Biomass-derived polyols valorization towards glycolic acid production with high atom-economy was written by Li, Jianmei;Yang, Ruofeng;Xu, Shuguang;Zhou, Cuiqing;Xiao, Yuan;Hu, Changwei;Tsang, Daniel C. W.. And the article was included in Applied Catalysis, B: Environmental in 2022.Safety of (2R,3S)-rel-Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol This article mentions the following:
Taking advantage of the inherent structure in biomass for attractive chem. synthesis with high atom economy is vital for a sustainable future but remains a great challenge. Herein, we discovered a new route for glycolic acid (GcA) synthesis using various biomass-derived polyols as feedstock with an exceptionally high atom utilization (~93%). Up to ~90 C-mol% yield of GcA could be achieved, representing the highest value among the state-of-the-art biomass valorization strategies. Strongly certified by in situ exptl. tests and multi-scale theor. calculations, it was identified that dynamical accommodation of the flexible unsaturated dangling-like Cucus-O bond in Cu2O(111) to polyols drove electron transfer from polyols to Cucus, enabling the precise activation of C1-H and C2-C3 bonds. These contributions accomplished the complex cascade reactions in polyol transformation throughout chain-sugar as intermediate with notable conformation superiority, thus generating GcA selectively. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (2R,3S)-rel-Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol (cas: 149-32-6Safety of (2R,3S)-rel-Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol).
(2R,3S)-rel-Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol (cas: 149-32-6) belongs to alcohols. Alkyl halides are often synthesized from alcohols, in effect substituting a halogen atom for the hydroxyl group. Secondary alcohols are easily oxidized without breaking carbon-carbon bonds only as far as the ketone stage. No further oxidation is seen except under very stringent conditions.Safety of (2R,3S)-rel-Butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol
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