Facile conversion of cis into trans oxane as liquid crystals-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Facile conversion of cis into trans oxane as liquid crystals

Published:2020-04-24 Issue:1 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2045-2322
Container-title:Scientific Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci Rep

Author:

Dong Zhaoheng,Fan Ping,Chen Qun,Chen Chen^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractTrans-oxanes are important liquid crystals. The commonly used techniques for the synthesis were to react 2-substituted propylene glycols with substituted formaldehydes. Such process produces toxic cis-oxanes, which are harmful to the environment. The cis to trans isomerization of wasted cis-oxanes was studied in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid as catalyst. The yield of cis to trans conversion was over 70%, which was much higher than 42–69% when traditional methods were employed. The total yield of the new method was increased to 90%. Further investigation of effects of catalysts, reaction times, temperatures on the cis-trans conversion was carried out. Proposed mechanism of this process for the conversion was discussed.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63902-y.pdf

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