Palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of a commodity CO2-sourced δ-valerolactone

Tabaja, Hussein; Grignard, Bruno; Detrembleur, Christophe; Beller, Matthias; Guillaume, Sophie M.; Carpentier, Jean-François

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Palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of a commodity CO2-sourced δ-valerolactone

Tabaja, Hussein; Grignard, Bruno; Detrembleur, Christophe et al.

2025 • In Molecular Catalysis, 585, p. 115376

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Keywords :

carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide-sourced monomer; lactone

Abstract :

[en] The methoxycarbonylation of 3-ethylidene-6-vinyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one (EVP), a commodity δ-valerolactone prepared by telomerization of CO2 with butadiene, is reported. The pytbpx ligand proved instrumental to achieve successful formation of the new carbonylation product 11.

Research Center/Unit :

CESAM - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials - ULiège [BE]
CERM - Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules - ULiège [BE]

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Materials science & engineering
Chemistry

Author, co-author :

Tabaja, Hussein; University of Rennes - CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques - France

Grignard, Bruno ; University of Liège [ULiège] - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials [CESAM] Research Unit - Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules [CERM] - Belgium ; University of Liège [ULiège] - FRITCO2T Platform - Belgium

Detrembleur, Christophe ; University of Liège [ULiège] - Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials [CESAM] Research Unit - Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules [CERM] - Belgium ; Walloon Excellence [ WEL] Research Institute - Wavre - Belgium

Beller, Matthias ; Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e. V. at the University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Guillaume, Sophie M. ; University of Rennes - CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques - France

Carpentier, Jean-François ; University of Rennes - CNRS, Institut des Sciences Chimiques - France

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English

Title :

Palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of a commodity CO2-sourced δ-valerolactone

Publication date :

October 2025

Journal title :

Molecular Catalysis

ISSN :

2468-8274

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2468-8231

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Elsevier B.V.

Volume :

585

Pages :

115376

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

European Projects :

HE - 101073223 - D-Carbonize - Biocarbon based Polymers for Sustainable Material Development

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EU - European Union
CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fund for Scientific Research

Funding text :

This work was performed with the help of European Union Grant MSCA-DN- d -Carbonize 101073223 (Ph.D. grant to H.T.), Universit\u00E9 de Rennes and CNRS. We gratefully thank Dr. R. Jackstell and Dr. H. Neumann (Likat, Rostock, Germany) for providing the py t bpx ligand. We are also grateful to Philippe J\u00E9han (CRMPO, UAR ScanMat, CNRS-Universit\u00E9 de Rennes) for assistance with the MS analyses.

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