Selective Production of Maleic Acid from Furfural via a Cascade Approach Combining Photochemistry and Electro- or Biochemistry | Zendy

Shanmugam Thiyagarajan | Zendy; David Franciolus | Zendy; R.J.M. Bisselink | Zendy; Tom A. Ewing | Zendy; Carmen G. Boeriu | Zendy; Jacco van Haveren | Zendy

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Selective Production of Maleic Acid from Furfural via a Cascade Approach Combining Photochemistry and Electro- or Biochemistry

Author(s) -

Shanmugam Thiyagarajan,

David Franciolus,

R.J.M. Bisselink,

Tom A. Ewing,

Carmen G. Boeriu,

Jacco van Haveren

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

acs sustainable chemistry and engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.878

H-Index - 109

ISSN - 2168-0485

DOI - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02833

Subject(s) - furfural , maleic acid , chemistry , yield (engineering) , selectivity , cascade , photochemistry , organic chemistry , electrochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , materials science , copolymer , chromatography , polymer , electrode , metallurgy

Starting from furfural, maleic acid is efficiently synthesized in two steps under very mild conditions. In the first step, 5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone is synthesized via photochemical oxidation and proposed as a stable intermediate. Subsequent oxidation in the second step, by either an electrochemical or enzymatic process, results in maleic acid in high yield and selectivity.

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