Catalyst-Free Dehydrative α-Alkylation of Ketones with Alcohols: Green and Selective Autocatalyzed Synthesis of Alcohols and Ketones
作者:Qing Xu、Jianhui Chen、Haiwen Tian、Xueqin Yuan、Shuangyan Li、Chongkuan Zhou、Jianping Liu
DOI:10.1002/anie.201308642
日期:2014.1.3
Direct dehydrative α‐alkylation reactions of ketones with alcohols are now realized under simple, practical, and green conditions without using external catalysts. These catalyst‐free autocatalyzed alkylation methods can efficiently afford useful alkylated ketone or alcohol products in a one‐pot manner and on a large scale by CC bond formation of the in situ generated intermediates with subsequent
Cyclopentadienone iron dicarbonyl complexes were applied in the alkylation of ketones with various aliphatic and aromatic ketones and alcohols via the borrowing hydrogen strategy in mild reaction conditions. DFT calculations and experimental works highlight the role of the transition metal Lewis pairs and the base. These iron complexes demonstrated a broad applicability in mild conditions and extended
Hydrogen-Borrowing and Interrupted-Hydrogen-Borrowing Reactions of Ketones and Methanol Catalyzed by Iridium
作者:Di Shen、Darren L. Poole、Camilla C. Shotton、Anne F. Kornahrens、Mark P. Healy、Timothy J. Donohoe
DOI:10.1002/anie.201410391
日期:2015.1.26
use of catalytic [Ir(cod)Cl}2] to facilitate hydrogen‐borrowing reactions of ketone enolates with methanol at 65 °C. An oxygen atmosphere accelerates the process, and when combined with the use of a bulky monodentate phosphine ligand, interrupts the catalytic cycle by preventing enone reduction. Subsequent addition of pro‐nucleophiles to the reaction mixture allowed a one‐pot methylenation/conjugate
palladacycles (1 and 2) were synthesized by the aromatic C–H bond activation of N/3-aryl ring. The application of these regioisomers as catalysts to enable the formation of α-alkylated ketones or quinolines with alcohols using a hydrogen borrowing process is evaluated. Experimental results reveal that palladacycle 2 is superior over palladacycle 1 to catalyze the reaction under similar reaction conditions