Hydrogen Gas-Mediated Deoxydehydration/Hydrogenation of Sugar Acids: Catalytic Conversion of Glucarates to Adipates
Journal Article
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· Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; BASF Corporation, Berkeley, CA (United States). California Research Alliance (CARA)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
- BASF Corp., Fremont, CA (United States); BASF Corporation, Berkeley, CA (United States). California Research Alliance (CARA)
The development of a system for the operationally simple, scalable conversion of polyhydroxylated biomass into industrially relevant feedstock chemicals is described. This system includes a bimetallic Pd/Re catalyst in combination with hydrogen gas as a terminal reductant and enables the high-yielding reduction of sugar acids. This procedure has been applied to the synthesis of adipate esters, precursors for the production of Nylon-6,6, in excellent yield from biomass-derived sources.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- BASF Corporation; National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1464155
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 40 Vol. 139; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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