CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Synlett 2023; 34(14): 1678-1684
DOI: 10.1055/a-2108-8581
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Published as part of the Special Section 13th EuCheMS Organic Division Young Investigator Workshop

Catalytic Dehydrative Transformations Mediated by Moisture-Tolerant Zirconocene Triflate

Cristiana Margarita
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Financial support from Lantmännens forskningsstiftelse, Formas (grant no. 2021-00678), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (grant no. FFL21-0005), Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare, Frans Georg och Gull Liljenroths stiftelse, Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse, Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are gratefully acknowledged.


Abstract

Zirconocene triflate is a powerful moisture-tolerant catalyst for activation of C–O bonds in carboxylic acids and alcohols in the absence of water scavenging techniques. Herein, an overview of the use of this robust metal complex for direct amidation, esterification, and etherification is presented, along with a discussion on mechanistic aspects of the transformations and the catalyst class.



Publication History

Received: 08 March 2023

Accepted after revision: 07 June 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
12 June 2023

Article published online:
11 July 2023

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