Acid-catalyzed epoxide alcoholysis in the presence of indenyl molybdenum carbonyl complexes

Sofia M. Bruno; Isabel S. Gonçalves; Martyn Pillinger; Carlos C. Romão; Anabela A. Valente

doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.12.001

Acid-catalyzed epoxide alcoholysis in the presence of indenyl molybdenum carbonyl complexes

Sofia M. Bruno, Isabel S. Gonçalves, Martyn Pillinger, Carlos C. Romão, Anabela A. Valente

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Abstract

The indenyl molybdenum carbonyl complexes [IndMo(CO) ₂ (L) _n ]BF ₄ (L = NCMe with n = 3 (1), 2,2′-bipyridine (2) or 1,4,7-trimethyltriazacyclononane (3) with n = 1) promote epoxide alcoholysis under moderate reaction conditions. Complexes 1 and 2 showed the best performance for the alcoholysis of styrene oxide with different alcohol nucleophiles (acting as both reactant and solvent), leading to the corresponding 2-alkoxy-2-phenylethanol with 100% yield at 10 min and 35 °C. These catalytic results are far superior to those found for previously studied molybdenum carbonyl complexes. An efficient procedure for catalyst recovery and reuse without decrease in reaction rate is described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-17
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume	855
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.12.001
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2018

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Keywords

Acid catalysis
Epoxide alcoholysis
Indenyl ligand
Molybdenum carbonyl complexes

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Bruno, S. M., Gonçalves, I. S., Pillinger, M., Romão, C. C., & Valente, A. A. (2018). Acid-catalyzed epoxide alcoholysis in the presence of indenyl molybdenum carbonyl complexes. Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry, 855, 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.12.001

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