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- Title
Efficient, Chemical-Catalytic Approach to the Production of 3-Hydroxypropanoic Acid by Oxidation of Biomass-Derived Levulinic Acid With Hydrogen Peroxide.
- Authors
Wu, Linglin; Dutta, Saikat; Mascal, Mark
- Abstract
3-Hydroxypropanoic acid (HPA), a precursor to acrylic acid, can be produced in high yield by oxidation of the biomass-derived platform chemical levulinic acid. While treatment of levulinic acid with H2O2 under acidic conditions gives predominantly succinic acid, a remarkable reversal of selectivity is observed under basic conditions, leading either directly to HPA or, under modified conditions, initially to 3-(hydroperoxy)propanoic acid, which can be quantitatively hydrogenated to HPA.
- Subjects
HYDROXY acids; CHEMICAL precursors; ORGANIC compounds research; HYDROGEN peroxide; CATALYSIS research; OXIDATION
- Publication
ChemSusChem, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 7, p1167
- ISSN
1864-5631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cssc.201500025