Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H2O2as an oxidant in flow microreactors

Joshua D. Tibbetts; William B. Cunningham; Massimiliano Vezzoli; Pawel Plucinski; Steven D. Bull

doi:10.1039/d1gc01734a

Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H₂O₂as an oxidant in flow microreactors

Joshua D. Tibbetts, William B. Cunningham, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Pawel Plucinski, Steven D. Bull

University of Bath

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Abstract

Solvent-free continuous flow epoxidation of the alkene bonds of a range of biorenewable terpene substrates have been carried out using a recyclable tungsten-based polyoxometalate phase transfer catalyst and aqueous H2O2 as a benign oxidant. These sustainable flow epoxidation reactions are carried out in commercial microreactors containing static mixing channels that enable common monoterpenes (e.g. untreated crude sulfate turpentine, limonene, etc.) to be safely epoxidized in short reaction times and in good yields. These flow procedures are applicable for the flow epoxidation of trisubstituted and disubstituted alkenes for the safe production of multigram quantities of a wide range of epoxides. This journal is

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5449-5455
Number of pages	7
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	23
Issue number	15
Early online date	6 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc01734a
Publication status	Published - 7 Aug 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to thank EPSRC for funding through “Terpene-based Manufacturing for Sustainable Chemical Feedstocks” EP/K014889 and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies (EP/L016354/1). Södra Forestry Cooperative are thanked for supplying an authentic industrial sample of CST.

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© The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Funding

We would like to thank EPSRC for funding through “Terpene-based Manufacturing for Sustainable Chemical Feedstocks” EP/K014889 and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemical Technologies (EP/L016354/1). Södra Forestry Cooperative are thanked for supplying an authentic industrial sample of CST.

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Environmental Chemistry
Pollution

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