- Olefins from biomass feedstocks: Catalytic ester decarbonylation and tandem Heck-type coupling
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With the goal of avoiding the need for anhydride additives, the catalytic decarbonylation of p-nitrophenylesters of aliphatic carboxylic acids to their corresponding olefins, including commodity monomers like styrene and acrylates, has been developed. The reaction is catalyzed by palladium complexes in the absence of added ligands and is promoted by alkali/alkaline-earth metal halides. Combination of catalytic decarbonylation and Heck-type coupling with aryl esters in a single pot process demonstrates the viability of employing a carboxylic acid as a "masked olefin" in synthetic processes. This journal is
- John, Alex,Hogan, Levi T.,Hillmyer, Marc A.,Tolman, William B.
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p. 2731 - 2733
(2015/03/05)
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- A reinvestigation of the vapor phase bromination of 2-bromobutane
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The soltuion phase photobromination of 2-bromobutane yields 2,2-dibromobutane, meso-2,3-dibromobutane, dl-2,3-dibromo-dibromobutane, small amounts of 1,2-dibromobutane, and 2,2,3-tribromobutane.However, in the corresponding vapor phase bromination these products appear along with other polybrominated products.The yield of these polybromides increases with temperature.The increase in yield of the polyhalogenated materials is rationalized by considering the thermal instabilty of the β-bromoalkyl radical, which eliminates a bromine atom to form the corresponding alkene.It is demonstrated that in the vapor phase allylic bromination competes succesfully with bromine addition.Reaction schemes are suggested to explain the formation of polybromides.An explanation is also offered for the dicrepancy between these results and those of previously reported vapor phase work.
- Tanner, Dennis D.,Ruo, Tomoki C. S.,Kosugi, Yoshio,Potter, Alan
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p. 2310 - 2316
(2007/10/02)
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