Since the innovative work of Terada and Akiyama, asymmetric reaction using chiral Brønsted acid has attracted great attention. Asymmetric aldol reactions are extensively studied in different organocatalysis. acid-catalyzed may be carried out directly without modification substrates or Mukaiyama type silyl enol ether as nucleophiles. The proceed through formation intermediate followed by attack ...

Everted membrane vesicles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 harboring plasmid pCRO616, expressing the ChrA chromate resistance protein, accumulated four times more (51)CrO(4)(2-) than vesicles from plasmidless cells, indicating that a chromate efflux system functions in the resistant strain. Chromate uptake showed saturation kinetics with an apparent K(m) of 0.12 mM chromate and a V(max) of 0. 5 n...

The new rhodium(I) complexes [Rh(Cl)(COD)(R-NHC-(CH2)3Si(O Pr3)3)] (R = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl (2a); n-butyl (2b)) have been synthesised and fully characterised. The study of their application as ketone hydrosilylation catalysts showed a clear N-substituent effect, 2a being the most active catalyst precursor. Complex 2a has been immobilised in the mesoporous materials MCM-41 and KIT-6. The new h...

The cationic [2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxazolinato(-2)]oxorhenium(v) complex promotes oxidative dehydrogenation of organosilanes with water and alcohols in a catalytic manner to give excellent yields of silanols and silyl ethers, respectively. The reactions proceed conveniently under ambient and open-flask conditions with low catalyst loading (<or=1 mol%). The scope of the reaction with water is ...

Re(VII) oxides catalyze the acetalization, monoperoxyacetalization, monothioacetalization and allylation of hemiacetals. The reactions, which take place under mild conditions and at low catalyst loadings, can be conducted using hemiacetals, the corresponding O-silyl ethers, and, in some cases, the acetal dimers. Aldehydes react under similar conditions to furnish good yields of dithioacetals. R...

Regioselective C-H functionalization of arenes has widespread applications in synthetic chemistry. The regioselectivity of these reactions is often controlled by directing groups or steric hindrance ortho to a potential reaction site. Here, we report a catalytic intermolecular C-H silylation of unactivated arenes that manifests very high regioselectivity through steric effects of substituents m...

Methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) complexed with pyridine was shown to be a highly effective catalyst for the regioselective monoepoxidation of conjugated di- and trienes using 30% H2O2 at or below room temperature. The resultant allylic epoxides, and the triols derived from them, are versatile synthetic intermediates as well as substructures present in many bioactive natural products. The site of epox...

a green, efficient and selective approach for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides and sulfones with uhp at room temperature is reported. the reaction is performed in the presence of vanadia catalyst supported on mesocellular silica foam (mcf) with a v content ranging from 2% to 10% as heterogeneous and reusable catalyst. the structural and textural characterization of this catalyst were don...

A single clean, good-yielding, environment-friendly microwave-assisted procedure for O-silylation of uridine with tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (TBDMSCl), 1,8-Diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene (DBU) and potassium nitrate as catalyst under solvent-free conditions is reported. Subsequent silyl ether deprotection accomplished a reusable acidic resin via microwave irradiation. Both the silylation d...