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Yolk-shell-structured mesoporous silica: A bifunctional catalyst for nitroaldol-Michael one-pot cascade reaction
An, Juzeng,Cheng, Tanyu,Xiong, Xi,Wu, Liang,Han, Bin,Liu, Guohua
, p. 5714 - 5720 (2016/07/21)
Great interest in heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis has focused on obtaining an enantioselective cascade reaction through a controllable active site-isolated heterogeneous catalyst. Herein, we utilize a yolk-shell-structured mesoporous silica and assemble an active site-isolated bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst, where chiral cinchonine-based squaramide molecules are anchored within a silicate channel as an outer shell while amine-functionalities are entrapped onto a silicate yolk as an inner core. Structural analyses and characterizations of the heterogeneous catalyst reveal its well-defined single-site chiral active species within its silicate network. Electron microscopy confirms the yolk-shell-structured mesoporous material. As presented in this study, as a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst, it enables an efficiently nitroaldol-Michael cascade reaction to conduct the three-component coupling of nitromethane, aldehyde and acetylacetone into various chiral diones with high yields and up to 99% enantioselectivities in a one-pot process. As expected, this active site-isolated catalyst not only enhances the catalytic selectivity of the first-step nitroaldol condensation, but also keeps the enantioselectivity of the second-step Michael addition. Moreover, the heterogeneous catalyst can be also recovered easily and recycled repeatedly, making it an interesting feature in a three-component organic transformation.
