Formaldehyde Encapsulated in Zeolite: A Long-Lived, Highly Activated One-Carbon Electrophile to Carbonyl-Ene Reactions
作者:Takahiro Okachi、Makoto Onaka
DOI:10.1021/ja039737p
日期:2004.3.3
Gaseous formaldehyde is extremely unstable and readily undergoes self-polymerization to a solid paraformaldehyde or disproportionation to methanol and formic acid in the presence of moisture. We disclose a simple method to stably store such a labile formaldehyde as a monomer in a nanoporous faujasite zeolite at 5 degrees C for at least 50 days without self-polymerization or disproportionation. The greater stability of formaldehyde encapsulated in zeolite was confirmed by 13C MAS NMR spectroscopy. Formaldehyde was not only stabilized within the zeolite cages but functioned as a powerful electrophile toward various olefins. Zeolite-encapsulated formaldehyde was proved to be a stable but highly reactive C1 reagent.
Zeolite (H-ZSM 5) catalysed regio and stereoselective reduction of 2,3-epoxy alcohols to 1,2-diols and vinylic epoxides to homoallylic alcohols with sodium cyanoborohydride
作者:Anuradha Gupta、Yashwant D. Vankar
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(98)02610-0
日期:1999.2
positions) undergo reduction with zeolite H-ZSM 5/NaCNBH3 combination of reagent system in refluxing dichloroethane to give 1,2-diols and homoallylic alcohols in moderate to good yields. Under these conditions acid sensitive groups such as an acetal and a THP ether are not affected which indicates the mildness of the reaction conditions.