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Highly Active Copper(I)-Chalcogenone Catalyzed Knoevenagel Condensation Reaction Using Various Aldehydes and Active Methylene Compounds
M. Mannarsamy,
Published in Springer
2022
Volume: 152
   
Issue: 8
Pages: 2327 - 2332
Abstract
First copper(I) chalcogenones catalysed Knoevenagel Condensation reactions have been reported. No illustration of the utilization of this copper-chalcogenone complex class in Knoevenagel Condensation catalysis can be found. Thus, copper(I) bis(benzimidazole-2-chalcogenone) catalysts [Cu(L1)4]+BF4− (1) and [Cu(L2)4]+BF4− (2) (L1 = bis(1-isopropyl-benzimidazole-2-selone)-3-ethyl; L2 = bis(1-isopropyl-benzimidazole-2-thione)-3-ethyl) have been utilized as catalysts in the Knoevenagel Condensation reactions. These copper(I) chalcogenone catalysts have shown high efficiency for the catalytic Knoevenagel Condensation of aryl aldehydes and active methylene compounds. In particular, complex 2, exhibit the best catalytic activities. The scope of the catalytic reactions has been investigated with 22 different molecules. The excellent catalytic activity has been depicted for various types of substrates with either electron-rich or deficient aryl aldehydes. The present investigation features relatively mild reaction conditions with good functional group tolerance and excellent yields. Graphic Abstract: The first copper(I)-chalcogenone complexes catalysed Knoevenagel Condensation reactions have also been investigated, and revealed the best catalytic activities. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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JournalCatalysis Letters
PublisherSpringer
ISSN1011372X