- Synthesios of Cyclopentane Derivatives by Electrochemical Reduction of 1,5-Dibromopentane Derivatives
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When 1,5-dibromopentane derivatives, which were prepared by CuBr-catalyzed photochemical reaction of 1,3-dibromopropane or its derivatives with electron-deficient olefins, were subjected to electrochemical reduction in THF or DMSO solution, cyclopentane derivatives were obtained.
- Mitani, Michiharu,Takeuchi, Hiroshi,Koyama, Kikuhiko
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- Oxidant free conversion of alcohols to nitriles over Ni-based catalysts
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Organic nitriles are significant and versatile industrial feedstocks, but their conventional synthetic protocols require hazardous starting materials and/or harsh reaction conditions posing environmental and health risks. Herein, we established a Ni-based catalytic system to convert primary alcohols to nitriles with ammonia gas as the sole nitrogen source under oxidant-free conditions at merely 190-230 °C. Based on isotope labelling experiments, in situ DRIFTS and control experiments, the reaction pathway was identified to follow a dehydrogenation-imination-dehydrogenation sequence, with α-carbon C-H bond breakage as the rate determining step. Ni is superior to all noble metal catalysts tested, due to its excellent dehydrogenation ability that is not inhibited by NH3. The support plays an auxiliary role, promoting the reaction between aldehyde and ammonia to form imine as a critical intermediate. Ni/Al2O3 catalyst prepared via a deposition-precipitation method, featuring both excellent dispersion of metallic Ni and suitable acid sites, enabled alcohol transformation into nitrile under unprecedented low temperature. Various alcohols were converted into their corresponding nitriles in high conversions and yields (both up to 99%), while the catalyst kept 90% of its original activity after 48 hours in the stability test, highlighting the wide applicability and the robustness of the catalytic system.
- Wang, Yunzhu,Furukawa, Shinya,Zhang, Zhang,Torrente-Murciano, Laura,Khan, Saif A.,Yan, Ning
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- Identification of an Active NiCu Catalyst for Nitrile Synthesis from Alcohol
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Development of heterogeneous catalysts for alcohol transformation into nitriles under oxidant-free conditions is a challenge. Considering the C-H activation on α-carbon of primary alcohols is the rate-determining step, decreasing the activation energy of C-H activation is critical in order to enhance the catalytic activity. Several NiM/Al2O3 bimetallic catalysts were synthesized and scrutinized in catalytic transformation of 1-butanol to butyronitrile. Ni-Cu was identified as a suitable combination with the optimized Ni0.5Cu0.5/Al2O3 catalyst exhibiting 10 times higher turnover frequency than Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) revealed that the NiCu particles in the catalyst exist in the form of homogeneous alloys with an average size of 8.3 nm, providing an experimental foundation to build up a catalyst model for further density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Calculations were done over a series of NiM catalysts, and the experimentally observed activity trend could be rationalized by the Br?nsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) principle, i.e., catalysts that afford reduced reaction energy also feature lower activation barriers. The calculated activation energy (Ea) for C-H activation with coadsorbed NH3 dropped from 63.4 kJ/mol on pure Ni catalyst to 49.9 kJ/mol on the most active NiCu-2 site in NiCu bimetallic catalyst, in good agreement with the experimentally measured activation energy values. The Ni0.5Cu0.5/Al2O3 catalyst was further employed to convert 11 primary alcohols into nitriles with high to near-quantitative yields, at a Ni loading 10 times less than that of the conventional Ni/Al2O3 catalyst.
- Wang, Yunzhu,Furukawa, Shinya,Yan, Ning
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p. 6681 - 6691
(2019/07/12)
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- Process for the Catalytic Reversible Alkene-Nitrile Interconversion
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The present invention refers to processes for catalytic reversible alkene-nitrile interconversion through controllable HCN-free transfer hydrocyanation.
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- Corresponding amine nitrile and method of manufacturing thereof
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The invention relates to a manufacturing method of nitrile. Compared with the prior art, the manufacturing method has the characteristics of significantly reduced using amount of an ammonia source, low environmental pressure, low energy consumption, low production cost, high purity and yield of a nitrile product and the like, and nitrile with a more complex structure can be obtained. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing corresponding amine from nitrile.
