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Title: Low pressure carbonylation of heterocycles

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1013875

Heterocycles, e.g., epoxides, are carbonylated at low pressure with high percentage conversion to cyclic, ring expanded products using the catalyst ##STR00001## where L is tetrahydrofuran (THF).

Research Organization:
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-05ER15687
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,569,709
Application Number:
11/705,528
OSTI ID:
1013875
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Catalytic Carbonylation of β-Lactones to Succinic Anhydrides
  • Getzler, Yutan D. Y. L.; Kundnani, Vinod; Lobkovsky, Emil B.
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 126, Issue 22, p. 6842-6843 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja048946m
journal June 2004
Practical β-Lactone Synthesis:  Epoxide Carbonylation at 1 atm journal August 2006