SCF-ISOPROPANOL AS A REAGENT IN ORGANIC,ORGANOMETALLIC AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

摘要

The numerous examples of the reaction presented here demonstrate that the unique reactivity of SCF-isopropanol just above the critical point can be applied beneficially in various ways in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry. There is a broad range of chemical transformations that can be effected in the nonconventional reaction medium of supercritical isopropanol. These transformations include hydrogenation of different types of bond, hydrogenolysis, hydrodesulfuration, hydrodehalogenation. The rates and selectivities of these different reactions can be manipulated by the judicious selection of temperature, time of reaction and concentration. Alhough many fundamental aspects have not been clarified, the potential of SCF-isopropanol as a reagent in chemistry is already substantial, as the various examples shown in this communication demonstrate.