Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Neat Alcohols Using Group VI Sulfide Catalysts

Autor: Beata A. Kilos, Harold H. Kung, Eric Weitz, Rachel A. Watson, Justin M. Notestein, David J. Childers, David G. Barton, Lauren R. McCullough
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5:4890-4896
ISSN: 2168-0485
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00303
Popis: Group VI sulfides were synthesized via coprecipitation of elemental sulfur and metal hexacarbonyl and characterized with XRD, XPS, and TEM. These materials were then demonstrated as active catalysts for the acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of neat ethanol to ethyl acetate, rapidly reaching equilibrium conversion and up to 90% selectivity. Other primary alcohols form the corresponding esters, while diols formed the corresponding cyclic ethers and oligomers.
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