A concise synthesis of nornitidine via nickel- or palladium-catalyzed annulation

A concise method to synthesize benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloid, nornitidine, was developed utilizing nickel- or palladium-catalyzed iminoannulation of an internal alkyne. The advantages of this strategy included readily available starting materials, inexpensive reagents, short reaction steps, and good yields.     

等离子体辅助合成分子筛膜及其催化性能的研究

首次将等离子体技术应用于分子筛膜的制备，研究了以微波等离子体处理基材表面分子筛膜前驱体辅助水热反应合成支撑β型分子筛膜．利用XRD、SEM、XPS、BET、TPD表征了分子筛膜的物相、形貌、孔结构、表面元素组成和表面酸性，并通过甲醇与异丁烯液相反应体系实验考察了分子筛膜的催化性能．结果表明，等离子体处理能有效改善分子筛膜前驱体在基材表面的分散状况，减小了分子筛膜晶体的尺度，使晶体大小均匀，形成的膜致密、牢固．与采用常规方法合成的分子筛膜相比，等离子体辅助合成的分子筛膜对甲醇与异丁烯的反应有更好的催化活件．     

Water as an Efficient Solvent for Oxygenation Transformations with 34% Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by some Heteropolyoxometalates

Summary. A highly efficient, selective, fast, and cheap protocol is developed for oxidation of aromatic amines and alcohols utilizing 34% hydrogen peroxide in water catalyzed by some W- and Mo-based heteropolyoxometalates. Findings showed that dodecatungstophosphoric acid, H₃PW₁₂O₄₀, was the most efficient catalyst in the examined oxidation reactions. This methodology may prove to be a valuable alternative for eco-friendly green oxidation. Inherent simplicity, easy work up, and using regenerable catalysts were other key aspects of this oxidation protocol.     

Vanadium and Chromium Catalysts for Polymerization of Ethylene

In the present progress report literature data concerning homogeneous catalyst systems based on vanadium and chromium are reviewed and complemented by a combined study of the magnetic properties and the polymerization activity of such systems. The results show that vanadium forms active species as V (III ) and as V (II ), but chromium only as Cr (II ); models are suggested for the polymerization process. — A comparison with heterogeneous systems (Phillips catalyst) allows the establishment of some general principles concerning the activity of the catalyst and the properties of the polymers.     

Effect of the Secondary Reduction on the Enantioselectivity and Function of Additives in the Chiral Oxazaborolidine‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Borane Reduction of Ketones

The secondary reduction in the direct and oxazaborolidine‐catalyzed asymmetric borane reduction of ketones was investigated by the use of GC/MS tracing titration and control experiments. The results indicate that the secondary reduction affects the enantioselectivity only in noncoordinated solvents at low temperature and not under the usual catalytic reduction conditions because the intermediate alkoxyborane is unstable and quickly converts to borane and dialkoxyborane. The function of an alcohol additive in the asymmetric borane reduction of ketones is to consume excess borane in the reduction system thus inhibiting noncatalytic reduction, which leads to increased enantioselectivity in the catalytic reduction.     

Chiral Phosphino‐ and (Phosphinooxy)‐Substituted N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands and Their Application in Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation

Enantiomerically pure iridium complexes with phosphino‐ and (phosphinooxy)‐substituted N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands were synthesized. Investigation of their electronic properties showed a similar trans influence of the phosphino (or phosphinooxy) and the NHC units. The complexes were tested in iridium‐catalyzed hydrogenation. While low conversions were observed with unfunctionalized olefins, the catalysts proved to be suitable for hydrogenation of the α,β‐unsaturated ester 20 , allylic alcohol 21 , and imine 22 . The enantioselectivities were, however, moderate.     

Bioimprinted protein exhibits glutathione peroxidase activity

A strategy for design of bioimprinted proteins with glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity has been proposed. The proteins imprinted with a glutathione derivative were converted into selenium-containing proteins by chemical modifying the reactive hydroxyl groups of serines followed by sodium hydrogen selenide displacement. These selenium-containing proteins exhibited remarkable GPX activities and the GPX activities of reduction of H₂O₂ by glutathione (GSH) were found to be 101-817 U μmol⁻¹, which approaches the activity of a selenium-containing catalytic antibody elicited by a hapten similar to our template. The steady state kinetic study for imprinted protein catalysis revealed Michaelis-Menten kinetics for both H₂O₂ and GSH, e.g. the pesudo-first-order rate constant k_cat (H₂O₂) and the apparent Michaelis constant K_m (H₂O₂) at 1 mM GSH were calculated to be 784 min⁻¹ and 1.24×10⁻³ M, respectively, and the apparent second-order rate constant k_cat (H₂O₂)/K_m (H₂O₂) was determined to be 6.33×10⁵ (M min)⁻¹. The kinetics and the template inhibition showed that the strategy might be a remarkably efficient one for generating artificial enzyme with GPX activity.     

Reaction of 1,2-diarylhydrazines with acetic anhydride catalyzed by 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine

Summary A new method for the synthesis of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-ones3 and 4-acetyl-1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-ones5 is presented. The reaction of 4,4-disubstituted 1,2-diarylhydrazines1 with acetic anhydride in the presence of an equimolar amount of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine leads to mixtures of the corresponding acetyl derivatives2 and3. Under the same conditions, 2,2-disubstituted 1,2-diarylhydrazines yield mixtures of3 and5.

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4-(Dimethylamino)pyridin-katalysierte Reaktion von 1,2-Diarylhydrazinen mit Essigsäureanhydrid

Zusammenfassung Eine neue Methode zur Synthese von 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-onen3 und 4-Acetyl-1,2-diaryl-1,2-dihydro-5-methyl-3H-pyrazol-3-onen5 wird beschrieben. Die Reaktion von 4,4-disubstituierten 1,2-Diaryl-hydrazinen1 mit Essigsäureanhydrid führt in Gegenwart eines Äquivalentes 4-(Dimethylamino)pyridin zu Gemischen der entsprechenden Acetylderivate2 und3. Unter den gleichen Bedingungen werden aus 2,2-disubstituierten 1,2-Diarylhydrazinen Gemische aus3 und5 erhalten.

     

TiSiW12O40/TiO2催化合成苹果酯

以固载杂多酸盐TiSiW12O40/TiO2为多相催化剂，通过乙酰乙酸乙酯和乙二醇反应合成了苹果酯，探讨TiSiW12O40/TiO2对缩酮反应的催化活性，较系统地研究了原料量比，催化剂肜量，反应时间诸因素对产品收率的影响，实验表明：TiSiW12O40/TiO2是合成苹果酯的良好催化剂，在n(乙酰乙酸乙酯）：n(乙二醇）＝1：1．5，催化剂用量为反应物料总质量的1．0％，环己烷为带水剂，反应时间50min的优化条件下，苹果酯的收率可达84．1％。