Issue 2, 2012

Catalytic decarbonylation of biomass-derived carboxylic acids as efficient route to commodity monomers

Abstract

The palladium-catalyzed decarbonylation of bio-derived carboxylic acids to alkyl acrylates, styrene, and acrylonitrile is reported. The olefins were isolated by continuous distillation in yields up to 87% by heating a neat, equimolar mixture of pivalic anhydride with the appropriate carboxylic acid to 190 °C in the presence of a Pd-phosphine catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Catalytic decarbonylation of biomass-derived carboxylic acids as efficient route to commodity monomers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Sep 2011
Accepted
18 Nov 2011
First published
05 Jan 2012

Green Chem., 2012,14, 490-494

Catalytic decarbonylation of biomass-derived carboxylic acids as efficient route to commodity monomers

M. O. Miranda, A. Pietrangelo, M. A. Hillmyer and W. B. Tolman, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 490 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16115J

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