Premium
Inside Cover: Synthesis of Renewable meta ‐Xylylenediamine from Biomass‐Derived Furfural (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 33/2018)
Author(s) -
Scodeller Ivan,
Mansouri Samir,
Morvan Didier,
Muller Eric,
de Oliveira Vigier Karine,
Wischert Raphael,
Jérôme François
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201806825
Subject(s) - furfural , aromatization , biomass (ecology) , cover (algebra) , renewable energy , int , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , computer science , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , agronomy , operating system
Functionalized aromatic chemicals have been produced from furfural, a building block available on a large scale from low‐cost biomass. In their Communication on page 10510 ff., R. Wischert, F. Jérôme et al. report their strategy that relies on a Diels–Alder/aromatization sequence. By controlling the rate of each step, it was possible to produce exclusively the meta aromatic isomer. meta ‐Xylylenediamine was synthesized.