On the role of promoters in hydrogenations on metals; α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones

1997 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ponec
Organics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Lakhdar Benhamed ◽  
Sidi Mohamed Mekelleche ◽  
Wafaa Benchouk

Experimentally, a reversal of chemoselectivity has been observed in catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes (e.g., (2E)-but-2-enal) and ketones (e.g., 2-hexen-4-one) with cyclopentadiene. Indeed, using the triflimidic Brønsted acid Tf2NH as catalyst, the reaction gave a Diels–Alder adduct derived from α,β-unsaturated ketone as a major product. On the other hand, the use of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane B(C6F5)3 bulky Lewis acid as catalyst gave mainly the cycloadduct of α,β-unsaturated aldehyde as a major product. Our aim in the present work is to put in evidence the role of the catalyst in the reversal of the chemoselectivity of the catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions of (2E)-but-2-enal and 2-Hexen-4-one with cyclopentadiene. The calculations were performed at the ωB97XD/6-311G(d,p) level of theory and the solvent effects of dichloromethane were taken into account using the PCM solvation model. The obtained results are in good agreement with experimental outcomes.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (79) ◽  
pp. 50343-50346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuru Xue ◽  
Mingming Niu ◽  
Yicheng Xu ◽  
Yanhua Wang

Highly efficient and recyclable thermoregulated phase-separable Rhnano catalysts applied for the selective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones are presented.


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