Single step green process for the preparation of substituted cinnamic esters with trans-selectivity
申请人:Sinha Kumar Arun
公开号:US20080045742A1
公开(公告)日:2008-02-21
The invention provides a green process for direct oxidation of a large number of substituted or unsubstituted cinnamaldehydes or cinnamyl alcohols into the corresponding alkyl or aryl cinnamates in one step. The process of the present invention is a convenient and efficient green process for the preparation of various aryl or alkyl cinnamates under conventional, microwave and ultrasound directly from cinnamaldehydes or cinnamyl alcohols in the presence of an oxidizing agent, catalyst and an alcohol, with or without an organic solvent. These esters are immensely important compounds in flavor, perfumery and pharmaceutical industries. There are several prior arts available for the preparation of cinnamic esters, but all of them suffer from deficiencies such as use of expensive reagents and catalysts, harsh reaction conditions, use of toxic chemicals and others. In contrast, the present methodology is extremely simple and involves reaction of the substrate with an oxidizing agent mixed with a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst and an alcohol with or without organic solvent by stirring at room temperature or refluxing or under microwave or ultrasound irradiation to get the requisite products.
本发明提供了一种绿色工艺,可将大量取代或未取代的肉桂醛或肉桂醇直接氧化成相应的烷基或芳基肉桂酸酯。本发明的工艺是一种方便高效的绿色工艺,可在传统、微波和超声波下从肉桂醛或肉桂醇中直接制备各种芳基或烷基肉桂酸酯,其使用氧化剂、催化剂和醇存在,有机溶剂可有可无。这些酯类化合物在食品香料、香水和制药行业中具有极其重要的作用。有几种先前的方法可用于制备肉桂酸酯,但它们都存在缺陷,例如使用昂贵的试剂和催化剂、严酷的反应条件、使用有毒化学品等等。相比之下,本方法极其简单,只需将底物与氧化剂混合,加入均相或异相催化剂和醇,有机溶剂可有可无,然后在室温或回流或微波或超声波下搅拌反应即可获得所需产品。