title: A tunable process: catalytic transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of molecular oxygen.
abstract: The tunable transformation of renewable furfural with aliphatic alcohols in the presence of O2 is developed. Based on a nano Au catalyst and potassium carbonate, a 91.8% yield of methyl 2-furoate with 98.7% selectivity is obtained via the oxidative esterification in a furfural-methanol-O2 system; while a 91.4% yield of 3-(furan-2-yl-)-2-methylacrylaldehyde with 97.2% selectivity is attained via the oxidative condensation in a furfural-n-propanol-O2 system.
authors: Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, No. 391 Binshuixi Road, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China. tongxinli@tju.edu.cn tongxli@sohu.com.
authors: Xinli
authors: X
authors: Tong
authors: Zonghui
authors: Z
authors: Liu
authors: Linhao
authors: L
authors: Yu
authors: Yongdan
authors: Y
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D006046:Gold; D010100:Oxygen