Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 18(16), 4894-4901 (2012-03-15)
This study demonstrates the first zeolite-catalyzed synthesis of piperidine derivatives, including peptidomimetics and indoloquinolizidine alkaloids. The approach developed utilizes a highly effective one-pot reaction cascade, through imine formation and imino-Diels-Alder reactions, promoted by scandium-loaded zeolites as a heterogeneous catalyst. The
Asymmetric synthesis of β-amino nitriles through a Sc(III)-catalyzed three-component Mannich reaction of silyl ketene imines.
Jiannan Zhao et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(12), 3473-3477 (2013-02-14)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(3), 1073-1082 (2012-12-18)
The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II contains a Mn(4)CaO(n) catalytic site, in which reactivity of bridging oxidos is fundamental to OEC function. We synthesized structurally relevant cuboidal Mn(3)MO(n) complexes (M = Mn, Ca, Sc; n = 3,4) to enable
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(36), 14710-14713 (2012-08-30)
High-valent copper-nitrene intermediates have long been proposed to play a role in copper-catalyzed aziridination and amination reactions. However, such intermediates have eluded detection for decades, preventing the unambiguous assignments of mechanisms. Moreover, the electronic structure of the proposed copper-nitrene intermediates
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 41(37), 11424-11427 (2012-08-15)
We have succeeded in preparing semi-synthesized proteins bound to Sc(3+) ion which can promote an epoxide ring-opening reaction. The Sc(3+) binding site was created on the surface of [(gp5βf)(3)](2) (N. Yokoi et al., Small, 2010, 6, 1873) by introducing a
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