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- Propylphosphonic anhydride (T3P): A remarkably efficient reagent for the one-pot transformation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic aldehydes to nitriles
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Propylphosphonic anhydride has been demonstrated to be an efficient reagent for the transformation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic aldehydes to respective nitriles in excellent yields. This procedure offers simple and one-pot access to nitriles and highlights the synthetic utility of T3P as a versatile reagent in organic chemistry. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
- Augustine, John Kallikat,Atta, Rajendra Nath,Ramappa, Balakrishna Kolathur,Boodappa, Chandrakantha
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p. 3378 - 3382
(2010/03/03)
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- From aldehydes to nitriles, a general and high yielding transformation using HOF·CH3CN complex
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N,N-Dimethylhydrazones of aldehydes undergo a rapid oxidative cleavage to form nitriles in very high yields on reaction with HOF·CH3CN under mild conditions. The reaction is chemoselective and proceeds rapidly without racemization. The nitriles were resistant to further oxidation, even when a large excess of the reagent was employed.
- Carmeli, Mira,Shefer, Neta,Rozen, Shlomo
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p. 8969 - 8972
(2007/10/03)
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- Method for producing organic compounds by substituting halogen atoms
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The invention pertains to a method in which a halogen atom of an organic compound is replaced with a group derived from a nucleophilic agent, at high yield and high efficiency, by the following method which includes a step of reacting the nucleophilic agent with an organic material having a halogen atom bonded to a carbon atom having four σ bonds, more specifically: a method for producing an organic compound having Q, the method including a step of reacting a compound represented by general formula (2) with an organic starting material having at least one halogen atom bonded to a carbon atom having four σ bonds so as to replace the halogen atom in the organic starting material with Q:MQa (wherein M represents an alkali metal atom, an alkali earth metal atom, or a rare earth metal atom; Q represents a moiety of an inorganic acid or an active hydrogen compound derived by eliminating a proton, wherein Q is a halogen atom different from the halogen atom in the organic starting material having the halogen atom bonded to the carbon atom having the four σ bonds; and a represents an integer of 1 to 3) in the presence of a compound represented by general formula (1) (wherein Z- represents an anion derived by eliminating a proton from an inorganic acid or an active hydrogen compound; R2 is the same or different; R2 each independently represent a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group or two R2 on the same nitrogen atom may be bonded with each other to form a ring with the nitrogen atom).
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- Substituted 4-arylmethylene-2-imino-2,3-dihydrothiazoles and derivatives and their pharmaceutical use
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Compounds of Formula I including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in the form of individual enantiomers, racemates, or other mixtures of enantiomers, in which Ar is phenyl, naphthyl or benzo[b]thiophenyl, each of which may be optionally substituted; R1and R2, which may be the same or different, independently are a) H, b) an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, c) an alkenyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, d) a cycloalkyl group containing 3 to 7 carbon atoms, e) a cycloalkylmethyl group in which the ring contains 3 to 7 carbon atoms, f) an aryl or heteroaryl group optionally substituted g) an arylalkyl or heteroarylalkyl group each optionally substituted; or R1and R2form an alkylene chain optionally substituted by one or more alkyl groups each containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, such that, together with the atoms to which they are attached, they form a 5 or 6 membered ring; R3is a) H, b) an aryl or heteroaryl group each optionally substituted c) an optionally substituted arylmethyl group; or d) an alkoxyalkyl group containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms; and R4and R5, which may be the same or different, independently are an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or R4and R5together with the atom to which they are attached form a cycloalkyl ring containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms; processes to prepare such compounds; compositions containing such compounds and their use in the treatment of depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease, obesity, cognitive disorders, seizures, neurological disorders and as neuroprotective agents; are described.
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- Two-Carbon Elongation/Annulation of Alcohols to Nitriles
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Alcohols were replaced by a two-carbon nitrile unit in good to excellent yields via dehydrative alkylation with (phenylsulfonyl)acetonitrile under modified Mitsunobu conditions followed by desulfonylation using magnesium.Diols and haloalcohols furnished cycloalkylnitriles.
- Lai, Jing-Yu,Yu, Jurong,Hawkins, R. David,Falck, J. R.
