Merck, 209619-500G, Potassium carbonate

General description
Potassium carbonate is an inorganic base. It participates as a base in the palladacycle catalyzed Heck reaction of chlorobenzene with styrene. Addition of amino acids (glycine, sarcosine and proline) to K₂CO₃ (solvent) promotes the absorption of CO₂.
Application
Potassium carbonate has been used in the preparation of disulfonated bis[4-(3-aminophenoxy)phenyl]sulfone, a disulfonated diamine monomer.
It may be used in the following studies:
As a reagent in the synthesis of polysubstituted iodobenzene derivatives.
As a base for the synthesis of high molecular weight homopolymers and copolymers derived from various bisphenols.
As a base for the Suzuki coupling of aryl halides with aryl boronic acids.
The Heck reaction of styrene and bromobenzene.

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