Synthesis of bifunctional monomers by the palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of cardanol and its derivatives
Abstract
A 1,2-bis(di-tert-butylphosphinomethyl)benzene-modified palladium catalyst has been used to synthesize bifunctional monomers of different chain lengths from cardanol. Short-chain derivatives of cardanol, such as (E)-3-(dodec-8-enyl)phenol; HOPhC12-ene, (E)-3-(undec-8-enyl)phenol; HOPhC11-ene, (E)-3-(dec-8-enyl)phenol; HOPhC10-ene, and 3-(non-8-enyl)phenol; HOPhC9-ene, were synthesized by the metathesis of cardanol with symmetrical internal alkenes. These derivatives were methoxycarbonylated to produce monomers with different chain lengths such as methyl-16-(3-hydroxyphenyl)hexadecanoate; HOPhC15COOMe, methyl-13-(3-hydroxyphenyl)tridecanoate; HOPhC12COOMe, methyl-12-(3-hydroxyphenyl)dodecanoate; HOPhC11COOMe, methyl-11-(3-hydroxyphenyl)undecanoate; HOPhC10COOMe, and methyl-10-(3-hydroxyphenyl)decanoate; HOPhC9COOMe, respectively. Polymerization of the synthesized monomers produced oligomers that consist of up to seven monomer units as confirmed by MALDI-TOF-MS. Lactone formation was also observed in some cases under polymerization conditions.
Citation
Mgaya , J E , Bartlett , S A , Mubofu , E B , Mgani , Q A , Slawin , A M Z , Pogorzelec , P & Cole-Hamilton , D J 2016 , ' Synthesis of bifunctional monomers by the palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of cardanol and its derivatives ' ChemCatChem , vol. 8 , no. 4 , pp. 751-757 . DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201501110
Publication
ChemCatChem
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1867-3880Type
Journal article
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© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201501110 © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201501110
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The authors thank the Royal Society Leverhulme Africa Program for funding this project.Collections
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