42220-86-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis of furfural from xylose and xylan
Binder, Joseph B.,Blank, Jacqueline J.,Cefali, Anthony V.,Raines, Ronald T.
, p. 1268 - 1272 (2010)
Furans from pentoses: Pentose-derived furfural is a commodity chemical produced from lignocellulose. A new route to furfural from renewable carbohydrates uses chromium catalysts under mild conditions to avail a chemical mechanism distinct from the usual acid catalysis. Applicable to both xylose and xylan, this new method offers an advantageous route to biomass-derived chemicals.
A Practical Large Scale Chemical Synthesis of Chiral Glycines
Ramalingam, Kondareddiar,Nanjappan, Palaniappagownder,Kalvin, Douglas M.,Woodard, Ronald W.
, p. 5597 - 5604 (2007/10/02)
(R)- and (S)-2H>glycine of high chiral purity were synthesized in large quantities in ca.40percent overall yield from readily available starting materials via a totally chemical procedure.Reduction of either 2H>-furfural or 2H>-4-methoxybenzaldehyde with either (+) or (-)-B-isopinocampheyl-9-borabicyclononane gave chiral arylmethyl alcohols which were converted into their respective phthaloyl amino derivatives of the opposite configuration at the methylene carbon via the Mitsunobu reaction.The aromatic groups were oxidatively unmasked to give their corresponding glycine derivatives by either ozone or ruthenium tetraoxide oxidation.