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p. 5691 - 5694
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- A New Synthetic Route to Aliphatic and Alicyclic Nitriles via Homolytic Desulfurization of α-(Dithiocarbamoylthio) Nitriles
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Chloroacetonitrile was transformed into aliphatic and alicyclic nitriles through (dimethyldithiocarmoylthio)acetonitrile.The key steps in the synthetic route consisted of mono- and dialkylation via sulfur-stabilized carbanion and homolytic desulfurization using tributyltin hydride.
- Yanagawa, Makato,Moriya, Osamu,Watanabe, Yoshihiko,Ueno, Yoshio,Endo, Takeshi
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p. 2203 - 2204
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- New Methods for the Syntheses of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones, Aldehydes, and Nitriles by the Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions of Allyl β-Oxo Esters, Allyl 1-Alkenyl Carbonates, and Allyl α-Cyano Esters
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Allyl β-oxo esters, allyl 1-alkenyl carbonates, and allyl α-cyano esters are converted into α,β-unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, and nitriles by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular decarboxylation-dehydrogenation.Palladium-phosphine complexes such as Pd(OAc)2-PPh3, Pd(OAc)2-dppe, or Pd2(dba)3*CHCl3-PPh3, are effective catalysts.Yields depend on solvents and on the mole ratio of palladium to phosphine.The optimum Pd/P ratio for each substrate was determined.Use of nitriles as solvents is essential for the dehydrogenation.
- Minami, Ichiro,Nisar, Mohammad,Yuhara, Masami,Shimizu, Isao,Tsuji, Jiro
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p. 992 - 998
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- Substituent Effects on the C-C-Bond Strength, 2. The Thermal Stability of Tetrasubstituted Succinonitriles
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Rate constants and activation parameters for the thermolysis reaction of ten, partly cyclic tetraalkylsuccinonitriles and of meso-2,3-dimethyl-2,3-diphenylsuccinonitrile were determined.Relationships between ΔG* (300 deg C), ΔH* and ΔS* of the thermolysis reaction on the one hand and the change in strain enthalpy during bond dissociation on the other are pointed out.A force field procedure for the estimation of the strain in α-cyanoalkyl radicals is presented.A quantitative separation of the steric and resonance effects responsible for the thermal dissociation pro cess was achieved successfully.A resonance energy of 5.3 kcal*mol-1 was deduced for tertiary α-cyanoalkyl radicals in agreement with the most recent literature data.
- Barbe, Werner,Beckhaus, Hans-Dieter,Ruechardt, Christoph
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- The Conversion of Aldehydes and Ketones via their 2,4,6-Tri-isopropylbenzenesulphonyl Hydrazones into Nitriles containing One Additional Carbon Atom
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2,4,6-Tri-isopropylbenzenesulphonyl hydrazones of aliphatic and alicyclic aldehydes and ketones react readily with potassium cyanide in boiling methanol solution to give the corresponding nitriles (containing one more carbon atom than the original aldehyde or ketone) in satisfactory yield. Under the same conditions, benzaldehyde 2,4,6-tri-isopropylbenzenesulphonyl hydrazone gives phenylacetonitrile in very low yield.In some cases, the arenesulphonyl hydrazones may be generated in situ, in methanol solution, from the carbonyl compounds and 2,4,6-tri-isopropylbenzenesulphonohydrazide (11a), thereby constituting a one-pot preparation or the nitriles.
- Jiricny, Josef,Orere, Daniel M.,Reese, Colin B.
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p. 1487 - 1492
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- Reaction of Guanidinium Salts with Alkyl Bromides and Acid Chlorides
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The guanidinium salt 1a reacts with alkyl bromides 2a-g and acid chlorides 2h-k to give the nitriles 3a-g and the acyl cyanides 3h-k, respectively.Acyl isocyanates 4a,b have been obtained from the guanidinium cyanate 1d and the acid chlorides 2h,l.Reaction of the alkyl bromides 2b,c,m,n and acid chlorides 2h,l with the guanidinium thiocyanate 1e affords alkyl thiocyanates 5a-d and acyl isothiocyanates 6a,b, respectively.
- Kantlehner, Willi,Kapassakalidis, Johannis J.,Speh, Peter,Braeuner, Hans-Juergen
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p. 389 - 393
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