Chemistry Letters

New addition reaction of active ester or cyclic ester with epoxy compounds catalyzed by insoluble polystyrene-bound quaternary phosphonium or ammonium salts.

T Nishikubo, A Shiina, N Isobe

Index: Nishikubo, Tadatomi; Shiina, Atsushi; Isobe, Naoki Chemistry Letters, 1988 , # 10 p. 1605 - 1608

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Abstract

Regioselective addition reaction of active ester S-phenyl thioacetate with 2- phenoxymethyloxirane was catalyzed by insoluble polystyrene-bound quaternary phosphonium or ammonium salts and gave 1-phenoxy-3-thiophenoxy-2-propyl acetate. Five- membered cyclic carbonates were also synthesized by the reaction of cyclic ester β- butyrolactone with some epoxy compounds using the same polymeric catalysts.