Bucher, G. (2010) Ester pyrolysis of carbonates: bis(benzene hydrate) carbonate as potential precursor for monomeric carbonic acid. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010(6), pp. 1070-1075. (doi: 10.1002/ejoc.200901212)
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Abstract
The twofold ester pyrolysis of carbonates, yielding monomeric carbonic acid, was investigated by computational methods. By comparison with CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ//B3LYP/ccpVTZ benchmark calculations, the M05-2X method was found to give the most accurate reaction enthalpies among the DFT methods employed. While the first ester pyrolysis of diethyl carbonate, (E)-bis(acetdldoxime) carbonate or diN,N-dimethylhydroxylaniine carbonate will yield the corresponding monocarbonates, these highly labile compounds are predicted to decay via alternative reaction channels that result in the formation of carbon dioxide. Due to competing O-O bond homolyis reactions, dialkyl diperoxycarbonates are predicted to afford at best moderate yields of monomeric carbonic acid upon flash vacuum pyrolysis. The carbonate derived frorn "benzene hydrate" (cyclohexa-2,4-dien-l-ol), however, is predicted to be an ideal precursor for monomeric carbonic acid, undergoing ester pyrolysis in a very facile reaction, with no competing bond homolysis processes.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bucher, Dr Goetz |
| Authors: | Bucher, G. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry |
| Journal Name: | European Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| ISSN: | 1434-193X |
| Published Online: | 13 January 2010 |
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