27.09.2013
Synthesis of Renewable Fine-Chemical Building Blocks from Furfural
The use of renewable resources to produce fine chemicals is an underdeveloped area

Sugar and Spice … Graphical Abstract (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

Sugar and Spice

The use of renewable resources to produce fine chemicals is an underdeveloped area. A waste-free technology will be necessary to further convert platform chemicals, readily available from biomass. From ChemSusChem, 6 (9), 1631-1635:

We show that furfurals, which can be obtained from C5 sugars, can be coupled with terpenes in up to 95 % yield through ruthenium-catalyzed reductive couplings developed by Krische et al.

The use of renewable resources to produce fine chemicals is an underdeveloped area. A waste-free technology will be necessary to further convert platform chemicals, readily available from biomass. We show that furfurals, which can be obtained from C5 sugars, can be coupled with terpenes in up to 95 % yield through ruthenium-catalyzed reductive couplings. (http://irs.ub.rug.nl/dbi/5236c3a0f2074).

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Filed under: Topics of Interest Tagged: bio-renewable chemicals, fine chemicals, furfural, furfural and its many by-products, science, terpenes

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