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waste is produced. The reported yields are usually mod-
erate (50–70 %) but can reach 98 % [12]. The process is
usually conducted at 25–100 °C, up to 8 MPa of CO2 in the
presence of Cs2CO3 and an ammonium catalyst in DMF
[12, 13]. Other strong bases, such as 1,8-diazabicycloun-
dec-7-ene (DBU) or guanidine, can also be used. The role
of a base is deprotonation of carbamic acid, which
improves its reactivity with the halide [14, 15].
bound tributylmethylammonium chloride: PS2-C4H9) [20]
and CNT-supported alkylammonium catalysts (CNT-C4H9)
have been reported previously [21].
2.2 Instruments
Chromatography was carried out using Waters Acquity
Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) sys-
tem. HR-MS spectra were registered with a Waters Xevo
G2 QTof instrument and the ESI-MS source after chro-
matographic separation. Syntheses of carbamates were
conducted in a 100 mL stainless steel autoclave placed in a
thermostat (EasyMaxTM 102, Mettler Toledo).
Alcohols can also be employed as an alternative to
halides as alkylating agents [16, 17], but the reaction
conditions are harsher due to the low reactivity of alcohols.
It can be partially circumvented by the application of
Mistunobu’s reagent [18], or when reactive propargyl
alcohols and an appropriate catalytic system is used [19].
One of the trends in the development of catalytic sys-
tems for the carbamates synthesis, as well as in other types
of catalysis, is the immobilization of existing homogeneous
catalysts to obtain reusable, easily separable catalysts of
high activity. Among possible supports there are: polymers,
metal oxides, carbon nanomaterials, nanoparticles, and
many others. In this work we investigated immobilized
alkylammonium salts in the synthesis of carbamates from
halides.
2.3 Synthesis of Carbamates from CO2
An amine (2.85 mmol) and anhydrous DMF (15 mL) were
introduced into an autoclave. The autoclave was purged
twice with CO2 and the reaction was conducted at 25 °C
under 1 MPa of CO2. After 1 h, an appropriate amount of
the catalyst, cesium carbonate (9 mmol), and alkyl or
benzyl chloride (9 mmol) was added. The autoclave was
purged twice with CO2 and the mixture was stirred at
100 °C under 1 MPa of CO2 for 3 h. After cooling to room
temperature, the excess of CO2 was vented, and the catalyst
was separated by filtration. The post-reaction mixture was
poured into water (30 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate
(3 9 30 mL). The organic layer was washed with brine
(30 mL) and water (2 9 30 mL). The organic layer was
dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and evaporated to
give crude alkyl carbamate in the form of a yellow oil.
2 Experimental
2.1 Materials
Carbon dioxide of 99.5 % purity was obtained from SIAD.
Tributylmethylammonium chloride (TBMAC), polymer-
bound tributylmethylammonium chloride (PS1-C4H9)
200–400 mesh; Cl loading = 1.2 mmol g-1, polystyrene
(cross-linked with DVB) were purchased from Fluka.
Cesium carbonate (99.5 %), DBU (98 %), benzyl chloro-
formate (pure), 1-chlorobutane ([99 %), 2-chlorobutane
([99 %), benzyl chloride (99 %), choline chloride (99 %),
triethylamine (99 %), tributylamine (99 %) were supplied
by Acros Organics. Carbon nanotubes (CNT)
(6–9 nm 9 5 lm), tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB)
([99 %), trihexylamine (96 %) were provided by Sigma
Aldrich. Aniline, benzylamine, butylamine, diisobuty-
lamine, and other chemicals were bought from local
manufacturers. Merrifield’s resins, chloromethylated
polystyrenes PS2: 200–400 mesh, Cl loading:
2.25 mmol g-1, polystyrene 2 % cross-linked with DVB
(Sigma Aldrich), and PS3, 200–400 mesh, Cl loading:
2.5–3 mmol g-1, polystyrene 1 % cross-linked with DVB
was purchased from Acros Organics.
2.4 Quantitative Analysis of Products
The structure of all products was confirmed by HR-MS and
NMR. A quantitative analysis was performed with the
UPLC-PDA system. The mobile phase consisted of ace-
tonitrile (60 %) and water (40 %) delivered at
0.2 mL min-1. A BEH C18 1.7 lm 2.1 9 50 mm column
was kept at 40 °C. Injections of 0.2 lL of a solution of the
crude product (0.01 g in 10 mL of acetonitrile) were made
on the column to quantify all the products. Calculations
were based on external calibration lines established by
injecting standards of known purity. The retention time of
1 was typically 1.2–1.4 min; of 2 was 4.2–4.7 min, while 3
was eluted at 2.0 min. If pure standards were not available,
1H NMR spectra (in DMSO) of crude products with maleic
acid as an internal standard were used for quantification
purposes. Yields of products 1 and 2 were calculated based
on the initial quantity of the amine (2.85 mmol), while
yields of 3 were related to the initial quantity of benzyl
chloride (9 mmol).
The synthetic procedure and characterization of poly-
mer-supported catalysts (polymer-bound triethylmethy-
lammonium
chloride:
PS3-C2H5,
polymer-bound
trihexylmethylammonium chloride: PS3-C6H13, polymer-
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