An efficient didehydroxylation method for the biomass-derived polyols glycerol and erythritol. Mechanistic studies of a formic acid-mediated deoxygenation

Elena Arceo; Peter Marsden; Robert G. Bergman; Jonathan A. Ellman

doi:10.1039/B907746D

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An efficient didehydroxylation method for the biomass-derived polyols glycerol and erythritol. Mechanistic studies of a formic acid-mediated deoxygenation

Elena Arceo , Peter Marsden , Robert G. Bergman and Jonathan A. Ellman

Chem. Commun., 2009, 3357-3359

DOI: 10.1039/B907746D
Received 17 Apr 2009, Accepted 05 May 2009
First published on the web 13 May 2009

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An efficient 1,2-deoxygenation method, involving an unexpected mechanism, was found for simple diols and for biomass-derived polyols (glycerol and erythritol) that results in the conversion of the 1,2-dihydroxy group to a carbon–carbon double bond.

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