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This Account reports the synthesis and characterization of dendrimer-encapsulated metal nanoparticles and their applications to catalysis. These materials are prepared by sequestering metal ions within dendrimers followed by chemical reduction to yield the corresponding zerovalent metal nanoparticle. The size of such particles depends on the number of metal ions initially loaded into the dendrimer. Intradendrimer hydrogenation and carbon−carbon coupling reactions in water, organic solvents, biphasic fluorous/organic solvents, and supercritical CO2 are also described.

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Dendrimer-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications to Catalysis

: The unpolarized absorption and circular dichroism spectra of the fundamental vibrational transitions of the chiral molecule, 4-methyl-2-oxetanone, are calculated ab initio. Harmonic force fields are obtained using Density Functional Theory (DFT), MP2, and SCF methodologies and a 5S4P2D/3S2P (TZ2P) basis set. DFT calculations use the Local Spin Density Approximation (LSDA), BLYP, and Becke3LYP (B3LYP) density functionals. Mid-IR spectra predicted using LSDA, BLYP, and B3LYP force fields are of significantly different quality, the B3LYP force field yielding spectra in clearly superior, and overall excellent, agreement with experiment. The MP2 force field yields spectra in slightly worse agreement with experiment than the B3LYP force field. The SCF force field yields spectra in poor agreement with experiment.The basis set dependence of B3LYP force fields is also explored: the 6-31G* and TZ2P basis sets give very similar results while the 3-21G basis set yields spectra in substantially worse agreements with experiment. jg

Ab initio calculation of vibrational absorption and circular dichroism spectra using density functional force fields

Organic Chemistry By Dr. I. L. Finar. Vol. 2: Stereochemistry and the Chemistry of Natural Products. Pp. xi + 733. (London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1956.) 40s. net.

Advanced Organic Chemistry

Metal-mediated reductive hydrodehalogenation of organic halides.

a b s t r a c t The reactivity of several phenols toward liquid phase alkylation with cyclohexene in the presence of heterogeneous and homogeneous acid catalyst at 358 K is studied. The comparison between Amberlyst 15 and CH3SO3H, as examples of heterogeneous and homogeneous systems, shows a higher activity of the former with different behavior of selectivity between the two systems, anyway, in both systems O-alkylation and ring alkylations occur. A remarkable difference in the selectivity of the ring alkylation between heterogeneous and homogeneous systems is observed: Amberlyst 15 shows a constant ortho/para ratio close to 2, while in the presence of CH3SO3H ortho/para is variable from 3 to 5, suggesting an involvement of the cyclohexyl phenyl ether rearrangement. This is proved also by a direct relationship between the ortho/para ratio and the concentration of the cyclohexyl phenyl ether when CH3SO3H is used as a catalyst. The formation of cyclohexyl aryl ethers is reversible; on the contrary, ring alkylation appears irreversible. The reactivity of the dimethylphenols shows a strong influence of the steric hindrance of the substituent on the electrophilic attack of the cyclohexyl cation, which is poorly influenced by the inductive effect of the methyl group. © 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Acid catalyzed alkylation of phenols with cyclohexene: Comparison between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, influence of cyclohexyl phenyl ether equilibrium and of the substituent on reaction rate and selectivity

The influence of some preparative variables, of the metal loading and of the support on the activity of Ru catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene has been studied. The reaction has been carried out in a tetraphase reactor (in the presence of an aqueous solution of ZnSO4) at 423 K and 5 MPa pressure. The effect of hydrogen diffusion on the reaction kinetics and on cyclohexene selectivity was studied. The hydrophilicity of the support was related to the observed selectivity. Hydrogen chemisorption indicates that the catalyst activity is not influenced by the Ru dispersion, but mainly by the weakly chemisorbed species on the catalyst surface.

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Supported Ru catalysts: a study of the influence of supports, promoters and preparative variables on the catalytic activity and selectivity

Self-catalyzed direct amidation of ketones: A sustainable procedure for acetaminophen synthesis

The Beckmann rearrangement of acetophenone oximes to the corresponding amides (4-hydroxyacetophenone oxime to N-acetyl-4-hydroxyacetanilide and acetophenone oxime to N-phenylacetamide) is investigated by using trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as catalyst. The reaction occurs either in the presence or in the absence of a suitable solvent. High selectivity and practically quantitative yield to amide is achieved in both cases at TFA/substrate > 3. Both TFA and the solvent (whenever present) could be easily reused by distillation since no protonation of amides occurs. The reaction proceeds via a multistep reaction path and the role of TFA is related not only to its acidity but also mainly to its ability on forming reactive trifluoroacetylated intermediates. In particular, the highly reactive trifluoroacetylated amide is actually the effective catalyst. Finally, a likely reaction path is proposed.

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Beckmann rearrangement of acetophenone oximes to the corresponding amides organo-catalyzed by trifluoroacetic acid for sustainable NSAIDs synthesis

Diphenylurea (DPU) has been proposed as a synthetic intermediate for phos- gene-free synthesis of methyl N-phenylcarbamate and phenyl isocyanate, which are easily obtained from the urea by reaction with methanol Such an alternative route to synthesis of carbamates and isocyanates necessitates an improved phosgene-free synthesis of the corre- sponding urea In this work, it is reported that Pd(II)-diphosphine catalyzed reductive car- bonylation of nitrobenzene in acetic acid (AcOH)-methanol proceeds in high yield and selec- tivity as a one-step synthesis of DPU We have found that the catalytic activity and selectivity of this process depends on solvent composition and on the bite angle of the diphosphine lig- ands Under optimum reaction conditions, yields in excess of 90 molar % and near-quantita- tive selectivity can be achieved

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Lucio Ronchin

Papers

Acid catalyzed alkylation of phenols with cyclohexene: Comparison between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, influence of cyclohexyl phenyl ether equilibrium and of the substituent on reaction rate and selectivity

Supported Ru catalysts: a study of the influence of supports, promoters and preparative variables on the catalytic activity and selectivity

Self-catalyzed direct amidation of ketones: A sustainable procedure for acetaminophen synthesis

Beckmann rearrangement of acetophenone oximes to the corresponding amides organo-catalyzed by trifluoroacetic acid for sustainable NSAIDs synthesis

Phosgene-free synthesis of 1,3-diphenylurea via catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitrobenzene