Co-reporter:Tingting Zhang, Jingyang Jiang, and Yanhua Wang
Organic Process Research & Development 2015 Volume 19(Issue 12) pp:2050-2054
Publication Date(Web):November 25, 2015
DOI:10.1021/acs.oprd.5b00307
The preparation of p-aminophenol from nitrobenzene by one-pot catalytic hydrogenation and in situ acid-catalyzed Bamberger rearrangement was first realized in a pressurized CO2/H2O system. By employing Pt–Sn/Al2O3 as catalyst, nitrobenzene could be converted to p-aminophenol with selectivity as high as 85% when the reaction was carried out at 140 °C under 5.5 MPa CO2 and 0.2 MPa H2. This new protocol is environmentally benign because it is fully rid of the use of mineral acid by the application of self-neutralizable carbonic acid.
Co-reporter:Yuanping Hao;Yanhua Wang ;Zilin Jin
Applied Organometallic Chemistry 2015 Volume 29( Issue 9) pp:608-611
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DOI:10.1002/aoc.3337
The carbonylative Sonogashira coupling of aryl iodides with terminal alkynes was studied by using thermoregulated ligand–palladium as an efficient and reusable catalyst at 80 °C in water. The corresponding alkynone products were obtained in good to excellent yields under 1 atm of carbon monoxide. The isolation of the products was readily achieved by extraction with ethyl acetate, and the catalyst recovered in water can be reused and recycled up to four times without significant loss in catalytic activity. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Co-reporter:Yijun Shi, Jingyang Jiang, Jianzhi Wang, Yanhua Wang
Tetrahedron Letters 2015 Volume 56(Issue 48) pp:6704-6706
Publication Date(Web):2 December 2015
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.10.050
4,4′-Spirobi[pentacyclo[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.05,9]undecane] (10) is first successfully prepared by a nine step synthetic scheme starting from the key intermediate (cyclopentadiene derivate, 2). This synthetic scheme avoids using the hardly obtainable spiro[4.4]nonatetraene (18) as the starting material. In the structure of 10, two polycyclic cages share one spiro-carbon so that it has high density (1.2663 g/cm3) and high volumetric heat of combustion (53.353 MJ/L).
Co-reporter:Dan Wu;Jianwei Zhang;Yanhua Wang;Zilin Jin
Applied Organometallic Chemistry 2012 Volume 26( Issue 12) pp:718-721
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DOI:10.1002/aoc.2916
The aqueous/organic biphasic hydroformylation of 1-octene catalyzed by Co2(CO)8/Ph2P(CH2CH2O)nMe, an in situ formed thermoregulated phase-transfer cobalt catalyst, has been developed. The catalyst activity in this biphasic system was as high as that in the homogeneous system. The yield of oxo-products was 93% when the reaction was carried out at 180 °C and under 4.0 MPa syngas pressure for 20 h. The catalyst could be easily recovered in the aqueous phase by decanting after the reaction system was cooled, and reused in consecutive reaction without any treatment. The loss of Co in the organic phase was less than 1% on average of five successive runs. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Co-reporter:Ting-Ting Zhang, Jing-Yang Jiang, Yan-Hua Wang
Chinese Chemical Letters (February 2017) Volume 28(Issue 2) pp:
Publication Date(Web):February 2017
DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2016.07.029
Various supported Pt-Pb bimetallic catalysts were prepared and applied for the catalytic conversion of nitrobenzene to p-aminophenol in the environmentally benign pressurized CO2/H2O system. Among the bimetallic catalysts prepared, Pt-Pb/SiO2 is the best and nitrobenzene could be converted to p-aminophenol with a selectivity as high as 82% when the reaction was carried out using this catalyst at 110 °C under 5 MPa CO2 and 0.2 MPa H2.Nitrobenzene was converted to p-aminophenol with the selectivity as high as 82% in the pressurized CO2/H2O system.
Co-reporter:Yuanping Hao, Jingyang Jiang, Yanhua Wang, Zilin Jin
Catalysis Communications (5 November 2015) Volume 71() pp:106-110
Publication Date(Web):5 November 2015
DOI:10.1016/j.catcom.2015.08.008
•The carbonylative Suzuki coupling reaction was carried out in pure water.•Thermoregulated phosphine–palladium catalyst was used.•The catalyst exhibited high catalytic activity for the synthesis of biaryl ketones.•Both aryl halides (I,Br) and benzyl chloride were suitable substrates.•The palladium catalyst can be simply recovered and efficiently reused up to 8 runs.An efficient protocol has been developed for the carbonylative Suzuki coupling of aryl halides using the thermoregulated phosphine–palladium as a reusable catalyst in pure water. This protocol was applied to a wide variety of hindered and functionalized aryl iodides and bromides with arylboronic acids, to afford the desired biaryl ketones in good to high yields. The palladium catalyst was easily recovered in the aqueous phase and reused up to eight cycles without a significant decrease in its activity.Download full-size image
Co-reporter:Yijun Shi, Jingyang Jiang, Li Ma, Jianzhi Wang, Wei Li
Tetrahedron Letters (5 April 2017) Volume 58(Issue 14) pp:
Publication Date(Web):5 April 2017
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.02.045
•A new synthetic strategy to construct two cages simultaneously was designed.•A new bi-cage hydrocarbon was synthesized through a three steps synthetic route.•The bi-cage hydrocarbon has high density and high volumetric heat of combustion.•The intramolecular [2+2] photocyclization can be carried out in sunlight.A new bi-cage hydrocarbon, 4,4′-bipentacyclo[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.05,9]undecane (12) was designed based on a strategy to construct two cages simultaneously from one key molecule scaffold. Thus 12 was conveniently synthesized from 5,5′-bi(cyclopentadiene) (9) through a three steps synthetic route in 23% overall yield. The new bi-cage hydrocarbon has high density (1.2322 g/cm3) and high volumetric heat of combustion (51.670 MJ/L).