Synthesis of medium-chain carboxylic acids or α,̉-dicarboxylic acids from cellulose-derived platform chemicals.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Li, Xing-Long; Zhang, Kun; Jiang, Ju-Long; Zhu, Rui; Wu, Wei-Peng; Deng, Jin; Fu, Yao
- Source
- Green Chemistry. 1/21/2018, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p362-368. 7p.
- Subject
- *FATTY acids
*CARBOXYL group
- Language
- ISSN
- 1463-9262
Medium-chain fatty acids and their derivatives have important applications in the energy and chemical industries. Thus, we have prepared a series of medium-chain fatty acids by the selective hydrodeoxygenation of the aldol condensation products derived from cellulose using a metal triflate and Pd/C catalyst system. The selective retention of the carboxyl group is a notable feature of this catalytic system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]