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Esterification or Thioesterification of Carboxylic Acids with Alcohols or Thiols Using Amphipathic Monolith-SO3H Resin
Ichihara, Shuta,Ishida, Moeka,Ito, Ryo,Kato, Ayumu,Monguchi, Yasunari,Nakamura, Shinji,Park, Kwihwan,Sajiki, Hironao,Takada, Hitoshi,Wakayama, Fumika,Yamada, Tsuyoshi,Yamada, Yutaro
, p. 2702 - 2710 (2022/01/19)
We have developed a method for the esterification of carboxylic acids with alcohols using amphipathic, monolithic-resin bearing sulfonic acid moieties as cation exchange functions (monolith-SO3H). Monolith-SO3H efficiently catalyzed the esterification of aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic acids with various primary and secondary alcohols (1.55.0 equiv) in toluene at 6080 °C without the need to remove water generated during the reaction. The amphipathic property of monolith-SO3H facilitates dehydration due to its capacity for water absorption. This reaction was also applicable to thioesterification, wherein the corresponding thioesters were obtained in excellent yield using only 2.0 equiv of thiol in toluene, although heating at 120 °C was required. Moreover, monolith-SO3H was separable from the reaction mixtures by simple filtration and reused for at least five runs without decreasing the catalytic activity.
Ambulation of Incipient Proton during Gas-Phase Dissociation of Protonated Alkyl Dihydrocinnamates
Xu, Sihang,Zhang, Yong,Errabelli, Ramu,Attygalle, Athula B.
, p. 9468 - 9479 (2015/10/12)
Upon activation in the gas phase, protonated alkyl dihydrocinnamates undergo an alcohol loss. However, the mechanism followed is not a simple removal of an alkanol molecule after a protonation on the alkoxy group. The mass spectrum of the m/z 166 ion for deuteron-charged methyl dihydrocinnamate showed two peaks of 1:5 intensity ratio at m/z 133 and 134 to confirm that the incipient proton is mobile. The proton initially attached to the carbonyl group migrates to the ring and randomizes before a subsequent transfer of one of the ring protons to the alkoxy group for the concomitant alcohol elimination. Moreover, protonated methyl dihydrocinnamate undergoes more than one H/D exchange. The spectra recorded from m/z 167 and 168 ions obtained for di- and tri-deuterio isotopologues showed peak pairs at m/z 134, 135 and 135, 136, at 1:2 and 1:1 intensity ratios, respectively, confirming the benzenium ion intermediate achieves complete randomization before the proton transfer. Additionally, protonated higher esters of alkyl dihydrocinnamates undergo a cleavage of the O-CH2 bond to form an ion/neutral complex, which, upon activation, dissociates generating a carbenium ion and dihydrocinnamic acid, or rearranges to generate protonated dihydrocinnamic acid and an alkene by a nonspecific proton transfer.
Efficient direct ester condensation between equimolar amounts of carboxylic acids and alcohols catalyzed by trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH) in Solkane365mfc
Xu, Xiu-Hua,Azuma, Ayaka,Taniguchi, Misaki,Tokunaga, Etsuko,Shibata, Norio
, p. 3848 - 3852 (2013/04/23)
A simple, practical, and environmentally benign esterification protocol has been devised on the basis of TfOH as the catalyst and Solkane365mfc as the reaction medium. The direct condensation of equimolar amounts of various carboxylic acids and alcohols was conveniently carried out without recourse to any additional water removal technique, giving the desired carboxylic esters in excellent yields.
