Patent ID: 6515137
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
A process for catalytically transforming a compound containing a functional group to provide a product in which the functional group contains at least one newly formed covalent bond, comprising:reacting (a) a first reactant having the structural formula (I) wherein FG comprises the functional group, R1 is hydrido, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl, substituted heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl or silyl and is optionally covalently bound, directly or indirectly, to FG, and Q1 and Q2 are independently selected from the group consisting of OR1, SR1, N(R1)2, NR1(OR1), NR1(SR1), and NR1â€”N(R1)2, or Q1 and Q2 together form &boxH;Q in which Q is O, S, N(SR1), and Nâ€”N(R1)2, with (b) a second reactant, in the presence of (c) a catalyst composition comprising a salt of a chiral imidazolidinone and an acid selected from the group consisting of an inorganic Bronsted acid and a carboxylic acid.