TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalytic, tunable, one-step bismuth(III) triflate reaction with alcohols
T2 - dehydration vs dimerization
AU - Kolsi, Laura E.
AU - Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari
AU - Moreira, Vania M.
N1 - This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.
PY - 2018/8/9
Y1 - 2018/8/9
N2 - Bi(OTf)3·xH2O is a powerful catalyst for the dehydration of tertiary alcohols into alkenes in apolar solvents. The reaction proceeds smoothly and selectively, with amounts as low as 0.01 mol % catalyst, in yields up to 93%. Moreover, in polar solvents, Bi(OTf)3·xH2O (0.1–1 mol %) selectively catalyzes the dimerization of the alcohols instead, forming new C–C bonds, in yields up to 96%. This mild, efficient, economic, and eco-friendly method is applicable across different chemical classes and amenable to several functional groups.
AB - Bi(OTf)3·xH2O is a powerful catalyst for the dehydration of tertiary alcohols into alkenes in apolar solvents. The reaction proceeds smoothly and selectively, with amounts as low as 0.01 mol % catalyst, in yields up to 93%. Moreover, in polar solvents, Bi(OTf)3·xH2O (0.1–1 mol %) selectively catalyzes the dimerization of the alcohols instead, forming new C–C bonds, in yields up to 96%. This mild, efficient, economic, and eco-friendly method is applicable across different chemical classes and amenable to several functional groups.
KW - catalyst
KW - dehydration
KW - tertiary alcohols
KW - polar solvents
KW - eco-friendly
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/journal/acsodf
U2 - 10.1021/acsomega.8b01401
DO - 10.1021/acsomega.8b01401
M3 - Article
VL - 3
SP - 8836
EP - 8842
JO - ACS Omega
JF - ACS Omega
IS - 8
ER -