Issue 5, 2003

An environmentally benign process for aromatic polycarbonate synthesis by efficient oxidative carbonylation catalyzed by Pd-carbene complexes

Abstract

The direct synthesis of diphenyl carbonate (DPC) and polycarbonate (PC) by oxidative carbonylation was investigated. A palladium catalyst anchored to a resin via a heterocyclic carbene ligand exhibited high performance in DPC synthesis, and the total turnover number (TON) achieved 5100 (mol-DPC/mol-Pd). Bisphenol A was also effectively converted to high molecular weight PC (Mw 22,400) at 95% yield.

Graphical abstract: An environmentally benign process for aromatic polycarbonate synthesis by efficient oxidative carbonylation catalyzed by Pd-carbene complexes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Apr 2003
First published
24 Jul 2003

Green Chem., 2003,5, 563-566

An environmentally benign process for aromatic polycarbonate synthesis by efficient oxidative carbonylation catalyzed by Pd-carbene complexes

K. Okuyama, J. Sugiyama, R. Nagahata, M. Asai, M. Ueda and K. Takeuchi, Green Chem., 2003, 5, 563 DOI: 10.1039/B304878K

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