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dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Michael J
dc.contributor.authorBorn, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorNeuenschwander, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorSkovby, Tommy
dc.contributor.authorMealy, Michael J
dc.contributor.authorKiil, Søren
dc.contributor.authorDam-Johansen, Kim
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Klavs F
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T20:10:21Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T20:10:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135019
dc.description.abstract© 2018 American Chemical Society. The kinetics of sequential addition of a distinct Grignard species onto a lactone is studied by flow chemistry. The experimental data are shown to be consistent with a kinetic model based on four reaction steps, reaction of ester to magnesium hemiacetal, rearrangement to ketone (forward and backward), and reaction of ketone to tertiary alcohol upon quenching. The experimental derived reaction mechanism is supported by ab initio molecular computations, and the predicted activation energy is in good agreement with the experimental observations. The Grignard reaction follows a substrate-independent, reductive [2 + 2] cycloaddition of the Meisenheimer/Casper type. Moreover, the rearrangement equilibrium between magnesium hemiacetal and ketone is characterized and found to be feasible. Monoaddition of the ester carbonyl group is demonstrated for fluorophenylmagnesium bromide but at reaction conditions at -40 °C with several hours of residence time. Working under cryogenic temperature conditions is essential to realizing monoaddition of the ester carbonyl group with Grignard reagents.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)
dc.relation.isversionof10.1021/ACS.IECR.8B00564
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dc.titleOptimization of Grignard Addition to Esters: Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Model Phthalide Using Flow Chemistry
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
dc.relation.journalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscript
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed
dc.date.updated2019-08-22T12:40:37Z
dspace.orderedauthorsPedersen, MJ; Born, S; Neuenschwander, U; Skovby, T; Mealy, MJ; Kiil, S; Dam-Johansen, K; Jensen, KF
dspace.date.submission2019-08-22T12:40:39Z
mit.journal.volume57
mit.journal.issue14
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