Online ATR-IR investigations and mechanistic understanding of the carbonylation of epoxides - the selective synthesis of lactones or polyesters from epoxides and CO |
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Authors: | Markus Allmendinger Robert Eberhardt Ferenc Molnar |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Materials and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm 89069, Germany b Polymer Research, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen 67056, Germany |
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Abstract: | In situ ATR-IR spectroscopy is applied as a powerful tool to study the factors that control the reaction of epoxides with carbon monoxide in the presence of [Lewis acid]+[Co(CO)4]− salts. Based on these investigations, a consistent mechanistic scheme is presented, comprising the main lactone and polyester products and minor components, e.g., acetone and crotonic acid derivatives. β-Alkoxy-acyl-cobalttetracarbonyl species are shown to be key intermediates from which two reaction routes start in dependence of the applied Lewis acid (LA). Labile LA-alkoxy combinations favor a backbiting process of the oxygen function on the Co-acyl bond, primarily producing lactone products. More stable LA-alkoxy entities are unreactive toward PO conversion and afford a polymerization reaction after the addition of a nucleophile. In that case, the Lewis acid remains bonded to the chain end. |
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Keywords: | Online ATR-IR spectroscopy Catalytic carbonylation Epoxides Lactones Aliphatic polyesters |
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