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Non-hazardous Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of levulinic acid derivatives: Alternative renewable access to 3-hydroxypropionates
Fink, Michael J.,Mihovilovic, Marko D.
, p. 2874 - 2877 (2015)
Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases catalyze the energetically challenging oxidation of levulinates (4-oxopentanoates) to 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HPA) derivates under ambient conditions, replacing propellant-grade H2O2 with aerial oxygen as the oxidant. This reaction enables a new pathway to a platform for chemical 3-HPA, an important intermediate in the non-petrol based production of a variety of bulk chemicals (acrylates, malonates, 1,3-propanediol).
