General description
18-Crown-6 is a macrocyclic polyether used to synthesize ionic liquid based crown-ether coordination compounds.
18-Crown-6 is the simplest crown ether that can be prepared by reacting triethylene glycol with triethylene glycol dichloride in the presence of potassium hydroxide as a base. 18-Crown-6 can solubilize metal salts, particularly potassium salts, in nonpolar and dipolar aprotic solvents. Thus, it is widely used as a phase transfer catalyst. It can also be used as a metal complexing agent to prepare a variety of molecular complexes.
Application
18-Crown-6 can be used as a catalyst for:
- N-alkylation of heterocyclic compounds in the presence of tert-butoxide base.
- Allylation of aldehydes to corresponding homoallylic alcohols using potassium allyltrifluoroborate.
- Preparation of N-propargylpyrrole by the reaction of pyrrole with potassium hydroxide.
- Polymerization of methacrylic esters and hindered alkyl acrylates.
- Chemoselective reduction of fused tetrazoles with NaBH4 and potassium hydroxide.
18-Crown-6 can solubilize metal salts, particularly potassium salts, in nonpolar and dipolar aprotic solvents. Thus, it is widely used as a phase transfer catalyst. It can also be used as a metal complexing agent to prepare a variety of molecular complexes.
Can be useful as phase-transfer catalysts.
Other Notes
Macrocyclic polyethers with repeating (-CH2CH2O) units. The compounds are ionophoric (form stable complexes with cations).
- UPC:
- 42151503
- Condition:
- New
- Weight:
- 1.00 Ounces
- HazmatClass:
- No
- WeightUOM:
- LB
- MPN:
- 274984-1G
