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Gram-scale synthesis of carboxylic acids via catalytic acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols and hydroxides at an ultralow Ru loading

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Acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling (ADC) of alcohols and water/hydroxides is an emergent and graceful approach to produce carboxylic acids. Therefore, it is of high demand to develop active and practical catalysts/ catalytic systems for this attractive transformation. Herein, we designed and fabricated a series of cyclometallated N-heterocyclic carbene-Ru (NHC-Ru) complexes via ligand tuning of [Ru-1], the superior complex in our previous work. Gratifyingly, gram-scale synthesis of carboxylic acids was efficiently enabled at an ultralow Ru loading (62.5 ppm) in open air. Moreover, effects of distinct ancillary NHC ligands and other parameters on this catalytic process were thoroughly studied, while further systematic studies were carried out to provide rationales for the activity trend of [Ru-1]-[Ru-7]. Finally, determination of quantitative green metrics illustrated that the present work exhibited superiority over representative literature reports. Hopefully, this study could provide valuable input for researchers who are engaging in metal-catalyzed ADC reactions.

Gram-scale synthesisCarboxylic acidsAcceptorless dehydrogenative coupling (ADC)N-heterocyclic carbene-Ru (NHC-Ru)Ultralow loadingTRANSITION-METAL-COMPLEXESFREE AEROBIC OXIDATIONRECYCLABLE CATALYSTSELECTIVE OXIDATIONRUTHENIUM CATALYSTWATEREFFICIENTLIGANDSALTSCONVERSION

Wu, Zhe、Wang, Zhi-Qin、Cheng, Hua、Zheng, Zhong-Hui、Yuan, Ye、Chen, Cheng、Verpoort, Francis

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Wuhan Univ Technol

Hubei Univ Arts & Sci

2022

10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118443

Applied Catalysis

Applied Catalysis

ISSN：0926-860X
年,卷(期)：2022.630
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