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Catalytic condensation of aromatic aldehydes with acetone on activated Mg-Al mixed oxides
2004
Abstract The factors affecting the aldol condensation of some model aromatic aldehydes (benzaldehyde, the three isomers of F-benzaldehyde and 2-naphthaldeyde) with acetone have been investigated using heterogeneous catalysts obtained by the calcination of hydrotalcite-type (HT) precursors at 773 K for 8 h, followed by rehydration at room temperature for 7 h under a flow of N 2 saturated with water vapour. At 273 K the main product was the β-hydroxy-ketone, while at 318 K it mainly dehydrated to the corresponding trans -arylideneacetone, with small amounts ( cis -arylideneacetone, 1,3-diarylideneacetone and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone. High reaction times favoured the formation of trans -…
Polystyrene-supported proline as recyclable catalyst in the Baylis–Hillman reaction of arylaldehydes and methyl or ethyl vinyl ketone
2008
Abstract Polystyrene-supported proline has been used as co-organocatalyst (10 mol%) with imidazole (10 mol%) in the Baylis–Hillman reaction between methyl or ethyl vinyl ketone and arylaldehydes. Recycling studies showed that the proline resin can be used up to five cycles with high isolated yields. This study represents the first example of supported proline as heterogeneous catalyst in the above reaction and broaden the scope of this catalytic material.
Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)-Boronolide
2002
The delta-lactone boronolide (+)-1, a pharmacologically active, naturally occurring product, has been synthesized in enantiopure form with L-erythrulose as the chiral starting material. The key steps of the synthesis were a highly stereoselective aldol-reduction one-pot sequence, an indium-mediated diastereoselective aldehyde allylation, and a ring-closing metathesis.
Tailoring the ligand structure to the reagent in the mandelamide-Ti(IV) catalyzed enantioselective addition of dimethyl- and diethylzinc to aldehydes
2007
Amides derived from (S)-(+)-mandelic acid in the presence of titanium isopropoxide catalyze the enantioselective addition of dimethyl- and diethylzinc to aldehydes with good yields and ee up to 90%. Because of the modular character of the mandelamides, the structure of the ligand can be tailored to obtain the best results with each reagent. Thus, best results with dimethylzinc are obtained with N-benzyl mandelamide while N-(pyridin-2-yl) mandelamide is the best ligand for the addition of diethylzinc.
Enzyme-modified electrodes for biosensors and biofuel cells
2019
In biosensors and biofuel cells, it is often desirable to accelerate the electron transfer rate between the enzyme and electrode surface to improve the performance of the devices (sensitivity or power output). To this end, in this review, we focus on three important strategies available to improve the performance of enzyme-modified electrodes: the use of protein engineering, designer polymers, and the introduction of nanomaterials. Engineering the protein or proteins that constitute the biocatalytic elements allow tuning their stability, activity, and specificity. It can also allow changing the enzyme immobilization efficiency (adsorption vs. covalent immobilization, for example). If direct…
Ultrastrong composites from dopamine modified-polymer-infiltrated colloidal crystals
2015
Although strong and stiff synthetic composites have long been developed, the microstructure of today's most advanced composites has yet to achieve the sophisticated hierarchy of hybrid materials built up by living organisms. We have assembled hard and tough multilayered nanocomposites, which contain alternating layers of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and a 3-hydroxy-tyramine (dopamine) substituted polymer (dopamine modified polymer), strongly cemented together by chelation through infiltration of the polymer into the Fe3O4 mesocrystal. With a Young's modulus of 17 ± 3 GPa and a hardness of 1.3 ± 0.4 GPa the nanocomposite exhibits high resistance against elastic as well as plastic deformation. Key fea…
Thallium geochemistry in the metamorphic Lengenbach sulfide deposit, Switzerland: Thallium-isotope fractionation in a sulfide melt
2014
The Lengenbach (Switzerland) Pb-As-Tl-Zn deposit was formed from a sulfide melt at about 500 °C during Alpine metamorphism, but details on its formation and especially the source of the metals are still under debate. In this study we present two sample sets to address these questions: 1. MC-ICP-MS analyses of thallium isotopes in sulfides, sulfosalts, and melt inclusions from the Alpine metamorphic Lengenbach deposit in the Binn Valley of Switzerland, the non-metamorphic Wiesloch Mississippi Valley-type deposit in Southern Germany, and the Cu- and As-rich mineralization at Pizzo Cervandone about 2 km SW of the Lengenbach deposit, which has been discussed as potential source of the Lengenbac…
Tandem asymmetric Michael reaction-intramolecular Michael addition. An easy entry to chiral fluorinated 1,4-dihydropyridines.
2010
A novel one-pot tandem asymmetric Hantzsch-type process has been employed to generate fluorinated 1,4-dihydropyridines (1,4-DHPs) as single diastereoisomers. It involves the condensation of (R)-(+)-allyl p-tolyl sulfoxide, fluorinated nitriles, and alkyl propiolates, giving access to a new family of enantiomerically pure fluorine-containing 1,4-DHPs.
Chemistry and reactivity of mononuclear manganese oxamate complexes: Oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage of vic-diols by dioxygen and aldehydes cat…
2006
[EN] Two new mononuclear octahedral manganese(III) complexes with the tetradentate equatorial ligand o-phenylenebis(oxamate) (opba) and two aquo (1a) or two pyridine (1b) axial ligands have been synthesized and characterized structurally, magnetically, and electrochemically. The cyclovoltammogram of 1a in acetonitrile (25 degrees C, 0.1 M Bu4NPF6) shows an irreversible one-electron oxidation peak at a high anodic potential (E-ap = 1.03 V versus SCE), while that of 1b shows two well-separated one-electron oxidation peaks at moderate to high anodic potentials (E-ap = 0.92 and 1.27 V versus SCE), the first redox-wave being quasireversible in nature. The access to formally high-valent Mn-IV and…
Photoautotrophic community changes in Lagunillo del Tejo (Spain) in response to lake level fluctuation: Two centuries of sedimentary pigment records
2009
Lagunillo del Tejo is a small doline lake in a karstic region of the Iberian Ranges (central-eastern Spain) that undergoes significant lake level fluctuation in response to changing aquifer influxes. In order to assess changes in the primary producer community in the lake over the last two centuries and to elucidate whether these were conditioned by climatic variability, photosynthetic pigments and their derivatives were extracted from the sediments and the data analysed using multivariate statistical techniques. Quantitative variations in total pigment concentrations through the sedimentary sequence are considered a result of changes in sedimentation rate, largely due to lake level fluctua…