Li, Yuehui published the artcileLewis Acid Promoted Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Etherifications by Selective Hydrogenation of Carboxylic Acids/Esters, Recommanded Product: 3-Hydroxydihydrofuran-2(3H)-one, the publication is Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2015), 54(17), 5196-5200, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
Ethers are of fundamental importance in organic chem. and they are an integral part of valuable flavors, fragrances, and numerous bioactive compounds In general, the reduction of esters constitutes the most straightforward preparation of ethers. Unfortunately, this transformation requires large amounts of metal hydrides. Presented herein is a bifunctional catalyst system, consisting of Ru/phosphine complex and aluminum triflate, which allows selective synthesis of ethers by hydrogenation of esters or carboxylic acids. Different lactones were reduced in good yields to the desired products. Even challenging aromatic and aliphatic esters were reduced to the desired products. Notably, the in situ formed catalyst can be reused several times without any significant loss of activity.
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition published new progress about 19444-84-9. 19444-84-9 belongs to tetrahydrofurans, auxiliary class Tetrahydrofuran,Ester,Alcohol, name is 3-Hydroxydihydrofuran-2(3H)-one, and the molecular formula is C4H6O3, Recommanded Product: 3-Hydroxydihydrofuran-2(3H)-one.
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