Issue 4, 2017

Highly selective one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of citric acid to methylsuccinic acid

Abstract

The one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of the bio-based and widely available citric acid is presented. This reaction sequence yields methylsuccinic acid with yields of up to 89%. Optimal balances between the reaction rates of the different steps were found by varying the hydrogenation catalyst and the reaction parameters (H2 pressure, pH, temperature, time and catalyst-to-substrate ratio).

Graphical abstract: Highly selective one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of citric acid to methylsuccinic acid

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
11 Oct 2016
Accepted
15 Jan 2017
First published
16 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 2616-2620

Highly selective one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of citric acid to methylsuccinic acid

J. Verduyckt and D. E. De Vos, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2616 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04541C

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