title: Electrochemical synthesis of adiponitrile from the renewable raw material glutamic acid.
abstract: Current affairs: Adiponitrile, used to produce nylon 6.6, is prepared from the renewable compound glutamic acid by an electrochemical route, involving electro-oxidative decarboxylation and Kolbe coupling reactions. The new route is an example of the use of glutamic acid as a versatile substrate in the transformation of biomass into chemicals. Also, it highlights the use of electrochemical methods in biomass conversion.
authors.affiliation: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, PR China.
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Yao-Bing
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Qing-Xiang
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D009570:Nitriles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009570:Nitriles; D018698:Glutamic Acid; C036546:adiponitrile