949010-31-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Bisphenols from furfurals by organocatalysis and gold catalysis
Hashmi, A. Stephen K.,W?lfle, Michael,Teles, J. Henrique,Frey, Wolfgang
, p. 1747 - 1752 (2007)
Four different benzoins were formed from furfurals by organocatalysis with heterocyclic carbenes, reduced to the diols and converted into propargyl ethers. The gold-catalyzed cyclization exclusively gave bisphenols of the bisdihydroisobenzofuran type. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE 1,2-DI(FURAN-2-YL)ETHANE-1,2-DIOLS AND DERIVATES THEREOF
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The invention relates to a process for the preparation of optically active 1,2-diol of formula (S,S)-(I), or alternatively of formula (R,R)-(I) by asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of a compound of formula (II), or a compound of formula (IV), or mixture thereof using an optically active metal compound as catalyst and a specific hydrogen source.
Biomass conversion to high value chemicals: From furfural to chiral hydrofuroins in two steps
Kabro, Anzhelika,Escudero-Adán, Eduardo C.,Grushin, Vladimir V.,Van Leeuwen, Piet W. N. M.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4014 - 4017 (2012/10/08)
Catalytic asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of rac-furoin and furil produces hydrofuroin with up to 99% ee and 9:1 dr. This reaction provides an exceptionally easy access to optically active hydrofuroins in two straightforward steps from biomass-derived f
