Dehydrogenation of Phenols. II. Dehydrogenation Polymers from Guaiacol.

Palladium-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of substituted cyclohexanones to phenols.

Aromatic molecules are key constituents of many pharmaceuticals, electronic materials, and commodity plastics. The utility of these molecules directly reflects the identity and pattern of substituents on the aromatic ring. Here, we report a palladium(II) catalyst system, incorporating an unconventional ortho-dimethylaminopyridine ligand, for the conversion of substituted cyclohexanones to the c...

Modeling lignin polymerization. I. Simulation model of dehydrogenation polymers.

Lignin is a heteropolymer that is thought to form in the cell wall by combinatorial radical coupling of monolignols. Here, we present a simulation model of in vitro lignin polymerization, based on the combinatorial coupling theory, which allows us to predict the reaction conditions controlling the primary structure of lignin polymers. Our model predicts two controlling factors for the beta-O-4 ...

Dehydrogenation by Heterogeneous Catalysts

Dehydrogenation of Benzene on Liquid

The reactions of benzene on Al100 + have been investigated as a function of cluster temperature (300−1100 K) and relative kinetic energy (1−14 eV) by low-energy ion-beam methods and mass spectrometry. Benzene chemisorbs on both solid and liquid aluminum clusters to generate Al100C6D6 . A series of Al100−n + (n = 1, 2, 3, ...) products was also observed. As the cluster temperature was raised abo...

The dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane catalysed by dicarbonylruthenacyclic(II) complexes.

The reactivity of ruthenacyclic compounds towards ammonia-borane's dehydrogenation was investigated by considering both hydrolytic and anhydrous conditions. The study shows that the highly soluble μ-chlorido dicarbonylruthenium(II) dimeric complex derived from 4-tert-butyl,2-(p-tolyl)pyridine promotes, with an activation energy E(a) of 22.8 kcal mol(-1), the complete hydrolytic dehydrogenation ...