Title: <i>In Situ</i> Generation of the Coates Catalyst: A Practical and Versatile Catalytic System for the Carbonylation of <i>meso</i>-Epoxides
Abstract: A highly active catalytic system for the carbonylation of meso- and terminal epoxides to β-lactones is described. The active catalyst, analogous to Coates' catalyst, is generated in situ from commercially available (TPP)CrCl and Co(2)(CO)(8). This practical system circumvents the preparation of air sensitive cobaltate salts, operates at low catalyst loadings, and allows the carbonylation of functionalized, sterically demanding and heterocyclic meso-epoxides.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-05-25
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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