711-33-1Relevant articles and documents
α-Methylation of Ketones with Methanol Catalyzed by Ni/SiO2-Al2O3
Charvieux, Aubin,Duguet, Nicolas,Métay, Estelle
supporting information, p. 3694 - 3698 (2019/06/13)
α-Methylation of ketones with methanol catalyzed by a cheap and easy to handle Ni/SiO2-Al2O3 was explored. After optimization of the reaction between propiophenone and methanol, the desired product was obtained in 95 % isolated yield. A wide range of ketones was methylated under the optimized conditions (16 examples). This procedure was extended to a three-component cross-benzylation-methylation of acetophenone.
A Coupling Approach for the Generation of α,α-Bis(enolate) Equivalents: Regioselective Synthesis of gem-Difunctionalized Ketones
Iacono, Carmelo E.,Stephens, Thomas C.,Rajan, Teena S.,Pattison, Graham
supporting information, p. 2036 - 2040 (2018/02/19)
Regioselective α,α-difunctionalization adjacent to a ketone is a significant synthetic challenge. Here, we present a solution to this problem through the transition-metal-free coupling of esters with geminal bis(boron) compounds. This forms an α,α-bis(enolate) equivalent which can be trapped with electrophiles including alkyl halides and fluorinating agents. This presents an efficient, convergent synthetic strategy for the synthesis of unsymmetrical blocked ketones.
Alcohol Oxidations Using Reduced Polyoxovanadates
Campbell, McKenzie L.,Sulejmanovic, Dino,Schiller, Jacqueline B.,Turner, Emily M.,Hwu, Shiou-Jyh,Whitehead, Daniel C.
, (2017/03/20)
A full account of our recently communicated room temperature alcohol oxidation using reduced polyoxovanadates (r-POVs) is presented. Extensive optimizations revealed optimal conditions employing 0.02 equiv. of r-POV catalyst Cs5(V14As8O42Cl), 5 equiv. tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide (tBuOOH) as the terminal co-oxidant, in an acetone solvent for the quantitative oxidation of aryl-substituted secondary alcohols to their ketone products. The substrate scope tolerates most aryl substituted secondary alcohols in good to quantitative yields while alkyl secondary and primary activated alcohols were sluggish in comparison under similar conditions. Catalyst recyclability was successful on a 1.0?mmol scale of starting alcohol 1-phenylethanol. The oxidation was also successfully promoted by the VIV/VV mixed valent polyoxovanadate (POV) Cs11Na3Cl5(V15O36Cl). Finally, a third POV, Cs2.64(V5O9)(AsO4)2, was investigated for catalytic activity using our established reaction protocol, but proved ineffective as compared to the other two r-POV catalysts. This study expands the field of POM-mediated alcohol oxidations to include underexplored r-POV catalysts. While our catalysts do not supplant the best catalysts known for the transformation, their study may inform the development of other novel oxidative transformations mediated by r-POVs.
