Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society
5 years ago

Hydrogen Gas-Mediated Deoxydehydration/Hydrogenation of Sugar Acids: Catalytic Conversion of Glucarates to Adipates

Hydrogen Gas-Mediated Deoxydehydration/Hydrogenation of Sugar Acids: Catalytic Conversion of Glucarates to Adipates
Martin A. Bohn, Stephan J. Zuend, Jianbin Chen, Andrew Samant, Woojin Lee, Reed T. Larson, F. Dean Toste, Dominik M. Ohlmann
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.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b07801

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07801

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