Conversion of levulinate into succinate through catalytic oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage with dioxygen.
Grand Cleft Oxo: Levulinate, available from biomass, is oxidized into succinate through manganese(III)-catalyzed selective cleavage of CC bonds with molecular oxygen. In addition to levulinate, a wide range of aliphatic methyl ketones also undergo oxidative CC bond cleavage at the carbonyl group. This procedure offers a route to valuable dicarboxylic acids from biomass resources by nonfermentive approaches.
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023 (PR China); University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (PR China).
Junxia
J
Liu
Zhongtian
Z
Du
Tianliang
T
Lu
Jie
J
Xu
D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D007982:Levulinic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D019802:Succinic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*
D002241:Carbohydrates; D007982:Levulinic Acids; C119867:methyl levulinate; D008345:Manganese; D002244:Carbon; D019802:Succinic Acid; D010100:Oxygen
CC bond cleavage; levulinate; oxidation; succinate; sustainable chemistry