- Aluminum Metal-Organic Framework-Ligated Single-Site Nickel(II)-Hydride for Heterogeneous Chemoselective Catalysis
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The development of chemoselective and heterogeneous earth-abundant metal catalysts is essential for environmentally friendly chemical synthesis. We report a highly efficient, chemoselective, and reusable single-site nickel(II) hydride catalyst based on robust and porous aluminum metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (DUT-5) for hydrogenation of nitro and nitrile compounds to the corresponding amines and hydrogenolysis of aryl ethers under mild conditions. The nickel-hydride catalyst was prepared by the metalation of aluminum hydroxide secondary building units (SBUs) of DUT-5 having the formula of Al(μ2-OH)(bpdc) (bpdc = 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate) with NiBr2 followed by a reaction with NaEt3BH. DUT-5-NiH has a broad substrate scope with excellent functional group tolerance in the hydrogenation of aromatic and aliphatic nitro and nitrile compounds under 1 bar H2 and could be recycled and reused at least 10 times. By changing the reaction conditions of the hydrogenation of nitriles, symmetric or unsymmetric secondary amines were also afforded selectively. The experimental and computational studies suggested reversible nitrile coordination to nickel followed by 1,2-insertion of coordinated nitrile into the nickel-hydride bond occurring in the turnover-limiting step. In addition, DUT-5-NiH is also an active catalyst for chemoselective hydrogenolysis of carbon-oxygen bonds in aryl ethers to afford hydrocarbons under atmospheric hydrogen in the absence of any base, which is important for the generation of fuels from biomass. This work highlights the potential of MOF-based single-site earth-abundant metal catalysts for practical and eco-friendly production of chemical feedstocks and biofuels.
- Antil, Neha,Kumar, Ajay,Akhtar, Naved,Newar, Rajashree,Begum, Wahida,Dwivedi, Ashutosh,Manna, Kuntal
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p. 3943 - 3957
(2021/04/12)
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- Catalytic Staudinger Reduction at Room Temperature
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We report an efficient catalytic Staudinger reduction at room temperature that enables the preparation of a structurally diverse set of amines from azides in excellent yields. The reaction is based on the use of catalytic amounts of triphenylphosphine as a phosphine source and diphenyldisiloxane as a reducing agent. Our catalytic Staudinger reduction exhibits a high chemoselectivity, as exemplified by reduction of azides over other common functionalities, including nitriles, alkenes, alkynes, esters, and ketones.
- Lenstra, Danny C.,Wolf, Joris J.,Mecinovi?, Jasmin
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p. 6536 - 6545
(2019/05/24)
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- Sustainable organophosphorus-catalysed Staudinger reduction
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A highly efficient and sustainable catalytic Staudinger reduction for the conversion of organic azides to amines in excellent yields has been developed. The reaction displays excellent functional group tolerance to functionalities that are otherwise prone to reduction, such as sulfones, esters, amides, ketones, nitriles, alkenes, and benzyl ethers. The green nature of the reaction is exemplified by the use of PMHS, CPME, and a lack of column chromatography.
- Lenstra, Danny C.,Lenting, Peter E.,Mecinovi?, Jasmin
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p. 4418 - 4422
(2018/10/17)
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- NNP-Type Pincer Imidazolylphosphine Ruthenium Complexes: Efficient Base-Free Hydrogenation of Aromatic and Aliphatic Nitriles under Mild Conditions
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A series of seven novel NImNHP-type pincer imidazolylphosphine ruthenium complexes has been synthesized and fully characterized. The use of hydrogenation of benzonitrile as a benchmark test identified [RuHCl(CO)(NImNHPtBu)] as the most active catalyst. With its stable Ru-BH4 analogue, in which chloride is replaced by BH4, a broad range of (hetero)aromatic and aliphatic nitriles, including industrially interesting adiponitrile, has been hydrogenated under mild and base-free conditions.
- Adam, Rosa,Alberico, Elisabetta,Baumann, Wolfgang,Drexler, Hans-Joachim,Jackstell, Ralf,Junge, Henrik,Beller, Matthias
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p. 4991 - 5002
(2016/04/05)
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- A Mild and Base-Free Protocol for the Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Aliphatic and Aromatic Nitriles with Tridentate Phosphine Ligands
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A novel protocol for the general hydrogenation of nitriles in the absence of basic additives is described. The system is based on the combination of [Ru(cod)(methylallyl)2] (cod=cyclooctadiene) and L2. A variety of aromatic and aliphatic nitriles is hydrogenated under mild conditions (50 °C and 15 bar H2) with this system. Kinetic studies revealed higher activity in the case of aromatic nitriles compared with aliphatic ones.
- Adam, Rosa,Bheeter, Charles Beromeo,Jackstell, Ralf,Beller, Matthias
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p. 1329 - 1334
(2016/04/20)
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- Improved syntheses of 5′- S -(2-Aminoethyl)-6- N -(4-nitrobenzyl)- 5′-thioadenosine (SAENTA), analogues, and fluorescent probe conjugates: Analysis of cell-surface human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) levels for prediction of the antitumor
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5′-S-(2-Aminoethyl)-6-N-(4-nitrobenzyl)-5′-thioadenosine (SAENTA), 5′-S-(2-acetamidoethyl)-6-N-[(4-substituted)benzyl]-5′- thioadenosine analogues, 5′-S-[2-(6-aminohexanamido)]ethyl-6-N-(4- nitrobenzyl)-5′-thioadenosine (SAHENTA), and related compounds we
- Robins, Morris J.,Peng, Yunshan,Damaraju, Vijaya L.,Mowles, Delores,Barron, Geraldine,Tackaberry, Tracey,Young, James D.,Cass, Carol E.
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experimental part
p. 6040 - 6053
(2010/11/02)
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- pH optimization of nucleophilic reactions in water
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We present a way of prescribing the pH for a reaction so as to obtain either (a) maximum yield in competition with hydrolysis or (b) selective reaction at either of two sites in such nucleophile-electrophile reactions as C-alkylation of acidic ketones and the acylation and sulfonylation of amines. First, we derive the following general equation for pHmax, the pH giving the highest yield of the product (P) of the reaction of a nucleophile (Nu) with a hydrolyzable electrophile (E) in water: pHmax = 1/2[log (kw/kOH) + PKw + pKw] (kw and kOH refer to the water- and hydroxide-promoted hydrolyses of E, Kw is the autoprotolysis constant of water, and Ka is the acid dissociation constant of NuH+, the conjugate acid of Nu). pHmax thus depends on a property of E (namely, kw/kOH) and a property of Nu (the pKa of NuH+), but not on the rate constant for the reaction of E with Nu or the concentration of Nu. We then deduce analogous approximate equations for maximum selectivity for reaction at either of two nucleophilic sites, specifically, equations giving pHxmax and pHymax, the pH values for the maximum yields of the respective products (Px and Py) of the reactions of E with the two nucleophiles. We find that (a) pH-yield profiles calculated from the equations concur with observed yields for reactions under pseudo-first-order conditions and (b) preparative experiments at the estimated pH values give good to excellent yields of clean products and high selectivity in both the C-alkylation and Schotten-Baumann reactions.
- King,Rathore,Lam,Guo,Klassen
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p. 3028 - 3033
(2007/10/02)
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