Molybdenum reactions with

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Carbonyl Compounds. Cychc ketals and acetals (dioxolanes) are produced from reaction of propylene oxide with ketones and aldehydes, respectively. Suitable catalysts iaclude stannic chloride, quaternary ammonium salts, glycol sulphites, and molybdenum acetyl acetonate or naphthenate (89—91). Lactones come from Ph4Sbl-cataly2ed reaction with ketenes (92). 

The tert-huty hydroperoxide is then mixed with a catalyst solution to react with propylene. Some TBHP decomposes to TBA during this process step. The catalyst is typically an organometaHic that is soluble in the reaction mixture. The metal can be tungsten, vanadium, or molybdenum. Molybdenum complexes with naphthenates or carboxylates provide the best combination of selectivity and reactivity. Catalyst concentrations of 200—500 ppm in a solution of 55% TBHP and 45% TBA are typically used when water content is less than 0.5 wt %. The homogeneous metal catalyst must be removed from solution for disposal or recycle (137,157). Although heterogeneous catalysts can be employed, elution of some of the metal, particularly molybdenum, from the support surface occurs (158). References 159 and 160 discuss possible mechanisms for the catalytic epoxidation of olefins by hydroperoxides. 

Molybdenum and tungsten hexacarbonyls are able to form anionic complexes (AsPli4)2[(OC)4M( -pz)2M(CO)4] upon reaction with sodium pyrazolate and PluAsCl (72CB3203). The cationic complexes [(rj -Cp)2Mo(/Lt-pz)2Mo(rj -Cp)2] " (n = 2, 3) are known as well (74HCA1988). The other representatives of the complexes containing an exobidentate ligand (26) are derived from 4//-pyrazoles [70ZAAC(379)169]. 

The achiral molybdenum enolate 2 reacts with benzophenone and benzaldehyde at —78 °C to yield the x,/i-unsaturated molybdenum-acyl complexes34, which presumably arise via elimination of hydroxide from unobserved aldolate intermediates such as 3. No examples of such aldol reactions with complexes that are chiral at molybdenum have been reported. 

Simple 1,3-dienes also undergo a thermal monocyclopropanation reaction with methoxy(alkyl)- and methoxy(aryl)carbene complexes of molybdenum and chromium [27]. The most complete study was carried out by Harvey and Lund and they showed that this process occurs with high levels of both regio-and diastereoselectivity. The chemical yield is significantly higher with molybdenum complexes [27a] (Scheme 7). Tri- and tetrasubstituted 1,3-dienes and 3-methylenecyclohexene (diene locked in an s-trans conformation) fail to react [28]. The monocyclopropanation of electronically neutral 1,3-dienes with non-heteroatom-stabilised carbene complexes has also been described [29]. 

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