Acta Chim. Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 77 ›› Issue (2): 166-171.DOI: 10.6023/A18100423 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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有水条件下路易斯酸B(C6F5)3对醛酮的选择性催化还原

孙国峰a, 何云清a, 田冲a, Borzov Maxima, 胡启山b, 聂万丽a   

  1. a 天然产物化学与小分子催化四川省高校重点实验室 乐山师范学院化学学院 乐山 614000;
    b 四川文理学院化学化工学院 达州 635000
  • 投稿日期:2018-10-11 发布日期:2018-11-08
  • 通讯作者: 聂万丽,E-mail:niewl126@126.com E-mail:niewl126@126.com
  • 基金资助:

    项目受国家自然科学基金(No.21542011)和乐山师范学院科研项目(Z1414,Z1308)资助.

B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Chemoselective Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds under Water Conditions

Sun Guofenga, He Yunqinga, Tian Chonga, Borzov Maxima, Hu Qishanb, Nie Wanlia   

  1. a Sichuan Province Key Laboratory of Natural Products and Small Molecule Synthesis, Chemical Department of Leshan Normal University, Leshan 614000, China;
    b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Dazhou 635000, China
  • Received:2018-10-11 Published:2018-11-08
  • Contact: 10.6023/A18100423 E-mail:niewl126@126.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21542011), and Scientific Research Fund of Leshan Normal University (Z1414, Z1308).

Recently, the research work concerning B(C6F5)3 catalyzed reduction of carbonyl compounds revealed that this Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 presents, actually, a rather water-tolerant system. This fact considerably broadens the scope of the water/base tolerant frustrated Lewis pairs (FLP) chemistry. In this research, an efficient chemoselective reduction of aldehydes and ketones to alcohols catalyzed by the Lewis acid B(C6F5)3 has been developed. It is the first report about the chemoselective reduction of carbonyl compounds under aqueous conditions catalyzed by FLPs with hydridosilanes as reducing agents. The selectivity and activity of different hydridosilanes and the influence of substituents in carbonyl compounds have been studied. The effect of water concentration on the chemoselectivity of the reaction has also been investigated. It has been found that a 2~3 fold excess of water relatively to hydridosilanes usually exhibits better selectivity and overall yields than in the equimolar case. The reduction reaction can even be successfully performed with pure water as a solvent without any loss of the reactivity. Such a procedure has been successfully applied to reduce 14 differently substituted aldehydes and ketones into alcohols with up to 100% yields under mild conditions, but failed in case of the diaryl substituted ketones. Both experimental and computational methods have been performed to confirm the possibility of the water mediated mechanism and the effects of different Lewis bases on the LB——H-OH——LA three-component aggregates. These mechanistic studies have revealed that such water mediation between a carbonyl compound and a catalyst advantageously (i) activates the C=O group by protonation and (ii) fixes the catalytic borane moiety by formation of a B-O bond, which to some extent prevents the direct hydrolysis of hydridosilane and makes the reaction possible under moist conditions. Detailed clarification of the actual role of water in the reduction reaction of question will promote the further development of FLP-catalyzed and related reactions in the "green" chemistry field.

Key words: frustrated Lewis pairs, chemoselective reduction, carbonyl compound, water condition, water mediated interaction