Hydroxy group effect catalysts

A proposed mechanism of PET glycolysis would be (1) glycol diffusion into die polymer (2) swelling of the polymer, which increases the rate of diffusion and (3) reaction (transesterification) of the glycol hydroxy group at an ester group in die polyester chain.24 Since it is a transesterification process, metal acetate salts are effective catalysts. 

The directive effect of allylic hydroxy groups can be used in conjunction with chiral catalysts to achieve enantioselective cyclopropanation. The chiral ligand used is a boronate ester derived from the (VjA jA N -tetramethyl amide of tartaric acid.186 Similar results are obtained using the potassium alkoxide, again indicating the Lewis base character of the directive effect. 

The literature on basic- and acid-catalyzed alkylation of phenol and of its derivatives is wide [1,2], since this class of reactions finds industrial application for the synthesis of several intermediates 2-methylphenol as a monomer for the synthesis of epoxy cresol novolac resin 2,5-dimethylphenol as an intermediate for the synthesis of antiseptics, dyes and antioxidants 2,6-dimethylphenol used for the manufacture of polyphenylenoxide resins, and 2,3,6-trimethylphenol as a starting material for the synthesis of vitamin E. The nature of the products obtained in phenol methylation is affected by the surface characteristics of the catalyst, since catalysts having acid features address the electrophilic substitution in the ortho and para positions with respect to the hydroxy group (steric effects in confined environments may however affect the ortho/para-C-alkylation ratio), while with basic catalysts the ortho positions become the... 

Rh complexes are examples of the most effective catalysts for the polymerization of monosubstituted acetylenes, whose mechanism is proposed as insertion type. Since Rh catalysts and their active species for polymerization have tolerance toward polar functional groups, they can widely be applied to the polymerization of both non-polar and polar monomers such as phenylacetylenes, propiolic acid esters, A-propargyl amides, and other acetylenic compounds involving amino, hydroxy, azo, radical groups (see Table 3). It should be noted that, in the case of phenylacetylene as monomer, Rh catalysts generally achieve quantitative yield of the polymer and almost perfect stereoregularity of the polymer main chain (m-transoidal). Some of Rh catalysts can achieve living polymerization of certain acetylenic monomers. The only one defect of Rh catalysts is that they are usually inapplicable to the polymerization of disubstituted acetylenes. Only one exception has been reported which is described below. 

Continuous analysis of highly fluorinated materials can present problems, primarily caused by the corrosiveness of hydrogen fluoride which is liberated from all of them during combustion. Hydrogen fluoride will react with the permanently bound hydroxy groups on the surface of the cooler parts of combustion tube walls and catalysts. The effect can lead to erratic hydrogen values and so the installation of some type of oxide [magnesium oxide, alumina, or cerium (IV) oxide] trap in the combustion tube to prevent its escape is recommended. 11... 

Alkaline hydrolysis rates of a series of thiophenyl 4-X-benzoates (47 X = H, Me, N02) was significantly enhanced in the presence of cyclodextrins (CDs), and this was attributed to strong binding of the benzoyl moiety within the CD cavity and covalent catalysis by secondary hydroxy groups of the CDs (48).63 The effect of MeCN and MeOH on the alkaline hydrolysis of acetylsalicylic acid in aqueous micellar solutions was reported.64 Butylaminolysis of p-nitrophenyl acetate in chlorobenzene in the presence of different kinds of phase-transfer catalysts (crown ethers and gly-mes) supported the existence of a novel reaction pathway exhibiting a first-order dependence on the concentration of the phase-transfer catalyst and a second-order... 

The hydroxy group in a phenol molecule exhibits a strong activating effect on the benzene ring because it provides a ready source of electron density for the ring. This directing influence is so strong that you can often accomplish substitutions on phenols without the use of a catalyst. 

Chiral (nitrosyl)ruthenium(salen) complexes have been found to be efficient catalysts for aerobic oxidative desymmetrization of mc.vo-diols under photoirradiation to give optically active lactols. With the suitable catalysts, high enantioselectivities up to 93% has been achieved. The kinetics of the oxidation depend on the nature of the ligand. On the basis of kinetic parameters and the kinetic isotope effect, it has been suggested that when a ligand with an apical hydroxy group is used, the hydrogen atom... 

The rate and the conversion of the Baylis-Hillman-reaction was significantly improved when nucleophilic non-hindered bases, such as diaza[2.2.2]bicyclooctane (DABCO, 6), rather than simple tertiary amines were used. Further improvements were observed when 3-quinuclidinole (3-QDL, 7) was employed, due to stabilization of the zwitterionic intermediate 2 by formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds [14a-c]. Similar effects were observed by the addition of methanol [14d] or acetic acid [14e] to the reaction mixture (formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds) or by the presence of a hydroxy group in the acrylate [14f ]. The rate of the reaction was decreased by the presence of substituents in the a-position of tertiary amines. This was explained by the decrease of the rate of the addition of the catalyst onto the acrylate [15]. 

There had been no reports of catalytic cyclopropanation systems effective in aqueous or protic solvents until our report and the cobalt catalysts of Yamada and coworkers in 2001 [32]. Some of the Rh catalysts decrease their catalytic activity or decompose diazo compounds in the presence of water or alcohols giving alcohols or ethers [33]. In the case of copper catalysts, the free hydroxy groups on ligands do not interfere with the cyclopropanations [23,34]. 

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