Continuous production of bio-renewable lactone monomers through Sn-β catalysed Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with H2O2
ChemSusChem 2017, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701298
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5113126
Authors: Keiko Yakabi,[a] Kirstie Milne,[a] Thibault
Mathieux,[a] Eva M. López-Vidal,[b]Antoine Buchard [b] and Ceri Hammond*[a]
a Cardiff Catalysis Institute, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
b Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY
DFT study:
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DFT optimised geometries and computed free enthalpies were used to
calculate the thermodynamics of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with H2O2 of 4-alkyl-cyclohexanones, so as to evaluate the effect of the alkyl substituents (R=H, Me, Et,iPr and tBu).