The aldol reaction catalyzed by an amine-substituted mesoporous silica nanoparticle (amine-MSN) surface was investigated using a large molecular cluster model (Si392O958C6NH361) combined with the surface integrated molecular orbital/molecular mechanics (SIMOMM) and fragment molecular orbital (FMO) methods. Three distinct pathways for the carbinolamine formation, the first step of the amine-cata...

We have previously reported the in vitro selection of a ribozyme that catalyzes an aldol reaction between a levulinic amide aldol donor and a benzaldehyde substrate. The selection scheme involved the priming of the RNA library with a levulinic amide aldol donor group that was introduced via transcription priming in the presence of a modified guanosine mononucleotide derivative. Here we provide ...

Various types of aldehydes undergo crossed-Aldol condensation with ketones in the presence of melamine trisulfonic acid (MTSA) under solvent-free conditions. The reported method is mild, efficient and has the advantages such as using heterogeneous catalysis, short reaction times, high yields of the products and the recyclability of the catalyst.

Saturated aqueous solutions of various common salts were examined for their effect on aqueous aldol reactions catalysted by a highly active C(2)-symmetric diprolinamide organocatalyst developed in our laboratory. With respect to the aldol reaction between cyclohexanone and 4-nitrobenzaldehyde, deionised water was always a superior medium to salt solutions though some correlation to increasing a...

Various types of aldehydes undergo crossed-Aldol condensation with ketones in the presence of melamine trisulfonic acid (MTSA) under solvent-free conditions. The reported method is mild, efficient and has the advantages such as using heterogeneous catalysis, short reaction times, high yields of the products and the recyclability of the catalyst.

The glyceraldehyde conversion in terms of dehydration, keto-enol tautomerism, and retro-aldol reaction has been discussed by means of ab initio density functional theory calculation to elucidate the catalytic water molecule influence on the pathways. The optimized structures of reactants, products, and transition state structure on the glyceraldehyde conversion pathways were fully optimized wit...

various types of aldehydes undergo crossed-aldol condensation with ketones in the presence of melamine trisulfonic acid (mtsa) under solvent-free conditions. the reported method is mild, efficient and has the advantages such as using heterogeneous catalysis, short reaction times, high yields of the products and the recyclability of the catalyst.

Nano-graphene oxide was synthesized by the oxidation of graphite powders. The structural nature of the nano-graphene oxide was characterized by a variety of techniques including XRD, TEM, FT-IR and UV/Vis. The functional groups on its basal planes and edges of nano-grahene oxide play important role in catalytic activity. The catalytic activity of nano-graphene oxide was investigated on Crossed-...

Heterogeneous zeolite/zeotype catalysts are attractive for converting renewable biomass-derived chemicals into transportation fuels by aldol condensation reactions, which provide a simple strategy to improve carbon numbers. Herein, Zr-doped aluminum phosphate (ZrAPO-5) were applied efficient syntheses of diesel and jet fuel range C11, C12 C16 intermediates from furfural (FF) cyclohexanone (CH)....