Solvent effects on hydrogen bonding between primary alcohols and esters

The interaction by hydrogen bond formation of some primary alcohols （ l-heptanol, l-octanol and l-decanol） with esters （methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate and butyl methacrylate） was investigated in non-polar solvents viz., n-heptane, CC14 and benzene by means of FTIR spectroscopy. Formation constants and free energy changes of complex formation were determined. The dependence of the equilibrium constants and free energy changes of complex formation on the alkyl chain length of both the alcohols and esters are discussed. The solvent interaction between the solute and solvent. effect on the hydrogen bond formation is discussed in terms of specific

A New Mathod for Conversion of Nitriles to Primary Alcohols

A new method for direct conversion of nitriles to primary alcohols using ZnCoCl2 reagent in AcOH/EtOH system is reported.

Auto Machine Learning Assisted Preparation of Carboxylic Acid by TEMPO-Catalyzed Primary Alcohol Oxidation

Though alcohol oxidations were considered as well-established reactions,selecting productive conditions or predicting reaction yields for unseen alcohols remained as major challenges.Herein,an auto machine learning(ML)model for TEMPO-catalyzed oxida-tion of primary alcohols to the corresponding carboxylic acids is disclosed.A dataset of 3444 data,consisting of 282 primary alco-hols and 45 conditions,were generated using high-throughput experimentation(HTE).With the HTE data and 105 descriptors,a multi-label prediction was performed with AutoGluon(an open-source auto machine learning framework)and KNIME(an open-source data analytics platform).For the independent test of 240 reactions(a full matrix of 20 unseen alcohols and 12 condi-tions),AutoGluon with multi-label prediction for yield prediction(AGMP)gave excellent performance.For external test of 1308 re-actions(consisting of 84 alcohols and 45 conditions),AGMP still afforded good results with R2 as 0.767 and MAE as 4.9%.The model also revealed that the newly generated descriptor(Y/N,classification of the reaction reactivity)was the most relevant descriptor for yield prediction,offering a new perspective to integrate HTE and ML in organic synthesis.

New strategy for production of primary alcohols from aliphatic olefins by tandem cross-metathesis/hydrogenation

Primary alcohols are widely used in industry as solvents and precursors of detergents.The classic methods for hydration of terminal alkenes always produce the Markovnikov products.Herein,we reported a reliable approach to produce primary alcohols from terminal alkenes combining with biomass-derived allyl alcohol by tandem cross-metathesis/hydrogenation.A series of primary alcohol with different chain lengths was successfully produced in high yields(ca.90%).Computational studies revealed that self-metathesis and hydrogenation of substrates are accessible but much slower than crossmetathesis.This new methodology represents a unique alternative to primary alcohols from terminal alkenes.

Kinetic Resolution of Racemic 4-Substituted Chroman-2-ones Through Asymmetric Lactone Hydrogenation

Esters are abundant in natural and synthetic products and their conversion into primary alcohols holds great importance in fine chemical synthesis.However,achieving asymmetric hydrogenation(AH)of racemic esters with remote stereocenters via kinetic resolution(KR)remains a formidable challenge due to the difficulties associated with discerning spatially distant stereocenters.To address this issue,we have designed a hydroxy-assisted strategy that introduces a hydroxy group into racemicβ-aryl esters to facilitate hydrogenation and enhance chiral discrimination through a lactone form.By employing chiral Ir-SpiroPAP catalysts,we achieved exceptional AH of racemic 4-substituted chroman-2-ones,lactone form of ortho-hydroxylatedβ-aryl esters,via KR,resulting in impressive selectivity factor(s)values of up to 600.This approach exhibited significant efficacy for racemic chroman-2-ones containingβ-aryl,alkenyl,alkynyl,and alkyl groups,enabling the synthesis of chiralγ-aryl primary alcohols and the recovery of chiralβ-aryl esters or chroman-2-ones,typically difficult to access using existing methods.The scalability and broad synthetic applications of this method were exemplified by successfully synthesizing chiral drugs(R)-fesoterodine and enrasentan,alongside various chiral intermediates essential for producing chiral drugs and natural products.These promising results highlight the potential of this approach as a powerful tool for synthesizing valuable chiral compounds.