Catalytic functionalization of methane and light alkanes in supercritical carbon dioxide
The development of catalytic methods for the effective functionalization of methane yet remains a challenge. The best system known to date is the so-called Catalytica Process based on the use of platinum catalysts to convert methane into methyl bisulfate with a TOF rate of 10-3 s. In this contribution, we report a series of silver complexes containing perfluorinated tris(indazolyl)borate ligands that catalyze the functionalization of methane into ethyl propionate upon reaction with ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) by using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) as the reaction medium. The employment of this reaction medium has also allowed the functionalization of ethane, propane, butane, and isobutane.
Fuentes, M. Angeles,Olmos, Andrea,Caballero, Ana,Perez, Pedro J.,Munoz, Bianca K.,Jacob, Kane,Etienne, Michel,Gonzalez-Nunez, M. Elena,Mello, Rossella,Asensio, Gregorio
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p. 11013 - 11018,6
(2015/01/07)
Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated esters
(Chemical Equation Presented) Stable dinuclear Cu complexes have been used to catalyze the conjugate addition of inexpensive and readily available Grignard reagents to acyclic α,β-unsaturated esters. The method provides the correspending β-substituted optically active esters in high yields and with excellent enantioselectivities (see scheme). R3 = cyclohexyl, R 4 = Ph or R3 = Ph, R4 = cyclohexyl.
Lopez, Fernando,Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R.,Meetsma, Auke,Minnaard, Adriaan J.,Feringa, Ben L.
p. 2752 - 2756
(2007/10/03)
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