Organic carboxylate salt-enabled alternative synthetic routes for bio-functional cyclic carbonates and aliphatic polycarbonates
Yuya Watanabe, Shunya Takaoka, Yuta Haga, Kohei Kishi, Shunta Hakozaki, Atsushi Narumi, Takashi Kato, Masaru Tanaka, Kazuki Fukushima
Abstract
A cyclic carbonate with an ammonium carboxylate residue was found to serve as a nucleophile for esterification with alkyl bromides via the S N 2 mechanism.
Topics & Concepts
CarboxylateSalt (chemistry)ChemistryAmmoniumAlkylNucleophileCarbonateResidue (chemistry)Organic chemistryAmmonium carbonateInorganic chemistryCatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesChemical Synthesis and Analysis