Acylative kinetic resolution of alcohols using a recyclable polymer-supported isothiourea catalyst in batch and flow
Date
02/02/2018Author
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EP/L016419/1
ep/k000411/1
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WM140071
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A polystyrene-supported isothiourea catalyst, based on the homogeneous catalyst HyperBTM, has been prepared and used for the acylative kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols. A wide range of alcohols, including benzylic, allylic and propargylic alcohols, cycloalkanol derivatives and a 1,2-diol, has been resolved using either propionic or isobutyric anhydride with good to excellent selectivity factors obtained (28 examples, s up to 622). The catalyst can be recovered and reused by a simple filtration and washing sequence, with no special precautions needed. The recyclability of the catalyst was demonstrated (15 cycles) with no significant loss in either activity or selectivity. The recyclable catalyst was also used for the sequential resolution of 10 different alcohols us-ing different anhydrides with no cross-contamination between cycles. Finally, successful application in a continuous flow process demonstrated the first example of an immobilized Lewis base catalyst used for the kinetic resolution of alcohols in flow.
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Neyyappadath , R , Chisholm , R , Greenhalgh , M D , Rodriguez-Escrich , C , Pericàs , M A , Hähner , G & Smith , A D 2018 , ' Acylative kinetic resolution of alcohols using a recyclable polymer-supported isothiourea catalyst in batch and flow ' , ACS Catalysis , vol. 8 , no. 2 , pp. 1067-1075 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04001
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ACS Catalysis
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Peer reviewed
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2155-5435Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04001
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The authors thank the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Critical Resource Catalysis (CRITICAT, grant code EP/L016419/1, R.M.N.P.) for funding. Financial support from the EPSRC (EP/K000411/1) is gratefully acknowledged (R.C.). The European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) ERC Grant Agreement No. 279850 is also acknowledged. A.D.S. thanks the Royal Society for a Wolfson Research Merit Award. C.R.-E. and M.A.P. acknowledge the financial support from CERCA Pro-gramme/Generalitat de Catalunya, MINECO (CTQ2015-69136-R, AEI/MINECO/FEDER, UE and Severo Ochoa Excellence Ac-creditation 2014–2018, SEV-2013-0319) and DEC Generalitat de Catalunya (Grant 2014SGR827).Collections
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