Abstract
An efficient and sustainable approach using imidazolium-based ionic liquids as dual solvent-catalysts for synthesis of vitamin E ester was developed.
Highlights
The development of sustainable synthesis of chemicals is strongly required, owing to the continuously rising environmental concerns of conventional chemical approaches
We found that the undergoing cause for such reactions in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is the chemical catalysis of the histidyl residue in the protein, so that histidine and its analogue containing an imidazole ring were tested as organocatalysts for the production of α-tocopherol succinate
The reactions were highly solvent-dependent (ESI, Table S1†), as described in literature.14c Commonly applied organic solvents such as hexane, tert-amyl alcohol, tert-butanol and acetonitrile are not good media for these reactions whereas the reactions were efficiently performed in DMSO and dimethyl formamide (DMF)
Summary
The development of sustainable synthesis of chemicals is strongly required, owing to the continuously rising environmental concerns of conventional chemical approaches.
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