摘要
Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), a natural and rare ingredient with several biological activities, was successfully synthesized from caffeic acid (CA) and phenylethanol (PE) by microwave assistant coupled with ionic liquids (ILs) catalysis. Four ILs, acted as both solvent and catalyst in this chemical synthesis, were optimized. Among them, [Bmim] [PF6] was the best with the highest CA conversion. 95% conversion was achieved under substrate molar ratio 4:1 (PE/CA, n/n), IL content 7:1 (IL/CA, w/w), microwave power 200 W, at 135 oC for 7 min. This study might be attributed to developing new chemical reaction system to produce caffeic acid derived esters.
