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- Title
Lewis Base Catalysis Enables the Activation of Alcohols by means of Chloroformates as Phosgene Substitutes.
- Authors
Zoller, Ben; Stach, Tanja; Huy, Peter H.
- Abstract
Nucleophilic substitutions (SN) are typically promoted by acid chlorides as sacrificial reagents to improve the thermodynamic driving force and lower kinetic barriers. However, the cheapest acid chloride phosgene (COCl2) is a highly toxic gas. Against this background, phenyl chloroformate (PCF) was discovered as inherently safer phosgene substitute for the SN‐type formation of C−Cl and C−Br bonds using alcohols. Thereby, application of the Lewis bases 1‐formylpyrroldine (FPyr) and diethylcyclopropenone (DEC) as catalysts turned out to be pivotal to shift the chemoselectivity in favor of halo alkane generation. Primary, secondary and tertiary, benzylic, allylic and aliphatic alcohols are appropriate starting materials. A variety of functional groups are tolerated, which includes even acid labile moieties such as tert‐butyl esters and acetals. Since the by‐product phenol can be isolated, a recycling to PCF with inexpensive phosgene would be feasible on a technical scale. Eventually, a thorough competitive study demonstrated that PCF is indeed superior to phosgene and other substitutes.
- Subjects
LEWIS bases; PHOSGENE; CATALYSIS; ALKANES; ACYL chlorides; ALIPHATIC alcohols; ALLYL alcohol
- Publication
ChemCatChem, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 22, p5637
- ISSN
1867-3880
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cctc.202001175