Effect of liquid confinement on regioselectivity in the hydrosilylation of alkynes with cationic Rh(I) N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts.

Polymeric mesoporous monoliths were prepared ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) from norbornene (NBE), 1,4,4a,5,8,8a-hexahydro-1,4,5,8-,-dimethanonaphthalene (DMN-H), tris(norborn-2-enylmethylenoxy)methylsilane and the 1-generation Grubbs catalyst [RuCl(PCy)(CHCH)] in the presence of 2-propanol and toluene and surface grafted with 1-(2-((norborn-5-ene-2-carbonyl)oxy)ethyl)-3-ethyl-1-imidazol-3-ium tetrafluoroborate. Subsequently, a supported ionic-liquid-phase (SILP) system was created by immobilizing the ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [BMIM][BF] with the cationic catalyst [Rh((1-pyrid-1-yl)-3-mesitylimidazol-2-ylidene)(COD)BF] (Rh-1; COD = 1,4-cyclooctadiene) dissolved therein. The regio- and stereoselectivity of Rh-1 dissolved in the IL and supported on the mesoporous monolith, referred to as Rh@SILPROMP, in the hydrosilylation of 1-alkynes with HSiMePh was studied and compared to that of the homogeneous catalyst Rh-1 under biphasic conditions using methyl -butyl ether (MTBE) as a second organic phase.

Rh(I)/(III)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Effect of Steric Confinement Upon Immobilization on Regio- and Stereoselectivity in the Hydrosilylation of Alkynes.

Rh(I) NHC and Rh(III) Cp* NHC complexes (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl, NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene=pyrid-2-ylimidazol-2-ylidene (Py-Im), thiophen-2-ylimidazol-2-ylidene) are presented. Selected catalysts were selectively immobilized inside the mesopores of SBA-15 with average pore diameters of 5.0 and 6.

Acylation of oxindoles using methyl/phenyl esters via the mixed Claisen condensation - an access to 3-alkylideneoxindoles.

Predominantly, aggressive acid chlorides and stoichiometric coupling reagents are employed in the acylating process for synthesizing carbonyl tethered heterocycles. Herein, we report simple acyl sources, viz. methyl and phenyl esters, which acylate oxindoles via the mixed Claisen condensation.

Synthesis of topologically constrained naphthalimide appended palladium(ii)-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes - insights into additive controlled product selectivity.

Topologically constrained naphthalimide appended Pd-NHCs were synthesized and characterized. These structurally related complexes were catalytically compared with previously synthesized Pd-NHCs in the regioselective heteroannulation of o-haloanilines and arylethynyl-trimethylsilane. The unique effect of an additive on product selectivity has been clearly demonstrated.