The selective preparation of monobenzyl glyceryl ethers, which are potential commodity chemicals with special functions, was explored to find new applications for glycerol. Among the acid catalysts investigated (sulfuric acid, heteropoly acid, Nafion(R), and zeolite), Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 (ZSM-5) afforded better results. The reaction of equimolar amounts of glycerol and benzyl alcohol at 150º...

A novel Brönsted-Lewis acidic heteropoly organic-inorganic salt has been prepared via the replacement of protons in neat phosphotungstic acid with both organic and metal cations. This hybrid catalyst, Sm0.33[TEAPS]2PW12O40, exhibited satisfactory performance in the dimerization of rosin to prepare polymerized rosin Under optimum conditions (15.0 g rosin and 5.0 g Sm0.33[TEAPS]2PW12O40 catalyst ...

β -Acetamido ketones are valuable building blocks for the preparation of β -amino ketones or β -amino alcohols such as the antibiotic nikkomycins [1] and neopolyoxines [2]. α-Acetamido ketones are obtained in the Dakin-West reaction [3] and β -acetamido ketones by the Iqbal route. In the latter, an aromatic aldehyde, an enolizable ketone and acetonitrile are condensed in the presence of acetyl ...

The methods of thermal analysis – thermogravimetry, differential were used to study the catalytic system phosphor-molybdenum heteropoly acid–aluminum oxide. It is shown that modification aluminum oxide has a direct effect on state acid. On surface ƞ-Al2O3, phosphomolybdic acid destroyed by interaction with strong Lewis’s sites carrier, while γ-Al2O3 it retains individuality, probably due multi...

The effects of oxidant and organic acid additives on the oxidative cross-coupling reactions of electron rich heterocycles such as benzofuran with benzene were studied. Both regioselectivity and reaction rate could be controlled by varying the condition parameters. Furthermore, mechanistic insight was achieved via kinetic studies which indicate that reactions that are oxidized by the heteropoly ...

The acute and accumulated toxicity of the rare earth borotungstate heteropoly blues, HPB-2, Ce2H3[BW9(VI)W2(V)Mn(H2O)O39].12H2O, which is active against influenza virus in Kunming mice, were investigated in Kunming mice following oral and intraperitoneal administration. The activity of HPB-2 against influenza virus (FM1) in the mice was then investigated. HPB-2, given either orally (p.o.) or in...