Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Fall 2020
Program/Event
Student Research Opportunities Program
Abstract
EDC
(1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide) is a carbodiimide that is well known reagent for the amide coupling reactions between an amine and carboxylic acid in the presence of a base. It is the commonly used coupling agent in industries because it produces a water-soluble urea byproduct, which can be easily removed by an aqueous work-up. However, our methodology, the desired amide product precipitates out of the reaction mixture, and no additional work-up is required.3 Using aqueous micelles of PS-750-M as a solvent dramatically increases the rate of reaction.2 The filtrate recovered can be recycled to perform several coupling runs after post-reaction manipulation.
Recommended Citation
Buckbinder, Nicklas; Sharma, Sudripet; and Handa, Sachin, "Clean & Fast Amide Couplings in Water" (2020). Undergraduate Research Events. 11.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/undergradresearch/11
