Li, Kai published the artcileEfficient dehydration of primary amides to nitriles catalyzed by phosphorus-chalcogen chelated iron hydrides, Computed Properties of 100-70-9, the main research area is nitrile preparation; primary amide dehydration phosphorus chalcogen chelated iron hydride catalyst.
A series of phosphorus-chalcogen chelated hydrido iron (II) complexes, (o-(R’2P)-p-R-C6H4Y)FeH(PMe3)3I (R = H, Me; R’ = iPr, Ph; Y = O, S, Se) were synthesized. The catalytic performances of I for dehydration of amides to nitriles were explored by comparing three factors: (1) different chalcogen coordination atoms Y; (2) R’ group of the phosphine moiety; (3) R substituent group at the Ph ring. It is confirmed that I (R = H; R’ = Ph; Y = S) with S as coordination atom has the best catalytic activity and I (R = H; R’ = Ph; Y = Se) with Se as coordination atom has the poorest catalytic activity among complexes I (R = H; R’ = Ph; Y = O), I (R = H; R’ = Ph; Y = S) and I (R = H; R’ = Ph; Y = Se). Electron-rich complex I (R = Me; R’ = iPr; Y = O) is the best catalyst among the seven complexes and the dehydration reaction was completed by using 2 mol% catalyst loading at 60° with 24 h in the presence of (EtO)3SiH in THF. Catalyst I (R = Me; R’ = iPr; Y = O) has good tolerance to many functional groups. Among the seven iron complexes, new complexes I (R = H, Me; R’ = iPr; Y = O) were obtained via the O-H bond activation of the preligands o-iPr2P(C6H4)OH and o-iPr2P-p-Me-(C6H4)OH by Fe(PMe3)4. Both I (R = H, Me; R’ = iPr; Y = O) were characterized by spectroscopic methods and X-ray diffraction anal. The catalytic mechanism was exptl. studied and also proposed.
Applied Organometallic Chemistry published new progress about Amides Role: RCT (Reactant), RACT (Reactant or Reagent). 100-70-9 belongs to class nitriles-buliding-blocks, name is Picolinonitrile, and the molecular formula is C6H4N2, Computed Properties of 100-70-9.
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Nitrile – Wikipedia,
Nitriles – Chemistry LibreTexts