420results about "Organic substitution" patented technology

A continuous alkylation process performed in an apparatus comprising a series of at least two zone A reactors and a series of at least two zone B reactors, in which the zone A reactors and the zone B reactors cycle between alkylation mode and mild regeneration mode, and wherein the alkylation mode comprises introducing an alkylation agent into a first reactor of the zone through which the alkylatable compound passes, reacting a portion of the alkylatable compound with a portion of the alkylation agent to produce a product stream, and performing this operation at least once more in a downstream reactor in the same zone employing, instead of alkylatable compound, a stream comprising the product stream.

The present invention is a one-step method for efficiently converting carbon-hydrogen bonds into carbon-carbon bonds using a combination of aryl halides, a substrate, and a copper salt as catalyst. This method allows faster introduction of complex molecular entities, a process that would otherwise require many more steps. This invention is particularly relevant for the organic synthesis of complex molecules such as, but not limited to, pharmacophores and explosives.

This invention provides an air-enhanced method for preparing biphenyl compounds from chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons and aryl boric acid by Suzuki crosslinking reaction catalyzed by nanoscale Pd in situ grown in poly(ethylene glycol). The method does not need any ligand, phase transfer agent, promoter or inert gas protection. Catalyzed by nanoscale Pd in situ grown in poly (ethylene glycol), chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons and aryl boric acid react in a mild condition to obtain biphenyl compounds with a high efficiency. In an optimized condition, the conversion rate of chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons and the yield of biphenyl compounds are 95-100% and 90-99%, respectively.

The invention is directed to a process for preparing an alpha-arylated or vinylated carbonyl-containing compounds, comprising reacting a compound having a carbonyl group with an arylating or vinylating compound in the presence of a base and a transition metal catalyst. The transition metal catalyst has the formula XnM(ER1-4)m, wherein X is an optional ligand, M is a group 8 transition metal, E is an element bearing a nonbonding electron pair when E is not bonded to the metal, and R is a substituent bonded to E through a carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur atom, with the proviso that R3 cannot contain 3 aryl groups, n is an integer from 0 to 4, and m is an integer from 1-4. The process of the invention is useful for preparation of alpha-arylated or vinylated carbonyl-containing compounds which are significant in the development of pharmacologically active compounds and polymers and oligomers.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a sulfonated carbon solid acid catalyst, which uses a sulfonic aromatic compound to replace sulfuric acid. The method uses glucide as a raw material and an aromatic compound with sulfonic group as a sulfonating reagent to generate the carbon solid acid catalyst in one step through solvent heat treatment at a temperature of between 150 and 200 DEG C. The method has the advantages that the prepared solid acid has controllable surface acid content and good stability; the glucide as the raw material has rich resource and low price; the reaction condition is mild, and the preparation process is simple; and concentrated sulfuric acid or fuming sulfuric acid are not adopted as the sulfonating reagent, so equipment can be corroded less. The solid acid can be used as the catalyst of hydrolyzation of cellulose, alkylation reaction, biodiesel preparation and other reactions. Compared with the prior sulfuric acid catalyst, the catalyst has the advantages of non corrosion, easy separation, reusage and non production of waste acid or sewage, and has better advantages in the application field with special requirement, such as fine chemistry industry and pharmaceutical synthesis.

There is provided a novel process for production of a 2-(substituted phenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropene.

Disclosed is a process for production of a 2-(substituted phenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoropropene compound represented by the formula (7) or a salt thereof The process comprises reacting a compound represented by the formula (1) (X is an alkyl group, etc.) with a compound represented by the formula (2) (Y is a halogen atom, etc.) in the presence of a catalyst represented by the formula (3) (M is an ion of a metal belonging to Group 10 on the elementary periodic table which has an oxidation state number of 1 to 8; G is a unidentate or multidentate ligand; L is a phosphine compound represented by the formula (4) which is bound to the center metal M or is a carbene selected from those represented by the formulae (5) and (6), provided that L's may be same as or different from one another when a is 2 to 5; A represents a univalently or multivalently charged anion; b represents an integer of 1 to 3; a represents an integer of 1 to 5·b; c represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4·b; and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).

