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Heterogeneous Removal of Water-Soluble Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalyst from Aqueous Media Via Host-Guest Interaction
Published on: August 23, 2018
Rhodium(II)-incorporated metal-organic framework catalyst combined with flow chemistry for efficient carbene-mediated
Haiqing Wang1, Hekun Huang1, Xinke Zhang1
1State Key Laboratory of Anti-Infective Drug Discovery and Development, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chiral Molecule and Drug Discovery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. fuxiang23@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We integrate a recyclable Rh-MOF heterogeneous catalyst into carbene-mediated three-component reactions of diazo compounds, alcohols and electrophiles. This system exhibits broad functional group tolerance, excellent diastereoselectivity, and high turnover number (TON = 856), while enabling continuous-flow gram-scale synthesis with prolonged operational stability.
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