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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 12, Issue 27, Pages 17454-17465Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07943c
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- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/L017393/1]
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This study reports the synthesis and characterization of alpha-pinane carbonate from an alpha-pinene derivative. The potential application of alpha-pinane carbonate as a monomer for sustainable bio-based polymer is highlighted. The significance lies in the conversion of pinanediol into alpha-pinane carbonate and the potential utilization of a major waste product from pulp and paper industries.
This work reports the first known synthesis of alpha-pinane carbonate from an alpha-pinene derivative. Pinane carbonate is potentially useful as a monomer for poly(pinane carbonate), which would be a sustainable bio-based polymer. alpha-Pinene is a major waste product from the pulp and paper industries and the most naturally abundant monoterpene in turpentine oil. alpha-Pinene is routinely converted to pinene oxide and pinanediol, but no study has yet demonstrated the conversion of pinanediol into alpha-pinane carbonate. Here, alpha-pinane carbonate was synthesised via carboxylation of alpha-pinanediol with dimethyl carbonate under base catalysis using triazabicyclodecene guanidine (TBD). 81.1 +/- 2.8% alpha-pinane carbonate yield was achieved at 98.7% purity. The produced alpha-pinane carbonate was a white crystalline solid with a melting point of 86 degrees C. It was characterised using FTIR, NMR, GCMS and a quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer. The FTIR exhibited a C=O peak at 1794 cm(-1) confirming the presence of a cyclic carbonate. GCMS showed that the alpha-pinane carbonate fragments with loss of CO2, forming pinene epoxide. Base hydrolysis of the alpha-pinane carbonate using NaOH/ethanol/water regenerated the pinanediol with formations of Na2CO3.
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