NHC-Pd-PEPPSI-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols and tandem Suzuki–Miyaura-coupling/α-alkylation reactions under borrowing hydrogen conditions were reported.

Amination of non-activated aliphatic fatty alcohols to the corresponding primary amines was achieved through a five-enzyme cascade reaction by coupling a long-chain alcohol oxidase from Aspergillus fumigatus (LCAO_Af) with a ω-transaminase from Chromobacterium violaceum (ω-TA_Cv). The alcohol was oxidized at the expense of molecular oxygen to yield the corresponding aldehyde, which was subseque...

In this work, we present a new catalytic system for the selective dehydrogenative oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids using a phosphine-free NHC-ruthenium catalyst in water under mild reaction conditions. With this catalytic system, a variety of primary alcohols have been converted to carboxylic acids respectively, in aqueous media, without using any additional oxidant; the only s...

The use of in situ generated (NHC)-Ni catalytic species (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) allows for the synthesis, in short reaction times, of a variety of tertiary alcohols from secondary alcohols through a domino oxidation-addition protocol.

Ethanol is one of the most promising renewable resources for producing key industrial commodities. Herein, we present direct conversion ethanol to either primary or secondary alcohols, hydrocarbons, using ruthenium PNP pincer complexes [(RPNP)RuHXCO] (R = iPr, Ph, Cy, tBu; X Cl, H–BH3) as catalysts. Using phenyl-substituted phosphines leads selective production alcohols over alcohols. Hence, em...

oniom calculation is carried out to estimate the acidity of five aliphatic alcohols before and after adsorbing on the tip of (8,0) single-walled carbon nanotube. the oniom method is performed using a combination of density functional theory and am1 semiemperical method for alcohols and their corresponding conjugated bases. deprotonation gibbs free energies of alcohols are calculated and compare...