solvent-free conditions

In this work, liquid-phase catalytic oxidation of toluene was carried out under solvent-free conditions, and highly selective synthesis of benzaldehyde (BAL) and benzyl alcohol (BOL) and benzoic acid (BAC) in the presence of Mn@ZIF-8 calcined material as catalyst with oxygen molecules. As a heterogeneous catalyst, the zeolitic imidazolate framework Mn@ZIF-8 derived material exhibited reasonable substrate-product selectivity (70.3% of selectivity to BAL and BOL, 95.1 % of selectivity to BAL, BOL and BAC) and conversion (6.5%) under optimum reaction conditions. The catalysts were characterized by BET-specific surface area determination, XRD, XPS, FT-IR, TG-DTG and SEM-EDS-Mapping. The results demonstrated that the catalytic capacity of the catalysts was enhanced by the good dispersion of amorphous Mn species in ZIF-8 derivatives and high specific surface area. The possible reaction pathway for the catalytic oxidation of toluene was also suggested. Maybe this method employing Mn@ZIF-8 as efficient catalyst affords a new and environmentally friendly route for the synthesis of BOL and BAL from the selective oxidation of toluene.     

Solvent-free Mechanochemical and Liquid-phase Reaction of [60]Fullerene with Ethyl 2-Diazopropionate

The solvent-free mechanochemical reaction and the liquid-phase reaction of C60 with ethyl 2-diazopropionate prepared in situ or preformed from alanine ethyl ester hydrochloride and sodium nitrite have been investigated. Methanofullerene 1 and fulleroids 2 and 3 from these reactions were obtained, meanwhile the pyrazoline intermediate was not observed. Fulleroids 2 and 3 can be converted to methanofullerene 1 in refluxing toluene.     

Azavinyl azomethine ylides from thermal ring opening of alpha-aziridinohydrazones: unprecedented 1,5-electrocyclization to imidazoles

Michael-type addition of aziridinecarboxylates to 1,2-diaza-1,3-butadienes under solvent-free conditions (SFC) resulted in the formation of alpha-aziridinohydrazone adducts. In toluene under reflux, alpha-aziridinohydrazones gave imidazoles in moderate to good yields. Such a reactivity pattern is explained by 1,5-electrocyclization of azavinyl azomethine ylide generated through thermal ring opening of alpha-aziridinohydrazones.     

Au/γ-MnO2催化剂催化无溶剂条件下甲苯氧化反应

采用氧化还原法制备了α, δ, γ-MnO₂载体, 采用原位还原法制备了Au负载量为0.5%-3.0%的Au/γ-MnO₂催化剂, 并采用X射线衍射、扫描电镜、透射电镜和N₂物理吸附等手段对其进行了表征. 透射电镜照片表明Au/γ-MnO₂催化剂中Au颗粒的大小约为10 nm. 采用无溶剂存在下的甲苯氧化反应测试所制备样品的催化活性. 结果表明, 甲苯转化率随着Au负载量的增加而增大. 这是由于Au颗粒数量增多, 尺寸减小的缘故. 同时, 负载Au颗粒对苯甲醛具有较高的选择性. Au/γ-MnO₂催化剂具有良好的重复使用性.     

The effects of molecular weight distribution and sample preparation on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometric analysis of petroleum macromolecules

To date there have been no systematic, quantitative investigations of the effect of sample preparation on the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI) mass spectrometry response for polydisperse systems. To this end, the interrelationships between sample preparation, analyte molecular weight distribution (MWD) and solubility, and signal response were investigated for mixtures of alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) oligomers, the constituents of petroleum pitch that serve as precursors for advanced carbon materials. These PAH oligomers served as a useful analyte system for study, as their solvent solubilities decrease significantly with each increasing oligomeric unit. Molecular weight standards consisting of relatively pure dimer and trimer cuts of the starting M-50 petroleum pitch were produced using a dense-gas/supercritical extraction (DGE/SCE) technique and were then used to produce oligomeric mixtures of well-defined composition for study. Both traditional, solvent-based and newer, solvent-free sample preparation methods were evaluated, and their effects on both homogeneity and signal response were determined. While solvent-free sample preparation methods produced homogeneous samples and reproducible results regardless of the MWD of the analyte, solvent-based samples that contained more than one oligomeric cut produced non-homogeneous samples and poor reproducibilities. The differing solubilities of dimer, trimer, and tetramer oligomers in a given solvent (e.g., CS(2) or toluene) were found to be the cause of the inhomogeneities observed in solvent-based sample preparation. A quantitative analysis study performed with dimer/trimer mixtures over a wide range of compositions via solvent-free sample preparation indicates that linear, reproducible calibration curves can be generated and used to calculate the molecular composition of unknown dimer/trimer mixtures with confidence.     

