A nanomicelle-forming amphiphile """"""""PTS"""""""" has been identified that allows for several Pd- and Ru-catalyzed cross-couplings to take place in water as the only solvent, and at room temperature, in high isolated yields. The new processes include Heck, Suzuki, Sonogashira, and olefin cross-metathesis reactions, where product isolation is especially facile. Several additional studies are planned based on the """"""""micellar effect."""""""" The notion of """"""""designer"""""""" surfactants applied to organometallic catalysis is advanced in this proposal, and represents a variable essentially overlooked by the synthetic community. This technology also is to be applied to other important cross-couplings, such as aminations and asymmetric additions of hydride to Michael acceptors, all in water at room temperature.

Public Health Relevance

Selected common transition metal-catalyzed reactions normally run in organic solvents can be done in pure water using an inexpensive and readily available, nanoparticle- forming, additive. These reactions also benefit in that they can be conducted at room temperature, thus requiring no external input of energy. In a broader sense, the technology is potentially valuable as a contribution to green chemistry

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01GM086485-01A1
Application #
7728081
Study Section
Synthetic and Biological Chemistry B Study Section (SBCB)
Program Officer
Schwab, John M
Project Start
2009-08-15
Project End
2011-07-31
Budget Start
2009-08-15
Budget End
2010-07-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$304,904
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Santa Barbara
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
094878394
City
Santa Barbara
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
93106
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Bhattacharjya, Anish; Klumphu, Piyatida; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2015) Ligand-free, palladium-catalyzed dihydrogen generation from TMDS: dehalogenation of aryl halides on water. Org Lett 17:1122-5
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Fennewald, James C; Landstrom, Evan B; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2015) Reductions of aryl bromides in water at room temperature. Tetrahedron Lett 56:3608-3611
Slack, Eric D; Gabriel, Christopher M; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2014) A palladium nanoparticle-nanomicelle combination for the stereoselective semihydrogenation of alkynes in water at room temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 53:14051-4
Isley, Nicholas A; Dobarco, Sebastian; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2014) Installation of protected ammonia equivalents onto aromatic & heteroaromatic rings in water enabled by micellar catalysis. Green Chem 16:1480-1488
Fennewald, James C; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2014) Trifluoromethylation of Heterocycles in Water at Room Temperature. Green Chem 16:1097-1100
Klumphu, Piyatida; Lipshutz, Bruce H (2014) ""Nok"": a phytosterol-based amphiphile enabling transition-metal-catalyzed couplings in water at room temperature. J Org Chem 79:888-900

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