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) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2335-2338 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Green Chemistry |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Pollution
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Dutta, S., Wu, L., & Mascal, M. (2015). Efficient, metal-free production of succinic acid by oxidation of biomass-derived levulinic acid with hydrogen peroxide. Green Chemistry, 17(4), 2335-2338. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc00098j