Benzaldehyde catalytic

Cinnamic acid is usually prepared by Perkin s reaction, benzaldehyde being heated with sodium acetate in the presence of acetic anhydride. It is probable that the benzaldehyde and the acetic anhydride combine under the catalytic action of the sodium acetate, and the product then readily loses water to give mono-benzylidene acetic anhydride (. ). The latter, when subsequently... 

Pyrolytic Decomposition. The pyrolytic decomposition at 350—460°C of castor oil or the methyl ester of ricinoleic acid spHts the ricinoleate molecule at the hydroxyl group forming heptaldehyde and undecylenic acids. Heptaldehyde, used in the manufacture of synthetic flavors and fragrances (see Elavors and spices Perfumes) may also be converted to heptanoic acid by various oxidation techniques and to heptyl alcohol by catalytic hydrogenation. When heptaldehyde reacts with benzaldehyde, amyl cinnamic aldehyde is produced (see Cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, and cinnamyl... 

In 1893 Pietro Biginelli reported the first synthesis of 4-aryl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(l//)-ones (DHPMs) via an one-pot process using three components. Thus, DHPM 7 was synthesized by mixing benzaldehyde (5), ethyl acetoacetate (6), and urea (3a) in ethanol at reflux in the presence of a catalytic amount of HCl. 

Pyrimidinopyrazines related to folic acid have been investigated in some detail for their antimeta-bolic and antineoplastic activities. A related compound, which lacks one nitrogen atom, has been described as an antiproliferative agent, indicating it too has an effect on cell replication. Aldol condensation of the benzaldehyde 99 with ethyl acetoacetate gives the cinnamate 100. This is then reduced catalytically to the acetoacetate 101. Reaction of that keto ester with 2,4,6- triami-nopyrimidine gives the product 102 which is subsequently chlorinated (103) and subjected to hydrogenolysls. There is thus formed piritrexim (104) [17]. 

The synthesis of the right-wing sector, compound 4, commences with the prochiral diol 26 (see Scheme 4). The latter substance is known and can be conveniently prepared in two steps from diethyl malonate via C-allylation, followed by reduction of the two ethoxy-carbonyl functions. Exposure of 26 to benzaldehyde and a catalytic amount of camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) under dehydrating conditions accomplishes the simultaneous protection of both hydroxyl groups in the form of a benzylidene acetal (see intermediate 32, Scheme 4). Interestingly, when benzylidene acetal 32 is treated with lithium aluminum hydride and aluminum trichloride (1 4) in ether at 25 °C, a Lewis acid induced reduction takes place to give... 

Table 1.5 Use of a range of tosylhydrazone salts in catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of benzaldehyde. Na 1 mol% Rh2(OAc)4 V 0 5-20 mol% sulfide 7 hi o Ar ...

S)-l-Phenyl-l-pentanol can be obtained, also in 98% ee, by addition of dibutylzinc to benzaldehyde in the presence of the disulfonamide/tetraisopropoxytitanium catalytic system26. 

Condensation of 2-cyanomethyl benzaldehydes with amines carried out in the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoroacetic acid affords 3-aininoisoquinolines (e.g.,70) <95T(51)12439>. 

Another SBU with open metal sites is the tri-p-oxo carboxylate cluster (see Section 4.2.2 and Figure 4.2). The tri-p-oxo Fe " clusters in MIL-100 are able to catalyze Friedel-Crafts benzylation reactions [44]. The tri-p-oxo Cr " clusters of MIL-101 are active for the cyanosilylation of benzaldehyde. This reaction is a popular test reaction in the MOF Hterature as a probe for catalytic activity an example has already been given above for [Cu3(BTC)2] [15]. In fact, the very first demonstration of the catalytic potential of MOFs had aheady been given in 1994 for a two-dimensional Cd bipyridine lattice that catalyzes the cyanosilylation of aldehydes [56]. A continuation of this work in 2004 for reactions with imines showed that the hydrophobic surroundings of the framework enhance the reaction in comparison with homogeneous Cd(pyridine) complexes [57]. The activity of MIL-lOl(Cr) is much higher than that of the Cd lattices, but in subsequent reaction rans the activity decreases [58]. A MOF with two different types of open Mn sites with pores of 7 and 10 A catalyzes the cyanosilylation of aromatic aldehydes and ketones with a remarkable reactant shape selectivity. This MOF also catalyzes the more demanding Mukaiyama-aldol reaction [59]. 

