Search results for "Homogeneous catalysis"

Sulfur Dioxide Oxidation Catalyzed by Photosensitized Ytterbium Diphthalocyanine

2008

Oxidation of SO2 into SO3 was found effectively catalyzed by photosensitized ytterbium diphthalocyanine, YbPc2 (Pc = phthalocyanine ligand, C32H16N8) when performed in air-saturated dimethylformamide (DMF) solution at 20 °C. The process follows according to a multi-step complex mechanism involving chemical induction as its driving force. Excitation energy of the sandwich molecular system in YbPc2 is used to promote the reaction by creating a reactive intermediate form of the ytterbium complex hosting up to eight SO2 molecules. The conversion of SO2 proved complete.

Electrocarboxylation of Benzyl Halides through Redox Catalysis on the Preparative Scale

2006

The electrocarboxylation of benzyl halides to the corresponding carboxylic acids through homogeneous charge-transfer catalysis was investigated both theoretically and experimentally to determine the influence of the operative parameters on the yield of the process and on the catalyst consumption. Theoretical considerations, based on fast kinetics of redox catalysis, were confirmed by the electrocarboxylation of 1-phenyl-1-chloroethane catalyzed by 1,3-benzenedicarboxylic acid di methyl ester performed at a carbon cathode under different operative conditions. We obtained high yields of the target carboxylic acid and experienced a low catalyst consumption by operating with optimized [RX]bulk/…

Insights into the Synthesis and the Solution Behavior ofmeso-Aryloxy- and Alkoxy-Substituted Porphyrins

2015

meso-RO-appended (R = alkyl, aryl) porphyrins bearing one or two OR substituents at the tetrapyrrolic macrocycle were synthesized in good yields from 5,15-dibromo-10,20-diphenylporphyrins 2H(Br2DPP), Ni(Br2DPP) and Zn(Br2DPP) using an SNAr reaction. By varying the solvent, the base, the temperature, and the time of the reaction, the optimum conditions were established, and the selective introduction of one or two meso-RO substituents at the periphery of the macrocycle was achieved. Moreover, monofunctionalization of Ni(Br2DPP) according to an SNAr reaction was used as a key step for the synthesis of rarely explored unsymmetrical porphyrinyl alkyl ethers. 1H NMR studies of these ethers in CD…

Anaerobic Palladium-Catalyzed Chemoselective Oxidation of Allylic and Benzylic Alcohols with α-Bromo Sulfoxide as a Co-Oxidant.

2007

A chemoselective palladium-catalyzed anaerobic oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols using an α-bromo sulfoxide as a co-oxidant is described for the first time. The catalyst system is simple and has a long life because of the allowance of phosphane ligands under the non-aerobic conditions. The advantages of the described method include no overoxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids because of the mild conditions applied, the tolerance of oxygen-sensitive functionalities such as a carbon-carbon double bond, an organothio group, or a diorganoamino group and the effective preparation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, resulting from the oxidation of primary and secondary …

Heterogeneously catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura conversion of broad scope

2012

The reaction tolerates a broad range of functional groups in the coupling partners and is usually performed in solution under homogeneous conditions at T ¢ 60 uC using 2–3 mol% catalytic amounts. The catalyst is often a Pd(0) complex with triarylphosphane ligands. 2 The catalytic cycle (Scheme 2) begins with the oxidative addition of an aryl halide to a Pd(0) species formed in situ to form an arylpalladium(II) halide intermediate. 3 Chloroarenes, especially nonactivated aryl chlorides, are notoriously less reactive due to the stability of the C–Cl bond (the relative reactivity of Ar–X is correlated to the respective bond dissociation energy: Ph–Cl: 96 kcal mol 21 ,P h–Br: 81 kcal mol 21 ,P …

Iron-Catalyzed C(sp2)-C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Grignard Reagents with Polyaromatic Tosylates

2017

Structure and reactivity of a mononuclear gold(II) complex.

2017

Mononuclear gold(II) complexes are very rare labile species. Transient gold(II) species have been suggested in homogeneous catalysis and in medical applications, but their geometric and electronic structures have remained essentially unexplored: even fundamental data, such as the ionic radius of gold(II), are unknown. Now, an unprecedentedly stable neutral gold(II) complex of a porphyrin derivative has been isolated, and its structural and spectroscopic features determined. The gold atom adopts a 2+2 coordination mode in between those of gold(III) (four-coordinate square planar) and gold(I) (two-coordinate linear), owing to a second-order Jahn–Teller distortion enabled by the relativistical…

Soluble Single-Molecule Nanogels of Controlled Structure as a Matrix for Efficient Artificial Enzymes

2006

Hyperbranched polyethylenimine-supported copper(II) ions as a macroliganted homogenous catalyst for strict click reactions of azides and alkynes in w…

2019

Abstract Loading hyperbranched polyethylenimine (PEI) with copper(II) ions leads to the formation of a new water-soluble metallodendritic polymer Cu(II)-PEI that has been found to effectively catalyze the clickable azide-alkyne [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions in water under ambient conditions, in the lack of any external reducing agent. A positive dendritic effect on the catalyst activity was observed in the click of 1,2,3-triazole by lowering the reduction potential of copper(II) into the in-situ generation of the catalytically active species copper(I). The reaction proceeds straightforwardly to afford the corresponding 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole derivatives in a regioselective manne…

(Co)polymerization behavior of supported metallocene catalysts. I. Ligand and substituent effect

2005

Ethylene polymerization and its copolymerization with 1-hexene with a set of supported metallocene catalysts were studied. As a carrier, the complex of mag- nesium chloride with tetrahydrofuran, which was previously pretreated with a triiso- butylaluminium (TIBA), was used. The investigated metallocene compound differs in the metal type (Zr or Ti), the nature of the alkyl substituent in the cyclopentadienyl ring, and the type of ligand (Cp or Ind). The effect of catalyst composition on the anchored metal content, catalyst activity, comonomer reactivity, and polymer proper- ties was investigated. The results obtained with supported catalysts were compared with those obtained with their homog…