1 Introduction Nowadays, green chemistry has received increased attention. The use of water and scCO2 as a solvent or reagent is an important field for organic reactions and green chemistry both in laboratory and industry.
Polystyrene-supported hydroquinone （PS-HQ） is presented as an in situ polymeric cocatalyst to replace polystyrenesupported benzoquinone （PS-BQ） in the PdCl2-catalyzed acetalization of methyl acrylate with methanol in supercritical carbon dioxide （scCO2） under oxygen atmosphere. Due to deletion of H2O2 oxidation step, PS-HQ is more convenient and relatively inexpensive.
Zhao Yang WangHuan Feng JiangChao Rong QiYan Xia ShenShao Rong Yang
A new process for the Pd/Cu co-catalyzed homocoupling reaction of terminal alkynes was developed. The reaction was carried out in aqueous media with sodium percarbonate as both a clean oxidant and a base. Meanwhile, a palladium complex immobilized on a synthetic PS-PEG400-PPh2 resin was used as the catalyst, which may be recovered by simple filtration and reused for several times with high activity.
Polystyrene-supported phenol （PS-PhOH） was successfully synthesized by alkylation reaction of phenol with 2% DVB cross-linked chloromethylated polystyrene and characterized by IR spectra and elemental analysis. In conjunction with an organic base such as DMAP, DBU, triethylamine （Et3N）, diethylamine （Et2NH） or pyridine, the PS-PhOH could effectively catalyze the coupling reaction of carbon dioxide with epoxides to give cyclic carbonates in high yield and selectivity under mild conditions. The binary catalyst system of the PS-PhOH/DMAP was found to be the most active. The influence of reaction temperature, carbon dioxide pressure and reaction time on the yield of product was carefully investigated. The PS-PhOH could be recycled by simple filtration for at least up to ten times without loss of catalytic activity.
