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POLYHEDRON
Volume 243, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2023.116519
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Dimethyl carbonate; Isocyanates; Green chemistry; Catalysis; DFT
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The non-catalytic and catalyzed decomposition of N,O-dimethylcarbamate to methyl isocyanate and methanol by phenol and zinc methoxide was studied using computational methods. Non-catalytic transformation has a high activation barrier, making it infeasible. Phenol catalysis slightly reduces the activation barrier. The zinc methoxide-catalyzed reaction proceeds through two stages and exhibits the greatest decrease in activation barrier.
The non-catalytic and catalyzed by phenol and zinc methoxide decomposition of N,O-dimethylcarbamate to methyl isocyanate and methanol was studied by B3LYP/6-311++G(df,p) and PBE0/6-311++G(df,p) methods. Non-catalytic transformation has a large activation barrier and is therefore not feasible. Catalysis with phenol slightly reduces the activation barrier. The non-catalytic and phenol-catalyzed reactions are single-step. Zinc methoxide-catalyzed reaction proceeds through two stages. The greatest decrease in the activation barrier is observed in the case of zinc methoxide-catalyzed reaction.
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