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Caprolactam from Renewable Resources: Catalytic Conversion of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural into Caprolactone
Author(s) -
Buntara Teddy,
Noel Sebastien,
Phua Pim Huat,
MeliánCabrera Ignacio,
de Vries Johannes G.,
Heeres Hero J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201102156
Subject(s) - caprolactam , caprolactone , chemistry , renewable energy , renewable resource , catalysis , selectivity , organic chemistry , nylon 6 , pulp and paper industry , polymerization , polymer , engineering , electrical engineering
Renewable nylon : 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which can be obtained from renewable resources such as D ‐fructose, was converted into caprolactone with very good overall selectivity in only three steps. The new route involves two hydrogenation steps to obtain 1,6‐hexanediol, which was oxidatively cyclized to caprolactone, and then converted into caprolactam.