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Selective Reduction of Biomass by Hydriodic Acid and Its In Situ Regeneration from Iodine by Metal/Hydrogen
Author(s) -
Yang Weiran,
Grochowski Matthew R.,
Sen Ayusman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201100669
Subject(s) - reagent , chemistry , iodine , in situ , glycerol , catalysis , biomass (ecology) , hydrogen , metal , fructose , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , geology , oceanography
HI returns: Hydroiodic acid is a highly selective reducing reagent for a wide variety of substrates. Its application is limited by the formation of iodine and the difficulty in reconverting that iodione back to HI in situ. We report the facile conversion of I 2 to HI by metal‐catalyzed hydrogenation in the presence of water, and demonstrate the utility of this process in the conversion of fructose to 5‐methyfurfural and glycerol to 2‐iodopropane.