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CHEMCATCHEM
Volume 3, Issue 8, Pages 1359-1364Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201100016
Keywords
cooperative catalysis; hydrogen bond; ionic liquids; mechanism
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20873041]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [B409]
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The cooperative effects of cation-anion are elucidated in ionic liquid-catalyzed reactions of aniline with ethylene carbonate and the reaction of phenylacetonitrile with dimethyl carbonate. Cations of ionic liquids activate electrophiles by the proton in the 2-position of the imidazolium ring through the hydrogenbond interaction with the carbonyl group. The catalytic activity follows the order of 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium ([Bmim]) > 1,2-dimethyl-3-butyl imidazolium ([Bmmim]) > 1-butyl-pyridinium ([Bpy]), which is consistent with the order of the hydrogen bond donor ability. Simultaneously, anions of ionic liquids activate nucleophiles by accepting the hydrogen bond. The catalytic activity of imidazolium-based ionic liquids follows the order Cl > Br > BF4 > PF6 > C(CN)(2)COOEt approximate to NTf2 > BPh4, which is consistent with the order of the hydrogen bond acceptor ability. The dual activation of nucleophiles and electrophiles by the cations and anions of ionic liquids is crucial to promote the reaction in high yields.
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