Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 539.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150650

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Asymmetric Hydrosilation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed by CuFe2O4 Nanoparticles

ZHU Jielian1, XIA Xiaofeng1, LIANG Minting1, LIU Xiang1,*(), LI Hexing2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Food Colloids and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
    2. Key Laboratory of the Chinese Ministry of Education in Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
  • Received:2015-08-14 Online:2016-03-10 Published:2016-01-06
  • Contact: LIU Xiang E-mail:liuxiang@jiangnan.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21402066)

Abstract:

CuFe2O4 nanoparticles were synthesized by coprecipitation, sol-gel and solvothermal methods, respectively. The asymmetric hydrosilation of aromatic ketones was catalyzed by CuFe2O4 nanoparticles, employing (R)-BINAP[2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthalene] as chiral ligand and polymethylhydrosiloxane as hydrosilating reagent. The results showed that compared to the others, the CuFe2O4 nanoparticles prepared by solvothermal method had spherical shape, small size, better dispersion, uniform distribution and excellent catalytic activities. Meanwhile, it was found that the catalytic activity of the CuFe2O4 nanoparticles was significantly improved with the addition of t-BuOK and t-BuOH. An efficient heterogeneous catalytic system CuFe2O4/t-BuOK/t-BuOH was finally obtained. Under room temperature and air atmosphere, the conversion of the aromatic ketones and the enantiomeric excesses of the (R)-1-arylethanols were up to 99% and 92%, respectively, with the heterogeneous catalytic system. It was also confirmed that the electronic effect and steric hindrance of the groups on the aromatic ring distinctly affected the results of hydrosilation. And a possible mechanism was presented to explain the influence of some key factors on the reaction. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that the CuFe2O4 nanocatalyst could be easily separated from reaction system under an external magnetic field. And after recycling for four times, the catalyst could also have a high catalytic activity for the asymmetric hydrosilation.

Key words: Asymmetric hydrosilation, Aromatic ketone, CeFe2O4 nanoparticles, Polymethylhydrosiloxane

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