An efficient method for the synthesis of 1,3,5-triazines by NIS-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of alcohols with amidines has been developed. The reaction works smoothly under transition-metal free and phosphine-free conditions to afford a wide range of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives in moderate to good yields. The synthetic methodology was achieved via in situ oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes.

An unprecedented silver-catalyzed cascade reaction of tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) with propargylic alcohols for the efficient synthesis of (E)-vinyl sulfones has been developed where TosMIC plays a dual role as both the reactant in the allenylation of propargylic alcohols and the sulfonyl source.

TiO(2) loading Pt nanoparticles (Pt@TiO(2)) promote one-pot synthesis of imines from alcohols and amines under UV irradiation at room temperature. This is achieved via a Pt-assisted photocatalytic oxidation of alcohols and a catalytic condensation of the formed aldehydes with amines on the TiO(2) surface.

An efficient one-pot synthesis of optically active β-alkyl-substituted alcohols through a tandem coppercatalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) with organolithium reagents and reductive ozonolysis is presented. Furthermore, hydroboration−oxidation following the Cucatalyzed AAA leads to the corresponding homochiral γalkyl-substituted alcohols.

The base-catalyzed allylic borylation of tertiary allylic alcohols allows the synthesis of 1,1-disubstituted allyl boronates, in moderate to high yield. The unexpected tandem performance of the Lewis acid-base adduct, [Hbase](+) [MeO-B2 pin2 ](-) favored the formation of 1,2,3-triborylated species from the tertiary allylic alcohols and 1-propargylic cyclohexanol at 90 °C.

Stable F-T-based catalyst development in direct CO hydrogenation to higher alcohols is still a challenge at present. In this study, CuFe/SiO2 catalysts with SiO2 support treated piranha solution were prepared and evaluated long-term reaction. The showed total alcohols’ selectivity great stability during reaction of more than 90 h. It was found that the treatment enriched surface hydroxyl groups...

In recent years, there has been a large number of what are called standard preparations, such as asymmetric hydrogenation using asymmetric reduction catalysts typified by BINAP and methods using enzymatic hydrolysis, that are reliable from an industrial point of view for the synthesis of optically active secondary alcohols. Furthermore, there are many producers of pharmaceutical intermediates t...

A readily available pincer ruthenium(II) complex catalyzes the selective monoalkylation of (hetero)aromatic amines with a wide range of primary alcohols (including pyridine-, furan-, and thiophene-substituted alcohols) with high efficiency when used in low catalyst loadings (1 mol %). Tertiary amine formation via polyalkylation does not occur, making this ruthenium system an excellent catalyst ...

Metal-free, operationally simple, and highly efficient one-pot aerobic process for the synthesis of functionalized/annulated quinolines is devised from easily available 2-aminobenzyl alcohol/2-aminobenzophenones and alkyl/aryl alcohols for the first time. The process involves two sequential reactions, namely in situ aerial oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes/ketones followed by...