Improving the Selectivity of the C-C Coupled Product Electrosynthesis by Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer─An Enhanced Route from Phenol to Biphenol.

ABSTRACT: We developed a procedure for selective 2,4-dimethylphenol, DMPh, direct electro-oxidation to 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-2,2'-biphenol, TMBh, a C-C coupled product. For that, we used an electrode coated with a product-selective molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP). The procedure is reasonably selective toward TMBh without requiring harmful additives or elevated temperatures. The TMBh product itself was used as a template for imprinting. We followed the template interaction with various functional monomers (FMs) using density functional theory (DFT) simulations to select optimal FM. On this basis, we used a prepolymerization complex of TMBh with carboxyl-containing FM at a 1:2 TMBh-to-FM molar ratio for MIP fabrication. The template-FM interaction was also

SUBMITTER: Sudagar AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10614056 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature