Abstract
A practical, scalable, metal-free synthesis of succinic acid from the biomass-derived platform chemical levulinic acid is described. Treatment of levulinic acid with the inexpensive, simple oxidant hydrogen peroxide under the catalytic action of trifluoroacetic acid gives succinic acid in high yield and enables facile product isolation by simple distillation of the volatile catalyst and byproducts.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2335-2338 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Green Chemistry |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
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Efficient, metal-free production of succinic acid by oxidation of biomass-derived levulinic acid with hydrogen peroxide. / Dutta, Saikat; Wu, Linglin; Mascal, Mark.
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T1 - Efficient, metal-free production of succinic acid by oxidation of biomass-derived levulinic acid with hydrogen peroxide
AU - Dutta, Saikat
AU - Wu, Linglin
AU - Mascal, Mark
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - A practical, scalable, metal-free synthesis of succinic acid from the biomass-derived platform chemical levulinic acid is described. Treatment of levulinic acid with the inexpensive, simple oxidant hydrogen peroxide under the catalytic action of trifluoroacetic acid gives succinic acid in high yield and enables facile product isolation by simple distillation of the volatile catalyst and byproducts.
AB - A practical, scalable, metal-free synthesis of succinic acid from the biomass-derived platform chemical levulinic acid is described. Treatment of levulinic acid with the inexpensive, simple oxidant hydrogen peroxide under the catalytic action of trifluoroacetic acid gives succinic acid in high yield and enables facile product isolation by simple distillation of the volatile catalyst and byproducts.
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U2 - 10.1039/c5gc00098j
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JO - Green Chemistry
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