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Electrochemical Synthesis of Adiponitrile from the Renewable Raw Material Glutamic Acid
Author(s) -
Dai JianJun,
Huang YaoBing,
Fang Chi,
Guo QingXiang,
Fu Yao
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.201100776
Subject(s) - decarboxylation , electrochemistry , biomass (ecology) , raw material , renewable energy , substrate (aquarium) , chemistry , green chemistry , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , nanotechnology , materials science , reaction mechanism , ecology , electrode , biology
Current affairs: Adiponitrile, used to produce nylon 6.6, is prepared from the renewable compound glutamic acid by an electrochemical route, involving electro‐oxidative decarboxylation and Kolbe coupling reactions. The new route is an example of the use of glutamic acid as a versatile substrate in the transformation of biomass into chemicals. Also, it highlights the use of electrochemical methods in biomass conversion.