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Inside Cover: Cascade Synthesis of Five‐Membered Lactones using Biomass‐Derived Sugars as Carbon Nucleophiles (Chem. Asian J. 11/2016)
Author(s) -
Yamaguchi Sho,
Matsuo Takeaki,
Motokura Ken,
Miyaji Akimitsu,
Baba Toshihide
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201600686
Subject(s) - nucleophile , biomass (ecology) , electrophile , sugar , chemistry , carbon fibers , organic chemistry , cascade , catalysis , materials science , biology , ecology , chromatography , composite number , composite material
The demand for the efficient utilization of biomass‐derived sugars has increased in the field of green and sustainable chemistry. In this paper, Sho Yamaguchi, Toshihide Baba et al. report a new route to the cascade synthesis of five‐membered lactones, which can be utilized not only as fine chemicals but also as chemical starting materials, using a biomass‐derived sugar (1,3‐dihydroxyacetone, DHA) as a carbon nucleophile and various aldehydes. This achievement provides a new synthetic strategy to generate a wide range of valuable compounds from a single biomass‐derived sugar and electrophiles. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Sho Yamaguchi, Toshihide Baba et al. on page 1731 in Issue 11, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/asia.201600307).