title: Tandem catalysis: a new approach to polypeptides and cyclic carbonates.
abstract: A new tandem catalytic system mediates very efficiently and selectively at room temperature two sequential reactions to produce relevant derivatives in one pot. Remarkably, this new concept of catalysis allows the facile synthesis of polypeptides and provides direct access to cyclic carbonates in high yields, through the incorporation of the carbon dioxide released from the initial step, thus achieving full-atom economy.
authors.affiliation: PSL Research University, CNRS - Chimie ParisTech, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005 Paris, France. christophe.thomas@chimie-paristech.fr.
authors.forename: Sumesh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brulé
authors.forename: Mathieu J-L
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tschan
authors.forename: Christophe M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000737:chemistry; D000812:Anhydrides / Q000737:chemistry; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000812:Anhydrides; D002254:Carbonates; D010455:Peptides; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000535:Aluminum