Phase transfer catalysis (PTC): search for alternative organic solvents, even environmentally benign

Autor: Dario Landini, Angelamaria Maia
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical. :235-243
ISSN: 1381-1169
DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(03)00304-2
Popis: The use of aliphatic esters, ethers and ketones such as dimethyl carbonate (DMC), methyl-tert-amyl ether (MTAE), 5-methyl-2-hexanone (MIAK), 4-methyl-2-pentanone (MIBK) as an alternative to traditional solvents (toluene, chlorobenzene, etc.) was explored as a strategy for performing phase transfer catalyzed reactions in organic media, even environmentally benign. Experimental data show that in these media the partition of the catalyst in the organic phase is comparable or higher than that in chlorobenzene, especially in the case of scarcely lipophilic methyltributylammonium (3) or tetrabutylammonium (4) salts (Eq. (1)). Anion reactivity under PTC conditions increases with decreasing the solvent polarity, in the order: ketone
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