Ef. Panarin et al., ACYLATION OF HYDROCORTISONE BY MALEIC-ANHYDRIDE VINYLPYRROLIDONE COPOLYMER, Russian journal of applied chemistry, 68(4), 1995, pp. 594-597
Kinetics of hydrocortisone and methanol acylation with maleic anhydrid
e-vinylpyrrolidone copolymer and of the model reaction of methanol acy
lation with succinic anhydride have been studied by IR spectroscopy an
d gel permeation chromatography. Reaction catalysis by tertiary amines
has a basic rather than a nucleophilic nature. A model is proposed to
account for the fact that the maximal conversion of anhydride units i
s as low as 30%.