818-58-6Relevant articles and documents
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Benkeser,R.A. et al.
, p. 132 - 137 (1969)
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Directing Selectivity to Aldehydes, Alcohols, or Esters with Diphobane Ligands in Pd-Catalyzed Alkene Carbonylations
Aitipamula, Srinivasulu,Britovsek, George J. P.,Nobbs, James D.,Tay, Dillon W. P.,Van Meurs, Martin
, p. 1914 - 1925 (2021/06/28)
Phenylene-bridged diphobane ligands with different substituents (CF3, H, OMe, (OMe)2, tBu) have been synthesized and applied as ligands in palladium-catalyzed carbonylation reactions of various alkenes. The performance of these ligands in terms of selectivity in hydroformylation versus alkoxycarbonylation has been studied using 1-hexene, 1-octene, and methyl pentenoates as substrates, and the results have been compared with the ethylene-bridged diphobane ligand (BCOPE). Hydroformylation of 1-octene in the protic solvent 2-ethyl hexanol results in a competition between hydroformylation and alkoxycarbonylation, whereby the phenylene-bridged ligands, in particular, the trifluoromethylphenylene-bridged diphobane L1 with an electron-withdrawing substituent, lead to ester products via alkoxycarbonylation, whereas BCOPE gives predominantly alcohol products (n-nonanol and isomers) via reductive hydroformylation. The preference of BCOPE for reductive hydroformylation is also seen in the hydroformylation of 1-hexene in diglyme as the solvent, producing heptanol as the major product, whereas phenylene-bridged ligands show much lower activities in this case. The phenylene-bridged ligands show excellent performance in the methoxycarbonylation of 1-octene to methyl nonanoate, significantly better than BCOPE, the opposite trend seen in hydroformylation activity with these ligands. Studies on the hydroformylation of functionalized alkenes such as 4-methyl pentenoate with phenylene-bridged ligands versus BCOPE showed that also in this case, BCOPE directs product selectivity toward alcohols, while phenylene-bridge diphobane L2 favors aldehyde formation. In addition to ligand effects, product selectivities are also determined by the nature and the amount of the acid cocatalyst used, which can affect substrate and aldehyde hydrogenation as well as double bond isomerization.
Modulation of N^N′-bidentate chelating pyridyl-pyridylidene amide ligands offers mechanistic insights into Pd-catalysed ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymerisation
ó Máille, Gearóid M.,Albrecht, Martin,Dall'Anese, Anna,Grossenbacher, Philipp,Milani, Barbara,Montini, Tiziano
, p. 6133 - 6145 (2021/05/19)
The efficient copolymerisation of functionalised olefins with alkenes continues to offer considerable challenges to catalyst design. Based on recent work using palladium complexes containing a dissymmetric N^N′-bidentate pyridyl-PYA ligand (PYA = pyridylidene amide), which showed a high propensity to insert methyl acrylate, we have here modified this catalyst structure by inserting shielding groups either into the pyridyl fragment, or the PYA unit, or both to avoid fast β-hydrogen elimination. While a phenyl substituent at the pyridyl side impedes catalytic activity completely and leads to an off-cycle cyclometallation, the introduction of an ortho-methyl group on the PYA side of the N^N′-ligand was more prolific and doubled the catalytic productivity. Mechanistic investigations with this ligand system indicated the stabilisation of a 4-membered metallacycle intermediate at room temperature, which has previously been postulated and detected only at 173 K, but never observed at ambient temperature so far. This intermediate was characterised by solution NMR spectroscopy and rationalises, in part, the formation of α,β-unsaturated esters under catalytic conditions, thus providing useful principles for optimised catalyst design.
Palladium-Catalyzed Methoxycarbonylation of 1,3-Butadiene to Methyl-3-Pentenoate: Introduction of a Continuous Process
Han, Li-Jun,Ma, Shuang-Shuang,Rao, Chong-Shun,Sheng, Gui-Yang,Xu, Bao-Hua,Zhang, Jun-Ping
, p. 283 - 290 (2021/10/27)
The base-assisted Pd(cod)Cl2/Xantphos-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of 1,3-butadiene (BD) to methyl-3-pentenoate (MP) was explored. Mechanistic studies suggest the excessive Xantphos (beyond an equimolar amount per Pd) as well as its substitute, pyridines of proper steric and electronic functionality, do participate the catalytic cycle and significantly reduce the activation energy by accelerating the rate-limiting methanolysis step. As thus, all the reaction parameters, especially the solvents, were optimized based on the Pd(cod)Cl2/Xantphos/4-hexylpyridine catalytic system, enabling the construction of a continuous process. Systematic optimization demonstrates that a yield of 82% of MP with a purity of 99.8% could be reached under steady-state operation.
