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Efficient catalytic hydrogenation of alkyl levulinates to γ-valerolactone

Published:2019 Issue:19 Volume:21 Page:5195-5200
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

Padilla Rosa¹²³⁴^ORCID,Jørgensen Mike S. B.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Paixão Márcio W.⁵⁶⁷⁸^ORCID,Nielsen Martin¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry

2. Technical University of Denmark

3. DK - 2800 Kgs. Lyngby

4. Denmark

5. Centre for Research in Sustainable Chemistry (CERSusChem)

6. Federal University of São Carlos – UFSCar

7. São Carlos

8. Brazil

Abstract

Catalytic hydrogenation of alkyl levulinates to γ-valerolactone is achieved under mild reaction conditions employing pincer PNP-M complexes. High efficacy is demonstrated with TON's exceeding 9000. Furthermore, the feasibility of recycling is shown.

Funder

Villum Fonden

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

GlaxoSmithKline

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/GC/C9GC01651A

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