The oxime 299 is silylated in the presence of catalytic amounts of TMSOTf 20 to 300, which affords, via the Beckmann fragmentation intermediate 301 and alkylation with allyltrimethylsilane 82, 66% of the seco nitrile 302 [101, 102] (Scheme 4.39). Tris(trimethylsilyl) ketenimine 303 reacts with aldehydes such as benzaldehyde in the presence of Bp3-OEt2, via the aldol adduct 304, to give the unsaturated nitriles 305, in 99% yield, and HMDSO 7 [103]. 

Benzaldehyde reacts with formamide and MesSiCl 14 on heating to give, via 435, the N,N-acetal 469, which reacts in situ with p-toluenesulfinic acid, in high yields, to give 470 [58]. The analogous reaction of excess a,)9-unsaturated ahphatic primary amide with aliphatic aldehydes in the presence of TMSOTf 20 in 1,2-di-chloroethane at 25 °C affords the unsaturated N,N-acetals in high yield [58 a]. Benzaldehyde also condenses with excess HMDS 2, in the presence of catalytic amounts of ZnCl2, via 471, to 472 and HMDSO 7 [59] (Scheme 5.21). 

Condensation of heptamethyldisilazane 525 a (=424) with ketones or aldehydes such as benzaldehyde, in the presence of catalytic amounts of trimethylsilyl triflate 20, in CH2CI2 or C1(CH2)2C1, at room temperature or on gentle heating, gives imines such as 528 in nearly quantitative yield [102] (Scheme 5.33). 

Whereas aldehydes such as benzaldehyde or ketones are converted by trimethyl-silylated alkyl- or aryl-mercaptans such as 575, in the presence of catalytic amounts of cyanide, to give high yields to O-trimethylsilyl-hemithioketals such as... 

In the presence of catalytic amounts of Bp3.0Et2 aromatic aldehydes such as benzaldehyde are converted by bis(trimethylsilyl)selenide 604 into hexamethyldi-siloxane 7 and the corresponding trimers, for example 611 in up to 90% yield. On heating with 1,3-dienes such as 2,3-dimethylbutadiene trimers such as 611 react to give the Diels-Alder product 612 [155] (Scheme 5.49). 

A catalytic amount of TMSOTf 20 (0.1 mmol) is added to a stirred ice-cold solution of 1.2 mmol benzaldehyde and 1 mmol y-benzyloxy-y-butyrolactone 718 in 10 mb CH2CI2. After 1 h at 0°C, 1 mmol triethylsilane 84b is added at 0°C and the mixture is left to warm to room temperature. After 12 h the reaction mixture is diluted with ether, washed with aqueous NaHCOs solution, dried over MgS04, evaporated, and chromatographed on a Si02 column with pentane-ether and ether to give the benzyl ether 719 in 89% yield [215] (Scheme 5.95). 

The silylated bis-imine of benzil 1508 reacts with benzaldehyde in benzene, at 90 °C, in the presence of catalytic amounts of AICI3, to afford 2,4,6-triphenylimida-zole 521 in 83% yield [49] (Scheme 9.30). 

Ephedrine and pseudoephediine are a vasodilator and decongestant respectively used widely in the treatment of asthma and the symptoms of colds and influenza. These pharmaceuticals were derived originally fi om the plant Ephedra sinica and used in traditional Chinese medicinal preparations. Although some are still produced fi om such sources, the major production is via a fermentation process followed by a chemical catalytic reaction. As shown in Figure 1, the intermediate / -phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC) is produced by decarboxylation of pyruvate followed by ligation to benzaldehyde. 

In 2007, Casey showed that 11, which corresponds to the Shvo s complex catalyzes hydrogenations of ketones and aldehydes [47]. Reaction of benzaldehyde in the presence of catalytic amount of 11 under H2 (3 atm) afforded the corresponding benzylalcohol in 90% yield within 1 h (Scheme 10). 

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