Direct oxidative coupling of benzenes with acrylonitriles to cinnamonitriles catalyzed by Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) system

Yasushi Obora; Yoshihisa Okabe; Yasutaka Ishii

doi:10.1039/c0ob00176g

Direct oxidative coupling of benzenes with acrylonitriles to cinnamonitriles catalyzed by Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) system

Org Biomol Chem. 2010 Sep 21;8(18):4071-3. doi: 10.1039/c0ob00176g. Epub 2010 Jul 23.

Authors

Yasushi Obora¹, Yoshihisa Okabe, Yasutaka Ishii

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, High Technology Research Center, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan. obora@kansai-u.ac.jp

PMID: 20652185
DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00176g

Abstract

A facile direct synthesis of cinnamonitriles from acrylonitriles and benzenes is successfully achieved by using Pd(OAc)(2)/HPMoV/O(2) catalyst system via the direct C-H bond activation of benzenes using molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acetates / chemistry
Acrylonitrile / analogs & derivatives
Acrylonitrile / chemistry*
Benzene / chemistry*
Catalysis
Molecular Structure
Molybdenum / chemistry
Nitriles / chemical synthesis*
Nitriles / chemistry
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxygen / chemistry
Phosphoric Acids / chemistry
Vanadium / chemistry

Substances

Acetates
Nitriles
Organometallic Compounds
Phosphoric Acids
Vanadium
palladium(II) acetate
cinnamonitrile
Molybdenum
Benzene
Acrylonitrile
Oxygen