The invention relates to a metal-containing organosilica catalyst, and use thereof in metal-catalyzed reactions. The invention relates to a process of preparation of the metal-containing organosilica catalyst comprising i) mixing a silicon source with an hydrolytic solvent; ii) adding one or more metal catalyst or a precursor thereof; iii) treating the mixture of step ii) with a condensation catalyst and iv) optionally treating the mixture resulting from step iii) with one or more reducing or oxydating agent such as to provide the required oxidation level to the metal catalyst.

The present invention relates to a process for the arylation of olefins by reaction of haloaromatics or arylsulfonates with olefins in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a bulky nitrogen base and a salt.

This invention provides a process for conducting Kumada coupling reactions. The processes of the present invention make use of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ancillary ligands in Kumada couplings of aryl halides. A Kumada coupling can be carried out by mixing, in a liquid medium, at least one aryl halide, wherein the aryl halide has, directly bonded to the aromatic ring(s), at least one halogen atom selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom; at least one Grignard reagent; at least one metal compound comprising at least one metal atom selected from nickel, palladium, and platinum, wherein the formal oxidation state of the metal is zero or two; and at least one N-heterocyclic carbene. One preferred type of N-heterocyclic carbene is an imidazoline-2-ylidene of the formulawherein R1 and R2 are each, independently, alkyl or aryl groups having at least 3 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbyl group. Homocoupling of aryl pseudohalides is also feasible using the processes of this invention.

This invention provides a process for conducting amination reactions. The processes of the present invention make use of N-heterocyclic carbenes as ancillary ligands in aminations of aryl halides and aryl pseudohalides. An amination can be carried out by mixing, in a liquid medium, at least one strong base; at least one aryl halide or aryl pseudohalide in which all substituents are other than amino groups, wherein the aryl halide has, directly bonded to the aromatic ring(s), at least one halogen atom selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, and an iodine atom; at least one primary amine and/or at least one secondary amine; at least one metal compound comprising at least one metal atom selected from nickel, palladium, and platinum, wherein the formal oxidation state of the metal is zero or two; and at least one N-heterocyclic carbene. One preferred type of N-heterocyclic carbene is an imidazoline-2-ylidene of the formulawherein R1 and R2 are each, independently, alkyl or aryl groups having at least 3 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each, independently, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbyl group.

The invention relates to copper complexes of phosphorus compounds, to a process for their preparation and to their use in catalytic coupling reactions.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a magnetic sulfur-containing bidentate palladium ligand catalyst, relating to a preparation method of a catalyst and solving the problem of difficult recovery of the traditional homogeneous-phase palladium ligand catalyst. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) preparing a sulfur-containing bidentate ligand containing an active group; (2) preparing a Fe3O4-immobilized sulfur-containing bidentate ligand; and (3) preparing the magnetic sulfur-containing bidentate palladium ligand catalyst to obtain the magnetic sulfur-containing bidentate palladium ligand catalyst. By adopting the preparation method, the homogeneous-phase palladium ligand catalyst is immobilized on superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nano particles, and because the superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nano particles have the characteristics that the superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nano particles can be magnetized in an external magnetic field and the magnetism disappears when the external magnetic field is removed, the magnetic sulfur-containing bidentate palladium ligand catalyst can realize the recovery of the catalyst and has the advantages of simple operation and strong practicality.

The invention relates to a method for synthesizing a trifluorostyrene fluorine-containing monomer. The monomer is obtained by making halogenated trichloroethylene react with ArBR under the catalytic actions of tetra(triphenylphosphine) palladium and potassium phosphate at reflux temperature. Raw materials are readily available, and the method is easy and convenient, and is a method suitable for industrial production.

A method of crystallizing a crystalline molecular sieve having a pore size in the range of from about 2 to about 19 Å, said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a mixture comprising at least one source of ions of tetravalent element (Y), at least one hydroxide source (OH⁻), and water, said mixture having a solid-content in the range of from about 15 wt. % to about 50 wt. %; and (b) treating said mixture to form the desired crystalline molecular sieve with stirring at crystallization conditions sufficient to obtain a weight hourly throughput from about 0.005 to about 1 hr⁻¹, wherein said crystallization conditions comprise a temperature in the range of from about 200° C. to about 500° C. and a crystallization time less than 100 hr.

