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- Title
Porous Zirconium-Phytic Acid Hybrid: a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reductions.
- Authors
Song, Jinliang; Zhou, Baowen; Zhou, Huacong; Wu, Lingqiao; Meng, Qinglei; Liu, Zhimin; Han, Buxing
- Abstract
The utilization of compounds from natural sources to prepare functional materials is of great importance. Herein, we describe for the first time the preparation of organic-inorganic hybrid catalysts by using natural phytic acid as building block. Zirconium phosphonate (Zr-PhyA) was synthesized by reaction of phytic acid and ZrCl4 and was obtained as a mesoporous material with pore sizes centered around 8.5 nm. Zr-PhyA was used to catalyze the mild and selective Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley (MPV) reduction of various carbonyl compounds, e.g., of levulinic acid and its esters into γ-valerolactone. Further studies indicated that both Zr and phosphate groups contribute significantly to the excellent performance of Zr-PhyA.
- Subjects
BIOMASS conversion; ZIRCONIUM phosphate; ZIRCONIUM compounds synthesis; PHYTIC acid; MESOPOROUS materials; PORE size (Materials)
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2015, Vol 127, Issue 32, p9531
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201504001