Garg, Nitish K. published the artcileEfficient Conversion of Biomass Derived Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone Using Hydrosilylation, Computed Properties of 539-88-8, the main research area is efficient conversion biomass derived levulinic acid Valerolactone hydrosilylation.
Converting biomass into value-added chems. is of significant interest and we report an efficient hydrosilylation to convert levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone using cost-effective silanes such as PMHS and TMDS with B(C6F5)3 as catalyst. This metal free methodol. works at room temperature reaching TONs and TOFs up to 16000 and 2000 h-1. Insights into the reaction mechanism are reported.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry published new progress about Biomass. 539-88-8 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Ethyl 4-oxopentanoate, and the molecular formula is C7H12O3, Computed Properties of 539-88-8.
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