Issue 15, 2021

Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H2O2 as an oxidant in flow microreactors

Abstract

Solvent-free continuous flow epoxidation of the alkene bonds of a range of biorenewable terpene substrates have been carried out using a recyclable tungsten-based polyoxometalate phase transfer catalyst and aqueous H2O2 as a benign oxidant. These sustainable flow epoxidation reactions are carried out in commercial microreactors containing static mixing channels that enable common monoterpenes (e.g. untreated crude sulfate turpentine, limonene, etc.) to be safely epoxidized in short reaction times and in good yields. These flow procedures are applicable for the flow epoxidation of trisubstituted and disubstituted alkenes for the safe production of multigram quantities of a wide range of epoxides.

Graphical abstract: Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H2O2 as an oxidant in flow microreactors

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2021
Accepted
06 Jul 2021
First published
06 Jul 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Green Chem., 2021,23, 5449-5455

Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H2O2 as an oxidant in flow microreactors

J. D. Tibbetts, W. B. Cunningham, M. Vezzoli, P. Plucinski and S. D. Bull, Green Chem., 2021, 23, 5449 DOI: 10.1039/D1GC01734A

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