A method is described that makes use of easily prepared, inexpensive copper synthons as N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) transfer agents to generate catalytically relevant gold and palladium complexes.
Dimethyl 1,19-nonadecanedioate is produced from the methoxycarbonylation of commercial olive, rapeseed or sunflower oils in the presence of a catalyst derived from [Pd 2 (dba) 3 ], bis(ditertiarybutylphosphinomethyl)benzene (BDTBPMB) and methanesulphonic acid (MSA). The diester is then hydrogenated to 1,19-nonadecanediol using Ru/1,1,1-tris-(diphenylphosphinemethyl)ethane (triphos). 1,19-Nonadecadienoic acid is hydrogenated to short chain oligoesters, which can themselves be hydrogenated to 1,19-nonadecanol by hydrogenation in the presence of water.
Greenhouse gas makes good: A simple copper‐mediated protocol has been developed where NH or CH bonds can be directly functionalized using an easily prepared catalyst. The novel [1,3‐bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl)imidazol‐2‐ylidene]copper(I) hydroxide, [Cu(IPr)(OH)], permits the facile activation and carboxylation of NH and CH bonds with pKa values of less than 27.7 (see scheme).
Tall Oil Fatty Acids, a low value side product from the paper industry containing mainly oleic and linoleic acids, are used for producing the polyester precursor, dimethyl 1,19-nonadecanedioate by methoxycarbonylation in the presence of [Pd 2 (dba) 3 ], 1,2-bis(ditertiarybutylphosphinomethyl)benzene and methanesulfonic acid in methanol. The methoxycarbonylation of methyl linoleate has been used to identify other products formed and approaches to their minimisation have been developed. It has also been used for the production of trimethyl heptadecanetricarboxylates. Finally, conjugated unsaturated esters of different chain length (up to 16 C atoms), some of them available from plant oils, are subjected to methoxycarbonylation to give α,ω-diesters.
The reaction of long chain alkenes with CO and aniline in the presence of palladium complexes of 1,2-bis-(ditertbutylphosphinomethyl)benzene produces amides with high linear selectivity, with much higher rates and catalyst stability when 2-naphthol and sodium or potassium iodide are added. Unsaturated esters including methyl 10-undecenoate from castor oil give α,ω-ester amides, whilst reactions in THF give N-phenylpyrrolidine.
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