The invention discloses a palladium catalyst for catalyzing a Suzuki coupling reaction, a synthesis method, application and a ligand. The chemical structural formula of the palladium catalyst is Pd6(L11)8(NO3)12. The synthesis method comprises the following steps: (A) heating 2,4,6-triethyl-1,3,5-trimesic acid and SOCl2 of a refluxing volume to carry out a refluxing reaction until the system is clear; (B) adding 5-(4-pyridyl) tetrazole to the reaction system, keeping the refluxing reaction for 2-3 hours in anhydrous pyridine, separating and purifying to obtain the ligand L; and (C) heating the ligand L and palladium nitrate in DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide) at the temperature of 60-70 DEG C for carrying out the refluxing reaction for 2-3 hours, separating and purifying to obtain the catalyst Pd6L8(NO3)12. The invention further provides the application of the palladium catalyst in catalyzing the Suzuki coupling reaction and the ligand. An oxygen-free operation is not needed for the novel palladium catalyst provided by the invention, reagents with larger toxicity, such as toluene, are avoided, the reaction temperature and the reaction time are greatly reduced and shortened, and the activity of the catalyst is higher. The invention is hopefully widely applied on the aspects of medicinal molecules requiring a Suzuki coupling technology and the cleaner production of the ligand.

This invention relates to a process for the Heck coupling reaction where heterogeneous palladium catalysts are used to activate aryl halides for a carbon-carbon coupling with olefins in the presence a base and an aprotic solvent to produce aryl-olefin compounds. The process, in particular, provides for the use of aryl chlorides substituted with electron-withdrawing or electron-donating group for the cross coupling with olefins.

The invention provides a synthesis method for asymmetric conjugate diyne compound. According to the synthesis method, two kinds of different terminal alkynes are used as raw material, copper is used as catalyst, and the asymmetric conjugate diyne compound is synthesized; the copper which is cheap and easy to get is used as the catalyst, reaction is conducted in the air, precious metal and additive are not needed, prefunctionalization on the alkynes is not needed, special reaction conditions such as microwave radiation are not needed, and the production cost is lowered; the reaction condition is mild, the operation is simple, the applicability of substrate is wide, both the selectivity and productivity of product are high, and good industrial application prospect is achieved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of organic synthesis, and particularly relates to application of a cyclopalladated ferrocenylimines-phosphine adduct in the synthesis of a cyclopropyl alkyl aromatic compound. Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon Aryl-X, alkali and cyclopropyl borate which serve as raw materials, and the cyclopalladated ferrocenylimines-phosphine adduct is used as a catalyst. The catalyst has high stability, efficient catalytic activity and wide application range, and a corresponding coupling product can be synthesized in a mode of high yield (which is up to 96 percent) on the premise of small catalytic quantity; and the method is mild in reaction condition, wide in range of substrates and high in specifity of reaction.

The invention discloses a dual-core nickel cross-coupling reaction catalyst supported by N-heterocyclic carbine and a preparation method. Acetonitrile is taken as a solvent, N-heterocyclic carbine ligand and silver oxide in the molar ratio of 1: 3 to 1: 6 are added and stirred, the reaction is carried out for 10 to 15 hours away from light; Ni(DME)Cl2 or Ni(PPh3)2Cl2, Ni(DME)Cl2 or Ni(PPH3)2Cl2 and the N-heterocyclic carbine ligand in the molar ratio of 2: 1 to 3: 1 are added and filtered, the filtrate is condensed, ether is added for precipitation of yellow solids, the yellow solids are sequentially washed by ethanol and ether for 2 to 3 times, the acetonitrile is then used for dissolution, the ether is slowly added, and the dual-core nickel cross-coupling reaction catalyst supported by the N-heterocyclic carbine is obtained by crystallization. The novel dual-core nickel catalyst synthesized by the invention can play the synergy due to the shorter distance between two nickel atoms, the catalytic effect thereof is higher than the common palladium catalyst, thus having very ideal catalytic effect on chlorinated aryl compounds with cheap price and wide application prospect in fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries and being environment-friendly.