Polymer urea scavenging resins

Lewis acid (Yb-(III)-reagent supported on Amberlyst 15) in combination with polymer-supported urea scavenging resins (Amberlyst 15 and Ambersep 900 OH) permits a rapid parallel Biginelli synthesis with a simple and efficient purification strategy [126]. 

Recently, various scavenger resin approaches have appeared in the literature. For the synthesis of 4000 ureas (400 pools of 10-compound mixtures) [47], a solid-supported amino nucleophile was used to quench the excess of isocyanates, yielding the desired products in good purity. A similar concept has been employed in the synthesis of 2-thioxo-4-dihydropyrimidinones using aminomethylated polystyrene beads to quench isothiocyanates as well as aldehydes [48]. To quench an excess of amine in the synthesis of 2,6,9-trisubstituted purines, formyl polystyrene beads were used to form the corresponding polymer-bound imine, which could be filtered off [49]. 

The main application fields of aldehyde scavengers are PET (more specifically wafer bottles made from PET), and polyacetals such as POM or polymers synthesized from formaldehyde such as urea-formaldehyde resins. 

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