Synthesis of 5-membered cyclic carbonates by oxidative carbonylation of 1, 2-diols promoted by copper halides

P Giannoccaro, M Casiello, A Milella…

Index: Giannoccaro, Potenzo Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1994 , vol. 470, # 1.2 p. 249 - 252

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Abstract

Copper halides, CuX2 (X= Cl, Br), promote the oxidative carbonylation of vicinal diols [1, 2- ethandiol (1, 2-ED), 1, 2-propanediol (1, 2-PD), 1, 2-butanediol (1, 2-BD)] into the corresponding 5-membered cyclic carbonates, under CO/O2 (Ptot= 3MPa; P (O2)= 0.5 MPa),