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Usage

Uses

Used in Food and Beverage Industry:
(-)-D-Glycerol 1-butyrate is used as a stabilizer, thickener, and emulsifier in food and beverage products, enhancing their texture, consistency, and shelf life.
Used in Pharmaceutical Industry:
(-)-D-Glycerol 1-butyrate is used as a precursor in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical drugs, contributing to the development of new medications.
Used in Cosmetic Industry:
(-)-D-Glycerol 1-butyrate is used in cosmetic products for its moisturizing and skin-conditioning properties, improving the texture and appearance of the skin.
Used in Medical Research:
(-)-D-Glycerol 1-butyrate has potential therapeutic applications in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and metabolic disorders, and has shown promising results in clinical research as a potential anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agent.

Upstream product

• 2461-40-7 (+/-)-glycidyl butyrate 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Dinuclear salen cobalt complex incorporating Y(OTf)3: enhanced enantioselectivity in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides

The activation of inactive Jacobsen's chiral salen Co(ii) (salen = N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine) compound is attained by dinuclear chiral salen Co(iii)-OTf complex formation with yttrium triflate. The yttrium metal not only displays a promoting effect on electron transfer, but also assists in forming two stereocentres of a Lewis acid complex with Co(iii)-OTf. We found that the binuclear Co-complex significantly enhanced reactivity and enantioselectivity in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides compared to its analogous monomer and kinetic data are also consistent with these results.

Highly selective hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides catalyzed by chiral (salen)CoIII complexes. Practical synthesis of enantioenriched terminal epoxides and 1,2-diols

The hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides catalyzed by chiral (salen)CoIII complex 1·OAc affords both recovered unreacted epoxide and 1,2-diol product in highly enantioenriched form. As such, the HKR provides general access to useful, highly enantioenriched chiral building blocks that are otherwise difficult to access, from inexpensive racemic materials. The reaction has several appealing features from a practical standpoint, including the use of H2O as a reactant and low loadings (0.2-2.0 mol %) of a recyclable, commercially available catalyst. In addition, the HKR displays extraordinary scope, as a wide assortment of sterically and electronically varied epoxides can be resolved to ≥ 99% ee. The corresponding 1,2-diols were produced in good-to-high enantiomeric excess using 0.45 equiv of H2O. Useful and general protocols are provided for the isolation of highly enantioenriched epoxides and diols, as well as for catalyst recovery and recycling. Selectivity factors (krel) were determined for the HKR reactions by measuring the product ee at ca. 20% conversion. In nearly all cases, krel values for the HKR exceed 50, and in several cases are well in excess of 200.