Brönsted酸性离子液体催化芳香醛和2-甲基喹啉反应合成1,3-二(2-喹啉基)丙烷化合物

以Brönsted酸性离子液体1-乙基-3-丁基咪唑对甲苯磺酸盐为催化剂, 将芳香醛和2-甲基喹啉类化合物在无溶剂或甲苯中于120 ℃反应48 h, 制备了一系列的1,3-二(2-喹啉基)丙烷化合物, 产率56%~92%, 产物结构经核磁共振波谱和高分辨质谱确证. 该方法具有简便易行、 产率较高等特点.     

负载型Pd-Ni双金属纳米颗粒在无溶剂苯甲醇氧化中有效抑制甲苯的生成

醇类化合物的选择性氧化是实验室和工业应用中一类重要的官能团转化反应.以分子氧为氧化剂,在液相无溶剂条件下温和氧化符合绿色化学的要求.负载型Pd基催化剂因其优异的催化活性而在该反应中得到广泛应用.但是,单金属Pd催化剂对反应目标产物醛类化合物的选择性还有待提高.例如,在苯甲醇液相无溶剂氧化中,甲苯是在单金属Pd催化剂上的主要副产物.针对这一问题,除了对载体进行改性和修饰外,开发双金属Pd基催化剂也是一种有效的选择性调控策略.虽然已有的Pd-Au双金属催化剂可以在一定程度上降低甲苯的选择性,但是在较高温度和较高转化率下仍然难以控制甲苯的大量生成.本文采用固相合金化法合成了负载型Pd-Ni双金属纳米颗粒.该方法首先以硝酸镍为镍的前驱体浸渍介孔二氧化硅,然后负载钯纳米颗粒.在高温固相还原条件下,作为种子的钯纳米颗粒和镍通过原子迁移和生长,形成Pd-Ni双金属纳米颗粒.扫描透射电镜、能量色散X射线光谱、X射线衍射和X射线光电子能谱等表征证实了Pd-Ni双金属纳米颗粒的生成.上述催化剂用于苯甲醇液相无溶剂氧化,催化结果显示Ni的加入可以抑制副产物甲苯的生成,并且随Ni负载量增加,甲苯的选择性(在80%等转化率下)由22.6%(单金属Pd)降低至1.6%(双金属Pd1Ni20).尽管Ni的加入降低了单金属Pd的活性,但是由于提高了目标产物苯甲醛的选择性,醛的最终产率得到提升.进一步催化研究表明,Ni的加入可以抑制无氧氛围下甲苯的生成,说明Ni可以抑制歧化反应和降低表面氢浓度.这种作用可归结于Pd-Ni双金属的协同效应.该效应得到了CO吸附的傅里叶变换漫反射红外光谱和密度泛函理论研究的证实.双金属的几何效应和电子效应均减弱了苯甲醇在双金属纳米颗粒表面的解离吸附和相互作用,导致苯甲醇的吸附减弱,同时C–O键断裂不易进行.另外,由于Ni的亲氧性,双金属纳米颗粒表面有利于氧的吸附,降低吸附氢的浓度,减少C–H键生成,从而抑制甲苯的生成.     

Microwave assisted synthesis and crystal structures of 2-imidazolines and imidazoles

A series of 2-imidazolines and imidazoles has been synthesized using green synthetic methodologies. The preparation of 2-imidazolines was performed by cyclization of nitriles with ethylenediamine. The use of microwave irradiation in solvent-free conditions enabled 2-imidazolines to be obtained in high yields within short reaction times. Aromatization of imidazoles was performed under microwave irradiation in toluene and using Magtrieve™ as the oxidant. The X-ray structures for five of these derivatives are provided. In all cases, the molecules are assembled into chains through N-H?N hydrogen bonds.     

