title: Solvolysis, Electrochemistry, and Development of Synthetic Building Blocks from Sawdust.
abstract: Either aldehyde or cinnamyl ether products can be selectively extracted from raw sawdust by controlling the temperature and pressure of a solvolysis reaction. These materials have been used as platform chemicals for the synthesis of 15 different synthetic substrates. The conversion of the initial sawdust-derived materials into electron-rich aryl substrates often requires the use of oxidation and reduction chemistry, and the role electrochemistry can play as a sustainable method for these transformations has been defined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.
authors.forename: Bichlien H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.
authors.forename: Jake A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Moeller