Progressive study on ruthenium catalysis for de (hydrogenative) alkylation and alkenylation using alcohols as a sustainable source

R Sharma, A Samanta, B Sardar, M Roy… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
At present, alcohols are considered sustainable starting materials that can be used in
organic synthesis for various organic transformations and the preparation of commodity …

Alcohols as Substrates in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Arylation, Alkylation, and Related Reactions

A Cook, SG Newman - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alcohols are abundant and attractive feedstock molecules for organic synthesis. Many
methods for their functionalization require them to first be converted into a more activated …

Carbon-increasing catalytic strategies for upgrading biomass into energy-intensive fuels and chemicals

H Li, A Riisager, S Saravanamurugan, A Pandey… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Ru-catalyzed selective catalytic methylation and methylenation reaction employing methanol as the C1 source

N Biswas, D Srimani - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Methanol can be employed as a green and sustainable methylating agent to form C–C and
C–N bonds via borrowing hydrogen (BH) methodology. Herein we explored the activity of …

Nickel-Catalyzed Guerbet Type Reaction: C-Alkylation of Secondary Alcohols via Double (de)Hydrogenation

R Babu, M Subaramanian, SP Midya… - Organic Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Acceptorless double dehydrogenative cross-coupling of secondary and primary alcohols
under nickel catalysis is reported. This Guerbet type reaction provides an atom-and a step …

Ruthenium (II)‐NNN‐Pincer‐Complex‐Catalyzed Reactions Between Various Alcohols and Amines for Sustainable C− N and C− C Bond Formation

M Maji, K Chakrabarti, B Paul, BC Roy… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An air and moisture stable 2‐hydroxypyridine based bifunctional ruthenium NNN‐pincer
complex catalyzed efficient (TON= 42840) N‐alkylation of amines under mild conditions …

Guerbet-type β-alkylation of secondary alcohols catalyzed by chromium chloride and its corresponding NNN pincer complex

H Narjinari, N Tanwar, L Kathuria, RV Jasra… - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The β-alkylation of secondary alcohols has been successfully accomplished using earth
abundant, inexpensive and environmentally benign 3d transition metal chromium salt CrCl3 …

Iron-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with secondary alcohols: access to β-Disubstituted carbonyl compounds

L Bettoni, S Gaillard, JL Renaud - Organic letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
An iron-catalyzed borrowing hydrogen strategy has been applied in the synthesis of β-
branched carbonyl compounds. Various secondary benzylic and aliphatic alcohols have …

Sustainable synthesis of N-heterocycles in water using alcohols following the double dehydrogenation strategy

M Maji, K Chakrabarti, D Panja, S Kundu - Journal of Catalysis, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study describes the first example of synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant N-
heterocycles like substituted quinolines, acridines and 1, 8-naphthyridines in water under air …

Cobalt‐catalyzed alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols via borrowing hydrogen/hydrogen autotransfer

F Freitag, T Irrgang, R Kempe - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohols are promising sustainable starting materials because they can be obtained from
abundant and indigestible biomass. The substitution of expensive noble metals in catalysis …