Quantitative evaluation of benzene, toluene, and xylene in the larvae of Drosophila melanogaster by solid-phase microextraction/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for potential use in toxicological studies

A simple, rapid, and solvent-free method for quantitative determination of benzene, toluene, and Xylene in exposed Drosophila larvae was developed using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled to GC/MS. Larvae fed on standard Drosophila food mixed with benzene, toluene, and Xylene for 48 h were homogenized in Milli-Q water. Extraction of benzene, toluene, and Xylene was performed at 65 degrees C for 30 min on the SPME fiber (silica-fused). Subsequently, the fiber was desorbed in the GC injection port, followed by GC/MS analysis in the selected-ion monitoring mode. An external calibration curve was used for the quantification of benzene, toluene, and Xylene in the exposed organism. Recoveries were in the range of 78-82% (intraday) and 76-81% (interday) in larvae, and 91-96% (intraday) and 87-92% (interday) in the diet. LOD with an S/N of 3:1 and LOQ with an S/N of 10:1 were in the range of 0.01-0.023 and 0.034-0.077 microg/L, respectively. Percent RSD values for benzene, toluene, and Xylene were in the range of 0.50-0.81 (intraday) and 0.89-1.23 (interday) for retention time, and 2.16--3.85 (intraday) and 2.99-4.95 (interday) for peak concentration, showing good repeatability. This method was sensitive enough to quantitate benzene, toluene, and Xylene in small exposed organisms like Drosophila larvae. The SPME/GC/MS method developed may have wider applications in various in vivo toxicological studies.     

Supramolecular Architecture and a New Mode of Pyrazolate Coordination (η3) in the First Homoleptic Lanthanide Pyrazolate Complexes

A linear supramoleculecular array of anions and cations is present in the solvent-free potassium salt of the homoleptic erbium pyrazolate complex [K{Er(η²-tBu₂pz)₄}_n] ( 1 ). Treatment of 1 with [18]crown-6 in toluene/dimethoxyethane leads to formation of a charge-separated salt [Eq. (a)] in which the methyl group of a toluene molecule interacts with the potassium ion. tBu₂pz=3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolate.     

Synthesis of tri- or tetrasubstituted pyrimidine derivatives through the [5+1] annulation of enamidines with either N,N-dimethylformamide dialkyl acetals or orthoesters and their application in a ring transformation of pyrimidines to pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one derivatives

The [5+1] annulation of enamidines, which were prepared from functionalized silanes, organolithium compounds and two nitriles, with N,N-dimethylformamide dialkyl acetals as the C1 unit is described, leading to the synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted pyrimidine derivatives under catalyst- and solvent-free reaction conditions. Furthermore, the [5+1] annulation of enamidines by using orthoesters as the C1 unit is described, in which catalytic amounts of ZnBr(2) catalyze the annulation to produce polysubstituted pyrimidines under toluene or xylene reflux conditions. Moreover, the combination of a reductive ring-opening reaction with [Mo(CO)(6)] and a subsequent intramolecular cyclization with tBuOK effectively causes a skeletal transformation from the pyrimidines containing an isoxazolyl and an ethoxy substituent to form pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one frameworks in excellent yield.     

A mild and efficient aza-Diels-Alder reaction of N-benzhydryl imines with trans-1-methoxy-2-methyl-3-trimethylsiloxybuta-1,3-diene catalyzed by Yb(OTf)3

The aza-Diels-Alder reaction of trans-1-methoxy-2-methyl-3-trimethylsiloxybuta-1,3-diene with N-benzhydryl imines in the presence of Yb(OTf)₃ in toluene at room temperature gave the corresponding 2,5-disubstituted 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones in high yields. This reaction can also be carried out with diene, aldehydes, and amine in a three-component one-pot reaction manner in moderate to high yields under solvent-free conditions. The relationship between Lewis acids and activity, solvents and catalyst loading were studied. Some investigation towards the reaction mechanism was discussed.     

疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15的制备及在甲苯选择性氧化中的应用

以介孔分子筛SBA-15为载体, 先采用γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTES)进行氨基硅烷化修饰, 然后经甲基三乙氧基硅烷(MTES)疏水修饰后固载双水杨醛缩乙二胺合钴配合物(Cosalen). 采用傅里叶变换红外光谱、 紫外-可见漫反射光谱、 X射线光电子能谱、 元素分析、 等离子体发射光谱、 X射线衍射和氮气物理吸附等手段对制备的固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15进行了物相结构和修饰程度的表征, 并考察了样品对甲苯、 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附性能及在甲苯液相氧化反应中的催化性能. 结果表明, 固载型催化剂Cosalen/SBA-15的介孔结构和孔道有序性保持良好, Cosalen通过与氨基配位固载在修饰后的载体SBA-15上, 且高度分散, 氨基硅烷化和甲基修饰明显增强了其表面疏水性能, 对苯甲醛和苯甲醇的吸附量降低. 疏水性Cosalen/SBA-15协同N-羟基邻苯二甲酰亚胺(NHPI)催化甲苯液相分子氧氧化反应, 无溶剂体系在130 ℃下反应2 h, 甲苯转化率达到16.0%, 产物中苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性为32.0%, 在一定程度上抑制了极性产物深度氧化为苯甲酸. 高温不利于苯甲醛和苯甲醇选择性的提高, 降低温度至110 ℃, 甲苯转化率达到12.9%时, 苯甲醛和苯甲醇的总选择性提高到43.9%.     

Synthetic and structural comparisons of bismuth(III) carboxylates synthesised under solvent-free and reflux conditions

Two synthetic approaches to the formation of bismuth(III) carboxylates have been explored and compared. Ph(3)Bi was reacted with a series of carboxylic acids (RCO(2)H) of varying pK(a) and functionality (R = PhCH[double bond, length as m-dash]CH, o-MeOC(6)H(4), m-MeOC(6)H(4), o-H(2)NC(6)H, o-O(2)NC(6)H(4), p-O(2)NC(6)H(4), 2-(C(5)H(4)N)) under reflux conditions in toluene and solvent-free. The thermochemical profiles of the solvent-free reactions were also studied by DSC-TGA. All reactions produced the tri-substituted bismuth carboxylates in comparable yields and purity with the exceptions of picolinic acid and p-nitrobenzoic acid. 2-Picolinic acid exclusively formed the di-substituted complex, [PhBi(2-(C(5)H(4)N)CO(2))(2)](4), by both methods, while p-nitrobenzoic acid gave the tri-substituted complex through reflux and the di-substituted complex under solvent-free conditions. Two of the complexes were structurally authenticated by single crystal X-ray diffraction: [PhBi(2-(C(5)H(4)N)CO(2))(2)](4) is tetrameric formed through five membered chelate rings involving the pyridyl N and O(-C) rather than the less stable carboxylate (-CO(2)) chelates, while [Bi(o-MeOC(6)H(4)CO(2))(3)](infinity), is a polymer in which dimeric units, constructed around two chelating and one unsymmetrical bridging carboxylate on each Bi centre, are then joined together through longer intermolecular Bi-O bridging bonds.     

Selective 1,3-cycloboronation of enantiopure 1,1,4,4-tetrasubstituted butanetetraols: versatile preparation,structural characterization,and properties of chiral cyclic boron-containing bifunctional Lewis acids

The selective cycloboronation of enantiopure 1,1,4,4-tetrasubstituted butanetetraols was investigated, and a general preparation of chiral cyclic boron-containing bifunctional Lewis acids was discovered. Compounds (2R,3R)- or (2S,3S)-1,1,4,4-tetrasubstituted butanetetraols were reacted with ArB(OH)₂ at reflux in toluene, or THF, or under solvent-free condition to furnish tricoordinated, chiral bicyclo[4.4.0]diboronic esters in high yield via selective 1,3-cycloboronation. Structural characterization and properties of the novel chiral boron compounds are also reported.     

AuPd/SiO_2催化剂用于无溶剂条件下分子氧液相氧化甲苯

采用浸渍法和溶胶负载法制备了一系列Au-Pd双金属催化剂,用氮吸附法,X光粉末衍射(XRD)、程序升温还原(TPR),扫描电镜(SEM)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)对催化剂进行了表征.以分子氧为氧化剂,在无任何其它溶剂存在的条件下,考察了催化剂制备方法、不同类型载体、Au/Pd原子比、浸渍顺序、活化温度、催化剂用量及反应时间等多种因素对甲苯选择氧化反应的影响.实验结果表明:对SiO_2载体,以共浸渍法制备的催化剂活性和选择性最好;TiO_2载体,以溶胶负载法制备的催化剂活性和选择性较好;Au Pd双金属催化剂比单金或者单钯催化剂具有更好的催化活性.其中Au Pd/SiO_2-I催化剂使甲苯转化率达到56.8%,苯甲酸苄酯的选择性为9 1.3%,TON值为3692.Au Pd/SiO_2-I催化剂中氧化态的钯和零价金更利于催化剂中的电子传递从而利于催化氧化反应的进行.