10. Patented Literature 2616 10.1. Esterification 2616 10.2. Ether Formation 2619 10.2.1. Etherification without Cyclization 2619 10.2.2. Etherification with Cyclization 2624 10.3. N-Alkylation 2625 10.4. Other Reactions 2627 11. Summary and Outlook 2628 12. Note Added in Proof 2628 13. Abbreviations Used in This Review 2629 14. Acknowledgments 2629 15. Supporting Information Available 2630 16. References 2630

Mitsunobu and Related Reactions: Advances and Applications

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs), also known as deep eutectic ionic liquids (DEILs) or low-melting mixtures (LMMs) or low transition temperature mixtures (LTTMs) in the literature, have become more and more attractive in recent years due to their interesting properties and benefits, such as low cost of components, easy to prepare, tunable physicochemical properties, negligible vapor pressure, non-toxicity, biorenewability and biodegradability. These eutectic mixtures have been widely used as green and sustainable media as well as catalysts in many chemical processes. This review focuses on recent advances using DESs in organic reactions including addition reactions, cyclization reactions, replacement reactions, multicomponent reactions, condensation reactions, oxidation reactions, and reducing reactions.

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Recent advances in the application of deep eutectic solvents as sustainable media as well as catalysts in organic reactions

Alcohol and amine oxidations are common reactions in laboratory and industrial synthesis of organic molecules. Aerobic oxidation methods have long been sought for these transformations, but few practical methods exist that offer advantages over traditional oxidation methods. Recently developed homogeneous Cu/TEMPO (TEMPO = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-N-oxyl) and related catalyst systems appear to fill this void. The reactions exhibit high levels of chemoselectivity and broad functional-group tolerance, and they often operate efficiently at room temperature with ambient air as the oxidant. These advances, together with their historical context and recent applications, are highlighted in this minireview.

Practical aerobic oxidations of alcohols and amines with homogeneous copper/TEMPO and related catalyst systems.

Selective oxidation has an important role in environmental and green chemistry (e.g., oxidative desulfurization of fuels and oxidative removal of mercury) as well as chemicals and intermediates chemistry to obtain high-value-added special products (e.g., organic sulfoxides and sulfones, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, epoxides, esters, and lactones). Due to their unique physical properties such as the nonvolatility, thermal stability, nonexplosion, high polarity, and temperature-dependent miscibility with water, ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted considerable attention as reaction solvents and media for selective oxidations and are considered as green alternatives to volatile organic solvents. Moreover, for easy separation and recyclable utilization, IL catalysts have attracted unprecedented attention as “biphasic catalyst” or “immobilized catalyst” by immobilizing metal- or nonmetal-containing ILs onto mineral or polymer supports to combine the unique properties of ILs (chemical and thermal stabili...

Ionic Liquids in Selective Oxidation: Catalysts and Solvents

Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms And Structure

Solvent-free oxidative synthesis of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles from aromatic alcohols and o-phenylenediamine, o-aminophenol and o-aminothiophenol has been achieved by using CuCl, 2,2′-bipyridine and TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl). The reaction proceeds via a dehydrogenation in open air at room temperature, and a wide variety of derivatives were obtained in good to excellent yields. The reaction mechanism was proposed and this method provides a mild and efficient access to substituted benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Copper‐catalyzed highly efficient aerobic oxidative synthesis of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles from aromatic alcohols under solvent‐free conditions in open air at room temperature

Low-melting β-cyclodextrin/N-methylurea (NMU) mixture, an efficient catalytic system for ligand-free Suzuki and Heck couplings in the presence of fresh native β-CD-capped Pd0 nanoparticles, has been successfully reported. This natural and convenient system can be performed in air and could afford the corresponding cross-coupled products in good to excellent isolated yields after a simple workup under every low Pd loading (0.05 mol%). Remarkably, the catalytic system can be recycled and reused without loss of catalytic activity. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Papers

Copper‐catalyzed highly efficient aerobic oxidative synthesis of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles from aromatic alcohols under solvent‐free conditions in open air at room temperature

β-cyclodextrin-capped palladium nanoparticle-catalyzed ligand-free Suzuki and Heck couplings in low-melting β-cyclodextrin/NMU mixtures

Novel polymer supported iminopyridylphosphine palladium (II) complexes: An efficient catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura and Heck cross-coupling reactions

Copper(II)-catalyzed hydration of nitriles with the aid of acetaldoxime

Conversion of aldoximes into nitriles catalyzed by simple transition metal salt of the fourth period in acetonitrile