Cavitands enhance selectivity and hydrolysis rate of one ester on a long-chain diester
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 05:21
in Biology & Nature
A challenge for chemists is trying to selectivity react one of two identical functional groups on the same molecule. For example, a diester with a long carbon chain in between the two ester groups has two chemically equivalent sites. Hydrolysis of this diester results in a mixture of products where one or both of the esters are converted to carboxylic acids. This results in lower overall yields.
