催化学报 ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 502-507.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60353-7

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咪唑 (啉)-2-羧酸盐作为潜在的/可热活化的有机小分子催化剂催化转酯反应

王燕芹1,2, 李振江1,*   

  1. 1 南京工业大学生物与制药工程学院, 材料化学工程国家重点实验室, 江苏南京 210009; 2 南京林业大学理学院, 江苏南京 210037
  • 收稿日期:2011-09-10 修回日期:2011-12-10 出版日期:2012-03-15 发布日期:2015-07-27

Imidazol(in)ium-2-carboxylates as Latent, Thermally Activated Organocatalysts for Transesterification Reactions

WANG Yanqin1,2, LI Zhenjiang1,*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China; 2College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2011-09-10 Revised:2011-12-10 Online:2012-03-15 Published:2015-07-27

摘要: 采用咪唑 (啉)-2-羧酸盐 (ImCO2) 作为催化剂前驱体, 通过温度控制脱除 ImCO2 的 2-位羧酸根, 再原位释放出高活性的 N-杂环卡宾 (NHCs), 进而催化转酯反应. 研究了 NHCs 在苯甲酸乙酯与一元醇、二元醇及氨基醇反应体系中的催化活性. 结果表明, 在该体系中不需要选用活化酯为原料, 无需加入分子筛或加大醇酯比提高产率, 仅用少量催化剂 (0.5 mol%), 在较短时间内 (3 h), 即可使反应转化率达到 95%.

关键词: N-杂环卡宾, 有机小分子催化剂, 咪唑 (啉)-2-羧酸盐, 转酯反应, 非活性酯

Abstract: 1,3-Disubstituted imidazol(in)ium-2-carboxylates (ImCO2) were used as precatalysts for transesterification reactions of unactivated ethyl benzoate with monohydric alcohols, dihydric alcohols, and amino alcohols. Highly active N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are usually not used directly as catalysts because of their air and moisture sensitivity. Here they were liberated in situ by thermal decarboxylation of ImCO2 at designated temperatures. The results showed that the yield of the reactions reached up to 95% within 3 h using only 0.5 mol% catalyst. No active enol esters, molecular sieves, or a 20-fold excess of alcohol were used to drive the reaction to completion. It was proved that unsaturated imidazolium-2-carboxylates have a better activity than saturated species in this type of reaction. Different types of substituting groups of ImCO2 exhibited varied transesterification activity.

Key words: N-heterocyclic carbene, organocatalyst, imidazol(in)ium-2-carboxylate, transesterification, unactivated ethyl benzoate