MgO has been shown to catalyze an almost quantitative hydrogen transfer from 2-octanol as the donor benzophenone form benzhydrol, a useful intermediate product in pharmaceutical industry. The series of alcohols carbonyl group benzophenone, its ten derivatives, four polycyclic ketones, and 2-naphthyl phenyl ketone was carried out liquid (LP) or vapor phase (VP). dependence reactivity on structur...

A novel DNA-based hybrid catalyst comprised of salmon testes DNA and an iron(III) complex of a cationic meso-tetrakis(N-alkylpyridyl)porphyrin was developed. When the N-methyl substituents were placed at the ortho position with respect to the porphyrin ring, high reactivity in catalytic carbene-transfer reactions was observed under mild conditions, as demonstrated in the catalytic enantioselect...

Using methanesulfonic acid as a catalyst, a series of cyclododeceno[b]indene derivatives were synthesized by the cyclization of alpha-benzylcyclododecanones, which were prepared by the reactions of cyclododecanones with a variety of substituted benzyl chlorides or bromides using NaH as a base. Their structures were confirmed by mp, IR spectra, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, MS, and x-ray diffraction. The pre...

3,5-Bis(4-chlorobenzylidene)-1-ethylpiperidin-4-one (1b) was condensed with malononitrile or cyanothioacetamide to yield pyranopyridine 2 and thiopyridopyridine 3b, respectively. Treatment of compound 3b with methyl iodide or ethyl chloroacetate in the presence of a base catalyst gave the corresponding compounds 4 and 5. Compound 3b was reacted with 2-chloro-N-arylacetamide derivatives to yield...

A catalyst for the intramolecular direct arylation of a broad range of simple and heterocyclic arenes with aryl iodides, bromides, and chlorides has been developed. These reactions occur in excellent yield and are highly selective. Studies with aryl iodides substrates revealed that catalyst poisoning occurs due to the accumulation of iodide in the reaction media. This can be overcome by the add...

Paralysis in man and the domestic fowl caused by "ToCP" (tri-cresyl phosphate, tri-tolyl phosphate or TTP) is reviewed, and the search for a non-toxic plasticizer derived either from TTP or tri-xylenyl phosphate (tri-dimethylphenyl phosphate or TXP) is described. It had been previously shown that the ortho-tolyl esters are toxic but we found that their removal does not make the mixture non-toxi...

When dihydroxylated benzenes are oxidized, during the initial minutes there is an elevated consumption of dissolved oxygen (DO), achieving a minimum value. Next, DO increases following second order kinetics, whose reaction rates depend on the nature of the compounds. In this stage, occurs the catalyst regeneration that releases oxygen, being possible to establish a relation-ship between the rat...

Cationic palladium(II) complexes have been found to be highly reactive towards aromatic C-H activation of arylureas at room temperature. A commercially available catalyst [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2 or a nitrile-free cationic palladium(II) complex generated in situ from the reaction of Pd(OAc)2 and HBF4, effectively catalyzes C-H activation/cross-coupling reactions between aryl iodides, arylboronic acids...

Ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes with phosphine-functionalized PNS type thiosemicarbazone ligands [RuCl(CO)(EPh3)(L)] (1-6) (E = P or As, L = 2-(2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene) thiosemicarbazone (PNS-H), 2-(2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene)-N-methylthiosemicarbazone (PNS-Me), 2-(2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene)-N-phenylthiosemicarbazone (PNS-Ph)) have been synthesized and characterized by el...

We report NMR Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange (SABRE) hyperpolarization of the rare isotopes in "neat" liquids, each composed only of an otherwise pure target compound with isotopic natural abundance (n.a.) and millimolar concentrations of dissolved catalyst. Pyridine (Py) or Py derivatives are studied at 0.4% isotopic natural abundance ¹⁵N, deuterated, ¹⁵N enriched, and in various ...