Issue 23, 2017

Solvent- and base-free synthesis of wax esters from fatty acid methyl esters by consecutive one-pot, two-step catalysis

Abstract

The one-pot, two-step synthesis of wax esters was successfully conducted by consecutive homogeneous ruthenium-catalysed hydrogenation–dehydrogenation reactions of fatty acid methyl esters, in the absence of solvent and of base additive. Under optimized conditions, excellent conversion and selectivity were reached. Furthermore, physicochemical investigations revealed that the resulting compounds display properties similar to benchmark commercial products extracted from natural sources of lesser availability compared to the herein considered bioresources, making this chemical route very promising regarding further potential industrial implementation.

Graphical abstract: Solvent- and base-free synthesis of wax esters from fatty acid methyl esters by consecutive one-pot, two-step catalysis

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Sep 2017
Accepted
20 Oct 2017
First published
20 Oct 2017

Green Chem., 2017,19, 5665-5673

Solvent- and base-free synthesis of wax esters from fatty acid methyl esters by consecutive one-pot, two-step catalysis

D. H. Nguyen, G. Raffa, Y. Morin, S. Desset, F. Capet, V. Nardello-Rataj, F. Dumeignil and R. M. Gauvin, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5665 DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02764H

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