95-44-3Relevant articles and documents
Nakaminami et al.
, p. 266,269 (1973)
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Hockett et al.
, p. 278 (1938)
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Shape-selective Valorization of Biomass-derived Glycolaldehyde using Tin-containing Zeolites
Tolborg, S?ren,Meier, Sebastian,Saravanamurugan, Shunmugavel,Fristrup, Peter,Taarning, Esben,Sádaba, Irantzu
, p. 3054 - 3061 (2016/11/17)
A highly selective self-condensation of glycolaldehyde to different C4 molecules has been achieved using Lewis acidic stannosilicate catalysts in water at moderate temperatures (40–100 °C). The medium-sized zeolite pores (10-membered ring framework) in Sn-MFI facilitate the formation of tetrose sugars while hindering consecutive aldol reactions leading to hexose sugars. High yields of tetrose sugars (74 %) with minor amounts of vinyl glycolic acid (VGA), an α-hydroxyacid, are obtained using Sn-MFI with selectivities towards C4 products reaching 97 %. Tin catalysts having large pores or no pore structure (Sn-Beta, Sn-MCM-41, Sn-SBA-15, tin chloride) led to lower selectivities for C4 sugars due to formation of hexose sugars. In the case of Sn-Beta, VGA is the main product (30 %), illustrating differences in selectivity of the Sn sites in the different frameworks. Under optimized conditions, GA can undergo further conversion, leading to yields of up to 44 % of VGA using Sn-MFI in water. The use of Sn-MFI offers multiple possibilities for valorization of biomass-derived GA in water under mild conditions selectively producing C4 molecules.
Asymmetric organocatalytic formation of protected and unprotected tetroses under potentially prebiotic conditions
Burroughs, Laurence,Clarke, Paul A.,Forintos, Henrietta,Gilks, James A. R.,Hayes, Christopher J.,Vale, Matthew E.,Wade, William,Zbytniewski, Myriam
experimental part, p. 1565 - 1570 (2012/04/05)
Esters of proteinogenic amino acids efficiently catalyse the formation of erythrose and threose under potentially prebiotic conditions in the highest yields and enantioselectivities yet reported. Remarkably while esters of (l)-proline yield (l)-tetroses, esters of (l)-leucine, (l)-alanine and (l)-valine generate (d)-tetroses, offering the potential to account for the link between natural (l)-amino acids and natural (d)-sugars. The effect of pH and NaCl on the yields and enantioselectivities was also investigated and was shown to be significant, with the optimal enantioselectivities occurring at pH 7.
