A novel catalytic system with a tripodal cobalt complex is developed for efficiently converting primary alcohols to esters. KOtBu is found essential to the transformation. A preliminary mechanistic study suggests a plausible reaction route that involves an initial Co-catalyzed dehydrogenation of alcohol to aldehyde, followed by a Tishchenko-type pathway to ester mediated by KOtBu.
为了有效地将伯醇转化为酯,开发了具有三脚架
钴络合物的新型催化体系。KO t Bu被发现对转型至关重要。初步的机理研究表明,可能的反应路线包括最初的共催化将醇脱氢成醛,然后由Tishchenko型途径由KO t Bu介导生成酯。