Irreversible catalytic ester hydrolysis of allyl esters to give acids and aldehydes by homogeneous ruthenium and ruthenium/palladium dual catalyst systems

…, A Hamasaki, S Goto, M Utsunomiya…

Index: Nakamura, Asami; Hamasaki, Akiyuki; Goto, Sachihiko; Utsunomiya, Masaru; Tokunaga, Makoto Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 353, # 6 p. 973 - 984

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Abstract

Abstract An irreversible hydrolysis reaction of allyl esters (1) into carboxylic acids (2) and propanal (3) was achieved with a ruthenium/palladium (Ru/Pd) dual catalyst system. The optimized catalysts consists of a 1: 1: 1 mixture of (cyclopentadienyl) tris (acetonitrile) ruthenium hexafluorophosphate {[RuCp (MeCN) 3] PF 6}, bis (acetonitrile) palladium dichloride [PdCl 2 (MeCN) 2] and 1, 6-bis (diphenylphosphanyl) hexane (DPPHex). The ...