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The mechanism of the reaction of cyclic esters with amines, providing non-isocyanate urethanes, was studied in terms of DFT by the PBE/TZ2P method using as examples the reactions of ethylene carbonate and propylene carbonate with methylamine. The reaction can proceed through the one- or multistage path involving one or two amine molecules. The second amine molecule plays the role of the catalyst of the process, resulting in a substantial decrease in the activation energy of the reaction.
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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 518–526, March, 2012.
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Zabalov, M.V., Tiger, R.P. & Berlin, A.A. Mechanism of urethane formation from cyclocarbonates and amines: a quantum chemical study. Russ Chem Bull 61, 518–527 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-012-0076-8
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