Citation: Lin He, Hao Guo, Xiao-Wei Ma, Jie Zhang, Cheng-Zhi Gu, Wei Wang, Bin Dai. N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed synthesis of acetyltributylcitrate via a transesterification reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2014, 25(2): 215-217. shu

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed synthesis of acetyltributylcitrate via a transesterification reaction

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Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang Bingtuan and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China

Corresponding author: Lin He, Bin Dai,
Received Date: 13 July 2013
Available Online: 22 October 2013

A new methodology for the synthesis of a green plasticizer acetyltributylcitrate through a transesterification reaction was developed. Under the catalysis of alkyl-substituted imidazol-type N-heterocyclic carbenes, tributyl citrate can react with vinyl acetate smoothly to give ATBC in high yield.
- Acetyltributylcitrate,
- N-Heterocyclic carbenes,
- Transesterification reaction,
- Tributyl citrate,
- Vinyl acetate
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