A new Mn‐catalyzed alkylation of secondary alcohols with non‐activated alcohols is presented. The use of a stable and well‐defined manganese pincer complex, stabilized by a PNN ligand, together with a catalytic amount of base enabled the conversion of renewable alcohol feedstocks to a broad range of higher‐value alcohols in good yields with water as the sole byproduct. The strategy eliminates the need
Switchable β-alkylation of Secondary Alcohols with Primary Alcohols by a Well-Defined Cobalt Catalyst
作者:Bedraj Pandey、Shi Xu、Keying Ding
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00147
日期:2021.5.10
β-alkylation of secondaryalcohols with primaryalcohols to selectively generate alcohols by a well-defined Co catalyst is presented. Remarkably, a low catalyst loading of 0.7 mol % can be employed for the reaction. More significantly, this study represents the first Co-catalyzed switchable alcohol/ketone synthesis by simply manipulating the reaction parameters. In addition, the transformation is environmentally