Issue 23, 2009
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Chemical Communications

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

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

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a Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
E-mail: jellman@berkeley.edu
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b Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley and Division of Chemical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
E-mail: rbergman@berkeley.edu
Fax: (+1) 510-642-7714

Abstract

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.

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

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B907746D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Apr 2009
Accepted
05 May 2009
First published
13 May 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 3357-3359

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

E. Arceo, P. Marsden, R. G. Bergman and J. A. Ellman, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3357 DOI: 10.1039/B907746D

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