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Umpolung reactions in an ionic liquid catalyzed by electrogenerated N-heterocyclic carbenes. Synthesis of saturated esters from activated α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
Feroci, Marta,Chiarotto, Isabella,Orsini, Monica,Pelagalli, Romina,Inesi, Achille
, p. 5361 - 5363 (2012)
The umpolung reaction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes to saturated esters has been carried out in an ionic liquid by organocatalysis of electrogenerated NHC. The roles of solvent, precatalyst and proton donor of the ionic liquid have been verified and good to high yields of esters have been obtained using a "green" and mild methodology.
Imidazolium Based Fluorous N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Effective and Recyclable Organocatalysts for Redox Esterification
?ervenková ??astná, Lucie,Bílková, Veronika,Cézová, Tereza,Cu?ínová, Petra,Karban, Jind?ich,?ermák, Jan,Krupková, Alena,Stra?ák, Tomá?
, p. 3591 - 3598 (2020/06/17)
A series of new highly fluorophilic ionic liquids (f > 110) was synthetized from 3-iodopropyltris(3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-tridecafluorooctyl)silane and N-alkyl imidazoles, followed by anion exchange. N-heterocyclic carbenes generated in situ from obtained imidazolium salts were employed to catalyze redox esterification (umpolung) of cinnamaldehyde with alcohols. The most effective N-methyl derivative with iodide as a counter anion was studied in detail with respect to the optimization of reaction conditions, substrate scope and recyclability. Recovery of the precatalyst was achieved using either fluorous extraction or performing the reaction in suitable fluorous biphase system with direct recycling of the fluorinated precatalyst phase. For both tested options, the catalytic activity did not significantly decrease within 5 subsequent cycles. The redox esterification was shown to proceed also in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) as an alternative solvent where the activity of the fluorinated catalyst was also superior to the nonfluorinated model, while retaining the benefit of easy recycling.
