Issue 46, 2013
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Chemical Communications

RANEY® Ni catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of levulinate esters to γ-valerolactone at room temperature†

Zhen Yang,‡a   Yao-Bing Huang,‡a   Qing-Xiang Guo*a  and  Yao Fu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China
E-mail: fuyao@ustc.edu.cn, qxguo@ustc.edu.cn

Abstract

A catalytic transfer hydrogenation process was developed for the production of γ-valerolactone (GVL) from ethyl levulinate (EL) and a H-donor at room temperature. Ethyl levulinate was almost quantitatively converted to γ-valerolactone. Further, a two step process for producing GVL from biomass derived platform molecules was also reported.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC40980E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Feb 2013
Accepted
23 Apr 2013
First published
24 Apr 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5328-5330

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RANEY® Ni catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of levulinate esters to γ-valerolactone at room temperature

Z. Yang, Y. Huang, Q. Guo and Y. Fu, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5328 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40980E

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