Efficient and practical synthesis of monoalkyl oxalates under green conditions.

ABSTRACT: Monoalkyl oxalates are among the most important building blocks being applied to the synthesis of a variety of significant classes of compounds or applied to various cutting-edge reactions. However, their commercial availability is limited. Their synthetic methods are also limited because of the difficulty to synthesize them, and those hitherto reported are carried out in organic solvents often with the use of toxic reagents with mostly low to modest yields. Here we have developed practical synthesis of monoalkyl oxalates in aqueous media by applying the highly efficient selective monohydrolysis reactions of symmetric diesters which we reported previously. The best conditions apply an aqueous NaOH solution with relatively nontoxic THF or acetonitrile as a co-solvent at around 0-5 °C. The p

SUBMITTER: Barsukova T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature