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Heterometal Clusters Ln 2 Na 8 (OCH 2 CH 2 NMe 2 ) 12 (OH) 2 as Homogeneous Catalysts for the Tishchenko Reaction
Author(s) -
LI Lan,
SHENG Hongting,
XU Fan,
SHEN Qi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.200990188
Subject(s) - chemistry , lanthanide , catalysis , homogeneous , alkoxide , sodium , scope (computer science) , metal , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , ion , physics , computer science , programming language
The heterometal alkoxide clusters of Group 3 metal and lanthanides with sodium Ln 2 Na 8 (OCH 2 CH 2 NMe 2 ) 12 (OH) 2 (Ln=Y, lanthanide) were found to serve as highly active catalysts for the Tishchenko reaction of various aldehydes to form the corresponding esters. The reaction scope and the influence of lanthanide and sodium metal on the catalytic activity were investigated, and the proposed mechanism of the reaction was discussed.