Plant cell cultures effectively convert terpenoid and aromatic alcohols into glycosides. A quantitative comparison showed a culture of peppermint (Mentha piperita) to be the most active among four species examined. The synthesis of glycosides was affected by the concentration of substrate, incubation period, cell age and aggregation, and by light. Conversion rates of exogenous alcohols were gre...

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.

In hydroformylation, phosphorus-based directing groups have been consistently successful at placing the aldehyde on the carbon proximal to the directing group. The design and synthesis of a novel catalytic directing group are reported that promotes aldehyde formation on the carbon distal relative to the directing functionality. This scaffolding ligand, which operates through a reversible covale...

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...

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...

Copper-catalyzed direct conversion of benzylic alcohols to aryl nitriles was realized using NH3(aq.) as the nitrogen source, O2 as the oxidant and TEMPO as the co-catalyst. Furthermore, copper-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of primary aryl amides from alcohols was also achieved.