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Synthesis of Renewable Fine‐Chemical Building Blocks by Reductive Coupling between Furfural Derivatives and Terpenes
Author(s) -
Nicklaus Céline M.,
Minnaard Adriaan J.,
Feringa Ben L.,
de Vries Johannes G.
Publication year - 2013
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.201300179
Subject(s) - furfural , biomass (ecology) , ruthenium , renewable energy , computer science , renewable resource , service (business) , chemistry , process engineering , organic chemistry , database , world wide web , environmental science , catalysis , engineering , business , ecology , electrical engineering , biology , marketing
Sugar and Spice…: The use of renewable resources to produce fine chemicals is an underdeveloped area. A waste‐free technology will be necessary to further convert platform chemicals, readily available from biomass. We show that furfurals, which can be obtained from C 5 sugars, can be coupled with terpenes in up to 95 % yield through ruthenium‐catalyzed reductive couplings developed by Krische et al.