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Direct Hydrodecarboxylation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids: Metal- and Light-Free
Burns, David J.,Lee, Ai-Lan,McLean, Euan B.,Mooney, David T.
supporting information, p. 686 - 691 (2022/01/28)
A mild and inexpensive method for direct hydrodecarboxylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids has been developed. The reaction does not require metals, light, or catalysts, rendering the protocol operationally simple, easy to scale, and more sustainable. Crucially, no additional H atom source is required in most cases, while a broad substrate scope and functional group tolerance are observed.
Molybdenum-Catalyzed Deoxygenation Coupling of Lignin-Derived Alcohols for Functionalized Bibenzyl Chemicals
Jiang, Huifang,Lu, Rui,Luo, Xiaolin,Si, Xiaoqin,Xu, Jie,Lu, Fang
supporting information, p. 1292 - 1296 (2020/12/09)
With the growing demand for sustainability and reducing CO2 footprint, lignocellulosic biomass has attracted much attention as a renewable, carbon-neutral and low-cost feedstock for the production of chemicals and fuels. To realize efficient utilization of biomass resource, it is essential to selectively alter the high degree of oxygen functionality of biomass-derivates. Herein, we introduced a novel procedure to transform renewable lignin-derived alcohols to various functionalized bibenzyl chemicals. This strategy relied on a short deoxygenation coupling pathway with economical molybdenum catalyst. A well-designed H-donor experiment was performed to investigate the mechanism of this Mo-catalyzed process. It was proven that benzyl carbon-radical was the most possible intermediate to form the bibenzyl products. It was also discovered that the para methoxy and phenolic hydroxyl groups could stabilize the corresponding radical intermediates and then facilitate to selectively obtain bibenzyl products. Our research provides a promising application to produce functionalized aromatics from biomass-derived materials.
Ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay for solvent-free alkene hydrogenation reaction
Upadhyay, Praveenkumar,Srivastava, Vivek
, p. 740 - 745 (2015/02/05)
Well-characterized, ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was used as a catalyst in solvent-free alkene hydrogenation reactions and the corresponding products were obtained in good yields. The catalytic activity of ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was successfully tested with 16 different functionalized and non-functionalized alkenes. Apart from alkene reduction, the ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was also tested in Wittig-type reactions for obtaining dehydrobrittonin A, an important intermediate for the synthesis of brittonin A. Ruthenium nanoparticle-intercalated montmorillonite clay was found to be active in the synthesis of dehydrobrittonin A and brittonin A. The ability to recycle the catalyst nine times, together with low catalyst loading, high catalytic activity and catalytic selectivity were noteworthy advantages of the proposed protocol.