Issue 8, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Biomimetic trifunctional organocatalyst showing a great acceleration for the transesterification between vinyl ester and alcohol†

Tadashi Ema,*a   Daisuke Tanida,a   Tatsuya Matsukawaa  and  Takashi Sakai*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
E-mail: ema@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Trifunctional organocatalysts 1a and 1b mimicking the active site of serine hydrolases showed high catalytic activity with up to a 3 700 000-fold acceleration for the acyl-transfer reactions from vinyl trifluoroacetate to alcohol.

Graphical abstract: Biomimetic trifunctional organocatalyst showing a great acceleration for the transesterification between vinyl ester and alcohol

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B718763G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2007
Accepted
02 Jan 2008
First published
22 Jan 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 957-959

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Biomimetic trifunctional organocatalyst showing a great acceleration for the transesterification between vinyl ester and alcohol

T. Ema, D. Tanida, T. Matsukawa and T. Sakai, Chem. Commun., 2008, 957 DOI: 10.1039/B718763G

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