2437-25-4Relevant articles and documents
Fatty acid methyl esters into nitriles: Acid-base properties for enhanced catalysts
Mekki-Berrada,Bennici,Gillet,Couturier,Dubois,Auroux
, p. 30 - 37 (2013)
Fatty nitriles have lately become of interest in the frame of biofuels or for the valorization of the oil part of biomass as fine chemicals such as polymers. The production of long-chain fatty nitriles by direct reaction of esters with ammonia has however not been academically extensively studied, although several catalysts were developed and published in patents. Acid-base features are implicitly considered as leading the catalysis of this reaction, but no direct correlation was investigated with any nature or number of acidic or basic sites. The present study aims at understanding which sites are responsible of this reaction and thus how to design better catalysts. Strong acidity correlates at 300 C for ester conversion and nitrile yield, suggesting a common nature of the reaction among all kinds of catalysts. An upper strength limit, over which undesirable side-products appear, was evaluated, and the factors influencing the production of N-methyl amide were analyzed.
Facile dehydration of primary amides to nitriles catalyzed by lead salts: The anionic ligand matters
Ruan, Shixiang,Ruan, Jiancheng,Chen, Xinzhi,Zhou, Shaodong
, (2020/12/09)
The synthesis of nitrile under mild conditions was achieved via dehydration of primary amide using lead salts as catalyst. The reaction processes were intensified by not only adding surfactant but also continuously removing the only by-product, water from the system. Both aliphatic and aromatic nitriles can be prepared in this manner with moderate to excellent yields. The reaction mechanisms were obtained with high-level quantum chemical calculations, and the crucial role the anionic ligand plays in the transformations were revealed.
A Molecular Iron-Based System for Divergent Bond Activation: Controlling the Reactivity of Aldehydes
Chatterjee, Basujit,Jena, Soumyashree,Chugh, Vishal,Weyhermüller, Thomas,Werlé, Christophe
, p. 7176 - 7185 (2021/06/30)
The direct synthesis of amides and nitriles from readily available aldehyde precursors provides access to functional groups of major synthetic utility. To date, most reliable catalytic methods have typically been optimized to supply one product exclusively. Herein, we describe an approach centered on an operationally simple iron-based system that, depending on the reaction conditions, selectively addresses either the C=O or C-H bond of aldehydes. This way, two divergent reaction pathways can be opened to furnish both products in high yields and selectivities under mild reaction conditions. The catalyst system takes advantage of iron's dual reactivity capable of acting as (1) a Lewis acid and (2) a nitrene transfer platform to govern the aldehyde building block. The present transformation offers a rare control over the selectivity on the basis of the iron system's ionic nature. This approach expands the repertoire of protocols for amide and nitrile synthesis and shows that fine adjustments of the catalyst system's molecular environment can supply control over bond activation processes, thus providing easy access to various products from primary building blocks.
Method for catalyzing receptor-free dehydrogenation of primary amine to generate nitrile by Ru coordination compound
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Paragraph 0034-0039; 0249-0254, (2020/09/16)
The invention discloses a method for catalyzing receptor-free dehydrogenation of primary amine to generate nitrile by a Ru coordination compound. The method comprises: adding a Ru coordination compound, an alkali, a primary amine and an organic solvent into a reaction test tube according to a mol ratio of 1:100:(100-500):1000-3000, and carrying out a stirring reaction under the condition of 80 to120 DEG C; and when gas chromatography monitors that the raw materials completely disappear, stopping the reaction, collecting the reaction solution, centrifuging the reaction solution, taking the supernatant, extracting with dichloromethane, merging the organic phases, drying, filtering, evaporating the organic solvent under reduced pressure to obtain a filtrate, and carrying out column chromatography purification on the filtrate to obtain the target product nitrile. According to the invention, the catalyst is good in activity, single in catalytic system, good in product selectivity, simple in subsequent treatment and good in system universality after the reaction is finished, has a good catalytic effect on various aryl, alkyl and heteroaryl substituted primary amines, and also has a gooddehydrogenation performance on secondary amines.