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Beilstein J Org Chem. 2013 Sep 10;9:1837-42. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.9.214. eCollection 2013.

Integrating reaction and analysis: investigation of higher-order reactions by cryogenic trapping.

Beilstein journal of organic chemistry

Skrollan Stockinger, Oliver Trapp

Affiliations

  1. Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 24062850 PMCID: PMC3778332 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.9.214

Abstract

A new approach for the investigation of a higher-order reaction by on-column reaction gas chromatography is presented. The reaction and the analytical separation are combined in a single experiment to investigate the Diels-Alder reaction of benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate as a benzyne precursor with various anthracene derivatives, i.e. anthracene, 9-bromoanthracene, 9-anthracenecarboxaldehyde and 9-anthracenemethanol. To overcome limitations of short reaction contact times at elevated temperatures a novel experimental setup was developed involving a cooling trap to achieve focusing and mixing of the reactants at a defined spot in a fused-silica capillary. This trap functions as a reactor within the separation column in the oven of a gas chromatograph. The reactants are sequentially injected to avoid undefined mixing in the injection port. An experimental protocol was developed with optimized injection intervals and cooling times to achieve sufficient conversions at short reaction times. Reaction products were rapidly identified by mass spectrometric detection. This new approach represents a practical procedure to investigate higher-order reactions at an analytical level and it simultaneously provides valuable information for the optimization of the reaction conditions.

Keywords: Diels–Alder reaction; benzyne; cryogenic CO2 trap; cycloaddition; flow chemistry; gas chromatography; on-column reaction gas chromatography

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