20192-66-9Relevant articles and documents
Zinc monoglycerolate as a catalyst for the conversion of 1,3- and higher diols to diurethanes
Kulasegaram, Sanjitha,Shaheen, Uzma,Turney, Terence W.,Gates, Will P.,Patti, Antonio F.
, p. 47809 - 47812 (2015)
A green methodology exploring the scope of diurethane synthesis from diols and urea in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst is described. Past reactions of diurethanes have relied heavily on environmentally corrosive reagents such as phosgene. Prior to this work, we have utilized metal glycerolates as homogeneous catalysts in the glycerolysis of urea. Here we explore the synthetic scope of this system with a variety of diols. The conversion to diurethanes is proposed to proceed via an intermediate zinc bound isocyanate ligand, which rearranges to form the terminal urethane in the case of 1,3- and higher diols in good selectivity and yields. With butane 1,2,4-triol the selectivity is exclusively for the 5-membered carbonate, suggesting that the proximity of the second hydroxyl group is critical in forming the ring.
Lipophilic oligopeptides for chemo- and enantioselective acyl transfer reactions onto alcohols
Mueller, Christian E.,Zell, Daniela,Hrdina, Radim,Wende, Raffael C.,Wanka, Lukas,Schuler, Soeren M. M.,Schreiner, Peter R.
, p. 8465 - 8484 (2013/09/24)
Inspired by the extraordinary selectivities of acylases, we envisioned the use of lipophilic oligopeptidic organocatalysts for the acylative kinetic resolution/desymmetrization of rac- and meso-cycloalkane-1,2-diols. Here we describe in a full account the discovery and development process from the theoretical concept to the final catalyst, including scope and limitations. Competition experiments with various alcohols and electrophiles show the full potential of the employed oligopeptides. Additionally, we utilized NMR and IR-spectroscopic methods as well as computations to shed light on the factors responsible for the selectivity. The catalyst system can be readily modified to a multicatalyst by adding other catalytically active amino acids to the peptide backbone, enabling the stereoselective one-pot synthesis of complex molecules from simple starting materials.
Di-tert-butyl dicarbonate and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine revisited. Their reactions with amines and alcohols
Basel, Yochai,Hassner, Alfred
, p. 6368 - 6380 (2007/10/03)
The reaction of BOC2O in the presence and absence of DMAP was examined with some amines, alcohols, diols, amino alcohols, and aminothiols. Often, unusual products were observed depending on the ratio of reagents, reaction time, polarity of solvent, pK(a) of alcohols, or type of amine (primary or secondary). In reactions of aliphatic alcohols with BOC2O/DMAP, we isolated for the first time carbonic-carbonic anhydride intermediates; this helps explain the formation of symmetrical carbonates in addition to the O-BOC products. In the case of secondary amines, we succeeded to isolate unstable carbamic-carbonic anhydride intermediates that in the presence of DMAP led to the final N-BOC product. The effect of N-methylimidazole in place of DMAP was also examined.
