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698717

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Polyoxyethanyl-α-tocopheryl sebacate

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15 wt. % in H2O

Synonym(s):

PTS

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About This Item

CAS Number:
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.22

form

liquid

Quality Level

mol wt

~1,200

reaction suitability

reaction type: C-C Bond Formation

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concentration

15 wt. % in H2O

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General description

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We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one or more of The 12 Principles of Greener Chemistry. This product has been enhanced to increase the catalytic efficiency and acts as an environmentally benign and sustainable amphiphile. Click here for more information.

Application

PTS: Amphiphile for Organic Synthesis in Water

Uses:
  • Provides an aqueous micellar environment for transition metal-catalyzed Heck coupling, cross metathesis and ring closing metathesis reactions
  • Surfactant for catalytic asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger oxidation in water using PtII catalysts and hydrogen peroxide
  • Orally active CoQ10 carrier for neuroprotection after stroke or cardiac arrest

Legal Information

Product of Zymes LLC sold under exclusive license to US and worldwide patents.

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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  5. What can Product 698717, Polyoxyethanyl-α-tocopheryl sebacate, be used for?

    PTS is a non-ionic amphiphile that can be used to "solubilize" organic molecules in aqueous media. The PTS molecule forms micelles around the lipophilic compounds, allowing them to move into the aqueous phase for effective cross-coupling and metathesis reactions without the need of a co-solvent.

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Micellular catalysis has provided the ability to carry out several commonly used transformations used in the synthetic community to be carried out in water.

Surfactants for efficient reactions in water as a green chemistry alternative.

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

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Prof. Bruce Lipshutz and co-workers have developed designer surfactants to allow several classes of transformations (e.g. Suzuki-Miyaura, Olefin Metathesis, 1,4-Addition to Enones, etc.) to be performed in water.

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