Enable biomass-derived alcohols mediated alkylation and transfer hydrogenation

X Liu, L Huang, Y Ma, G She, P Zhou, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A single-atom catalyst with generally regarded inert Zn–N4 motifs derived from ZIF-8 is
unexpectedly efficient for the activation of alcohols, enabling alcohol-mediated alkylation …

Recent Developments in Reactions and Catalysis of Protic Pyrazole Complexes

WS Lin, S Kuwata - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Protic pyrazoles (N-unsubstituted pyrazoles) have been versatile ligands in various fields,
such as materials chemistry and homogeneous catalysis, owing to their proton-responsive …

Recent Developments of Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Nitriles and Alcohols

X Cai, X Wei, M Huang - ChemistrySelect, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cross‐coupling of nitriles and alcohols offers an environmentally friendly and atom‐
economical method for the synthesis of various valuable compounds. These compounds …

Manganese-Catalyzed Chemoselective Hydrosilylation of Nitroarenes: Sustainable Route to Aromatic Amines

RR Behera, S Panda, R Ghosh, AA Kumar… - Organic Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein we report efficient catalytic hydrosilylations of nitroarenes to form the corresponding
aromatic amines using a well-defined manganese (II)–NNO pincer complex with a low …

Oxygen-Dependent Ligand-Controlled Iron-Catalyzed Chemoselective Synthesis of Olefins and Vinyl Nitriles

AK Guin, S Chakraborty, S Khanra, S Chakraborty… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
An oxygen-dependent ligand-controlled chemoselective synthesis of vinyl nitriles and E-
olefins by coupling a variety of alcohols and benzyl cyanides, catalyzed by a well …

Copper-catalyzed C (sp 3)–H alkylation of fluorene with primary and secondary alcohols using a borrowing hydrogen method

R Saha, SK Maharana, NC Jana, B Bagh - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the limited success of copper-catalyzed alkylations,(NNS) CuCl proved to be an
effective catalyst for the sp3 C–H alkylation of fluorene with alcohols. Various primary …

Nickel-catalyzed α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles with challenging secondary alcohols

R Saha, S Panda, A Nanda, B Bagh - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nickel (II) complex 1 was utilized as a sustainable catalyst for α-alkylation of arylacetonitriles
with challenging secondary alcohols. Arylacetonitriles with a wide range of functional groups …

Heteroditopic NHC Ligand Supported Manganese (I) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity as Non‐bifunctional Phosphine‐Free Catalyst for the α …

SNR Donthireddy, A Rit - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the present work, several manganese (I) complexes of chelating heteroditopic ligands
Mn1–3, featuring ImNHC (imidazol‐2‐ylidene) connected to a 1, 2, 3‐triazole‐N or tzNHC …

An experimental and computational study of new spiro-barbituric acid pyrazoline scaffolds: restricted rotation vs. annular tautomerism

A Alizadeh, A Bagherinejad, J Kayanian… - New journal of …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
A regioselective [3+ 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction to synthesize unsymmetric spiro-
barbituric pyrazolines containing a chromone or phenolic pyrazole moiety was achieved …

Secondary Alcohol-Driven α-Olefination and α-Alkylation of Nitriles: Introducing a Heterogeneous Ru–Fe Bimetallic Catalyst

T Li, YY Da, J Chen, Z Ma, Y Jin, J Ma, R Li - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
A catalytic strategy employing a Ru–Fe bimetallic heterogeneous catalyst is presented for α-
olefination and α-alkylation of nitriles using secondary alcohols. Currently, catalysis for this …