A highly efficient and sustainable catalyst system for terminal epoxy-carboxylic acid ring opening reactions
Tizian‐Frank Ramspoth, Jitte Flapper, Keimpe J. van den Berg, Ben L. Feringa, Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan
Abstract
An efficient, green, non-toxic, halide-free catalyst system with iron( iii ) benzoate and guanidinium carbonate facilitates the nucleophilic ring opening of terminal epoxides by carboxylic acids, key process for materials science and coatings.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisRing (chemistry)ChemistryCarboxylic acidEpoxyNucleophileHalideCarbonateTerminal (telecommunication)Organic chemistryPolymer chemistryComputer scienceTelecommunicationsChemical Synthesis and ReactionsChemistry and Chemical EngineeringCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis