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Deoxygenation of Biomass‐Derived Feedstocks: Oxorhenium‐Catalyzed Deoxydehydration of Sugars and Sugar Alcohols
Author(s) -
Shiramizu Mika,
Toste F. Dean
Publication year - 2012
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.201203877
Subject(s) - deoxygenation , sugar , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , biomass (ecology) , solvent , sugar alcohol , alcohol , polyene , oceanography , geology
Turn sugar into oil : The deoxygenation reaction of sugar moieties is important for the conversion of biomass into chemicals and fuels. The methyltrioxorhenium‐catalyzed deoxydehydration reaction was successfully applied to this purpose using another alcohol as solvent/reductant. The reaction was highly stereospecific, affording linear polyene products from C 4 –C 6 sugar alcohols and aromatic compounds from C 4 –C 6 sugars.