丙烯酰胺的oxa-Michael加成:β-烷氧基丙酰胺的合成

本文利用醇与丙烯酰胺的oxa-Michael加成,合成了一系列β-烷氧基丙酰胺类化合物。通过NMR、HRMS表征了产物的结构。考察了催化剂、反应温度、原料配比对反应的影响。在40℃下,5(mol)%的活化碳酸钾能催化伯醇与丙烯酰胺发生oxa-Michael加成,仲醇的反应活性较低,叔醇及苯酚几乎不反应。温度升高及强碱会导致丙烯酰胺自身aza-Michael加成反应形成二聚体。醇与丙烯酰胺可以在等官能团比的无溶剂条件下反应。分子内的氢键有利于提高仲羟基的反应活性。     

铯钨青铜的合成及其对甘油脱水制丙烯醛的催化性能

以仲钨酸铵、硝酸铯为原料,乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)为模板剂和还原剂,采用水热法合成了铯钨青铜,考察了EDTA用量、水热前驱液浓度、铯钨比等条件对水热产物组成及形貌的影响,并以所得产物为催化剂在固定床反应器中进行甘油脱水制丙烯醛的反应研究,发现铯含量对催化性能有较大影响,在Cs/W摩尔比为0. 2∶1时催化性能最好,甘油转化率达到81. 3%,丙烯醛的选择性达到92. 9%。     

反应型非离子表面活性剂的制备及其组成和结构

以丙烯酸(AA)与硬脂酸单甘油酯(GMS)、油酸单甘油酯(A300)或油酸单山梨糖醇酐酯(Span 80)为起始物, 对甲苯磺酸为催化剂, 对苯二酚为阻聚剂, 制备了三类含有1-烯键的反应型表面活性剂. 通过反应体系中AA 的加料量及其残留量, 计算得到丙烯酸的转化率为91%以上, 制备的反应型非离子表面活性剂的收率达到80%以上. 用红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振氢谱(1H NMR)和质谱对反应产物的组成和结构进行了表征, 确认获得了三类目标产物. 将这三类表面活性剂作为流滴剂与聚乙烯发生接枝反应后, 提高了聚乙烯的结晶温度, 降低了水在聚烯烃膜表面的接触角, 解决了聚乙烯农用棚膜的流滴期短的问题.     

Ethanolamine as a novel plasticiser for thermoplastic starch

Ethanolamine plasticised thermoplastic starch (ETPS) was prepared using a novel plasticiser ethanolamine. SEM images show that the native starch granules were destroyed, and the ethanolamine made them come into a uniform continuous phase. FTIR spectroscopy showed that the hydrogen bonds between the ethanolamine and starch molecules weakened the strong effect of starch intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The ETPS successfully restrains the re-crystallization of traditional thermoplastic starch plasticised by glycerol (GTPS), which was proved by XRD. The mechanical properties of ETPS, such as Young's modulus and breaking energy and the water absorption were improved. The glass-transition temperature (T_g) and thermal stability were also studied by DSC and TGA.     

Synthesis of Floridoside

Floridoside (2-O-glycerol-α-D-galactopyranoside) is a natural glycerol glycoside found in red algae and is believed to play important roles in carbon storage, transport, and assimilation and in the regulation of osmotic balance. We describe here a rapid, high-yield, and high-stereoselectivity synthesis of floridoside in which the key step involves the 1,2-cis O-glycosylation of 1,3-dibenzylglycerol with ethyl 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-1-thio-β-D-galactopyranoside using iodonium dicollidine perchlorate (IDCP) or N-iodosuccinimide/trimethylsilyl triflate (NIS/TMSOTf) as promoters.     

A sustainable one-pot synthesis of cinnamyl acetate in triacetin

A sustainable one-pot synthesis of cinnamyl acetate from cinnamaldehyde is demonstrated for the first time using immobilized Baker’s yeast and free or immobilized acid as catalysts and triacetin as solvent. Employing the immobilized yeast and Amberlyst-36 allowed full conversion and 91% selectivity for cinnamyl acetate after 96 h at room temperature, and both the catalysts and triacetin were successfully recycled.     

Electro-Motive Forces Generated in Concentration Cells of LiCl-Glycerol Solutions

Abstract

Mean ionic activity coefficients of LiCl in Glycerol have been calculated in the concentration range 0.5-500mol.m^-3, using the concentration cell technique. Up to the limit of the Debye-Huckel theory (C ≤ 1 mol·m^-3), the experimental values lie below the limiting line, showing that the measured Electro-Motive-Force might have been false by using our previous cell design. An alternative method based on Fuoss Paired Ion Model has been used to deduce the theoretical data, and consequently, the values of the EMF'S. By comparing these data to those obtained experimentally with KCI and NaCl, we find that they are consistent with the results in aqueous solutions.     

Effect of glycerol and its analogs on polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by recombinant Ralstonia eutropha: A quantitative structure–activity relationship study of chain transfer agents

Triglycerides such as plant and vegetable oils are desirable feedstock for the fermentative production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) because the weight yield of PHA from triglycerides is higher than that obtained from sugars. However, glycerol, a multi-hydroxy component of triglyceride, is known to function as a chain transfer (CT) agent in PHA polymerization, resulting in the formation of low-molecular-weight PHA. In this study, we evaluated how glycerol alters the molecular weight of PHA using recombinant Ralstonia eutropha as a practical host for PHA production. We demonstrated that glycerol has the ability to reduce molecular weight of PHA, even as a component of triglyceride. Furthermore, various alcohols that are structurally related to glycerol were examined for their reducing abilities to perform a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) study. It was found that alcohols with higher hydrophobicity (log P) exhibited higher reducing ability for PHA molecular weight. Glycerol, a less hydrophobic alcohol, was able to reduce PHA molecular weight; however, the efficacy was relatively weak among the examined alcohols.     

New examples of template catalysis based processes: glycerol-like units as efficient promoters for dehydrative nucleophilic substitutions of ferrocenylmethanol

The direct high-yield synthesis without solvent and catalyst, under mild conditions, of eleven novel mono substituted ferrocenylmethyl ethers and amine derivatives from ferrocenemethanol and vicinal oxygenated alcohols and amines is here reported. The peculiar ability of these classes of non acidic compounds to favor the dehydrative nucleophilic substitution is attributed to the presence of vicinal oxygen atoms to the reactive group able to build a hydrogen bonding network with the reactant. The role of carbon dioxide and hexafluoroisopropanol was investigated to support the hypothesis that a template catalysis effect is occurring. The in vitro anti-fungal activity of some of these derivatives was tested on two plant fungi, Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium species, with moderate activity.     

A catalyst-free synthesis of α-aminophosphonates in glycerol

A simple and efficient method is described using glycerol as a solvent in the catalyst-free synthesis of α-aminophosphonates in high purity. Products are prepared by the Kabachnik–Fields reaction from amines, phosphites, and carbonyl compounds. The method does not require a toxic catalyst.