Zeolite-Based Organic Synthesis (ZeoBOS) of Acortatarin A: First Total Synthesis Based on Native and Metal-Doped Zeolite-Catalyzed Steps.

Similarly to polymer-supported assisted synthesis (PSAS), organic synthesis could be envisaged being performed by using zeolites, native or metal-doped, as heterogeneous catalysts. To illustrate this unprecedented Zeolite-Based Organic Synthesis (ZeoBOS), the total synthesis of acortatarin A was achieved through a novel strategy and using five out of eleven synthetic steps catalyzed by H- or metal-doped zeolites as catalysts. Notably, the formation of an yne-pyrrole intermediate with a copper-doped zeolite and the spiroketalization of an alkyne diol with a silver-doped zeolite have been developed as key steps of the synthesis.

Brønsted acid sites in metal-containing solid acids: from quantification to molecular design of new catalysts/silver(I)-polyoxometalates.

Based on H/D isotope exchange studies devoted to the quantification of the number of Brønsted acid sites in solid acids, we report herein an innovative approach to determine the amount of silver cations present in Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POM). The molecular design of these bifunctional heteropolyacids can therefore be achieved by varying the Ag(+)versus H(+) exchange ratio in the starting mixture. Consequently, the stoichiometries of Ag(x)H(4-x)SiW₁₂O₄₀ POM were ascertained for 0 < x < 4 by the H/D exchange technique.