Issue 17, 2015

A tunable process: catalytic transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of molecular oxygen

Abstract

The tunable transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of O2 is developed. Based on a nano Au catalyst and potassium carbonate, a 91.8% yield of methyl 2-furoate with 98.7% selectivity is obtained via the oxidative esterification in a furfural–methanol–O2 system; while a 91.4% yield of 3-(furan-2-yl-)-2-methylacrylaldehyde with 97.2% selectivity is attained via the oxidative condensation in a furfural–n-propanol–O2 system.

Graphical abstract: A tunable process: catalytic transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of molecular oxygen

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Nov 2014
Accepted
23 Jan 2015
First published
26 Jan 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 3674-3677

Author version available

A tunable process: catalytic transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of molecular oxygen

X. Tong, Z. Liu, L. Yu and Y. Li, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 3674 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09562F

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