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- Title
Porous Zirconium-Phytic Acid Hybrid: a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reductions.
- Authors
Zhou, Huacong; Song, Jinliang; Han, Buxing; Wu, Lingqiao; Meng, Qinglei; Zhou, Baowen; Liu, Zhimin
- 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
ZIRCONIUM phosphonates; PHYTIC acid; CHEMICAL reduction; CATALYSTS; POROUS materials; BIOMASS conversion; NATURAL resources
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, Vol 54, Issue 32, p9399
- ISSN
1433-7851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201504001