Organische Carbonate. Grüne Lösungsmittel für Synthese und Katalyse

Organic carbonates (cyclic and acyclic diesters of carbonic acid) are highly boiling, polar and non‐toxic solvents. By selection of suitable mono‐ and di‐alcohols as ester components their physical properties can be influenced dramatically. Their use has been proven in lithium batteries, natural gas purification and in cosmetics. Especially propylene carbonate (PC) owns perfect properties as solvent in biphasic transition metal catalyzed reactions. This is a main issue for the use in continuous processes to minimize the amount of catalysts.