Investigation of the catalytic activity of an electron-deficient vanadium(IV) tetraphenylporphyrin: A new, highly efficient and reusable catalyst for ring-opening of epoxides
作者:S. Abdolmanaf Taghavi、Majid Moghadam、Iraj Mohammadpoor-Baltork、Shahram Tangestaninejad、Valiollah Mirkhani、Ahmad Reza Khosropour、Venus Ahmadi
DOI:10.1016/j.poly.2011.06.008
日期:2011.8
In this work, the catalytic activity of high-valent tetraphenylporphyrinatovanadium(IV) trifluoromethanesulfonate, [V-IV(TPP)(OTf)(2)], in the nucleophilic ring-opening of epoxides is reported. This new V(IV) catalyst was used as an efficient catalyst for alcoholysis with primary (methanol, ethanol and n-propanol), secondary (iso-propanol) and tertiary alcohols (tert-butanol), hydrolysis and acetolysis of epoxides with acetic acid and also for the conversion of epoxides to 1,2-diacetates with acetic anhydride, conversion of epoxides to thiiranes with ammonium thiocyanate and thiourea, and for conversion of epoxides to acetonides with acetone. The catalyst was reused several times without loss of its activity. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.