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ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue 32, Pages 6569-6578Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ob25447f
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- MIUR (Italian Ministry of University and Research)
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Methyl trioctylphosphonium methyl carbonate [P-8881](+)[MeOCO2](-) was prepared by the alkylation of trioctyl phosphine with the non-toxic dimethyl carbonate. This salt was a convenient source to synthesize different ionic liquids where the methyl trioctylphosphonium cation was coupled to weakly basic anions such as bicarbonate, acetate, and phenolate. At 90-220 degrees C, all these compounds [P-8881](+) X-; X = MeOCO2; HOCO2; AcO; PhO were excellent organocatalysts for the transesterification of dimethyl and diethyl carbonate with primary and secondary alcohols, including benzyl alcohol, cyclopentanol, cyclohexanol, and the rather sterically hindered menthol. Conditions were optimized to operate with very low catalyst loadings up to 1 mol% and to obtain non-symmetric dialkyl carbonates (ROCO2R'; R = Me, Et) with selectivity up to 99% and isolated yields >90%. The catalytic performance of the investigated ionic liquids was discussed through a cooperative mechanism of simultaneous activation of both electrophilic and nucleophilic reactants.
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