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Back Cover: Zirconium Oxide Supported Palladium Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient Catalyst in the Hydrogenation–Amination of Levulinic Acid to Pyrrolidones (ChemCatChem 14/2017)
Author(s) -
Zhang Jian,
Xie Bin,
Wang Liang,
Yi Xianfeng,
Wang Chengtao,
Wang Guoxiong,
Dai Zhifeng,
Zheng Anmin,
Xiao FengShou
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201701098
Subject(s) - levulinic acid , amination , catalysis , chemistry , reductive amination , lewis acids and bases , zirconium , nanoparticle , organic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology
The Cover illustrates the synergistic effect of Pd nanoparticles and Lewis acid sites facilitating the selective hydrogenation–amination of biomass‐derived levulinic acid to produce pyrrolidones.In their Full Paper, J. Zhang, B. Xie et al. demonstrate that ZrO 2 ‐supported Pd nanoparticles are highly active, chemoselective and reusable catalysts for the hydrogenation–amination of levulinic acid with H 2 and various amines under mild reaction conditions. The excellent catalytic performance is reasonably attributed to the ZrO 2 support, which has strong Lewis acidity to enhance the hydrogenation–amination reaction and hinder side reactions. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. Zhang, B. Xie et al. on page 2661 in Issue 14, 2017 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600739).