Transesterification of various methyl esters under mild conditions catalyzed by tetranuclear zinc cluster.
A new catalytic transesterification promoted by a tetranuclear zinc cluster was developed. The mild reaction conditions enabled the reactions of various functionalized substrates to proceed in good to high yield. A large-scale reaction under solvent-free conditions proceeded with a low E-factor value (0.66), indicating the high environmental and economical advantage of the present catalysis.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
Takanori
T
Iwasaki
Yusuke
Y
Maegawa
Yukiko
Y
Hayashi
Takashi
T
Ohshima
Kazushi
K
Mashima
D002384:Catalysis; D004952:Esters / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017967:Zinc Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D004952:Esters; D017967:Zinc Compounds