Synthetic Reactions by Complex Catalysts XXVIII. Reaction of β-Propiolactone with Alkyl Halide Caused by Cu 2 O-Isonitrile Complex

T Saegusa, I Murase, M Nakai, Y Ito

Index: Saegusa,T. et al. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1972 , vol. 45, p. 3604 - 3607

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Abstract

Oligomerization of β-propiolactone (BPL) caused by the Cu 2 O-isonitrile complex in the presence of alkyl halide was studied, and an oligomeric mixture of acrylate derivatives 3 (n= 1, 2 and 3 in Eq.(3)) was isolated in fairly high yields. The complex catalyst showed a distinguished catalytic activity for the oligomerization of BPL. The reaction mechanism involving an intermediate of organocopper (I) isonitrile 4, which is converted into copper (I) ...