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Microwave-assisted ionic liquid-catalyzed selective monoesterification of alkylphosphonic acids—an experimental and a theoretical study
Harsági, Nikoletta,Henyecz, Réka,ábrányi-Balogh, Péter,Drahos, László,Keglevich, Gy?rgy
, (2021/09/07)
It is well-known that the P-acids including phosphonic acids resist undergoing direct es-terification. However, it was found that a series of alkylphoshonic acids could be involved in mo-noesterification with C2–C4 alcohols under microwave (MW) irradiation in the presence of [bmim][BF4] as an additive. The selectivity amounted to 80–98%, while the isolated yields fell in the range of 61–79%. The method developed is a green method for P-acid esterification. DFT calculations at the M062X/6–311+G (d,p) level of theory (performed considering the solvent effect of the corresponding alcohol) explored the three-step mechanism, and justified a higher enthalpy of activation (160.6–194.1 kJ·mol–1) that may be overcome only by MW irradiation. The major role of the [bmim][BF4] additive is to increase the absorption of MW energy. The specific chemical role of the [BF4] anion of the ionic liquid in an alternative mechanism was also raised by the computations.
