Volume 33, Issue 4 pp. 405-408
Communication

Transfer Hydrogenation of Ethyl Levulinate to γ-Valerolactone Catalyzed by Iron Complexes

Nan Dai

Nan Dai

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Rui Shang

Rui Shang

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Mingchen Fu

Mingchen Fu

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

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Yao Fu

Corresponding Author

Yao Fu

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China

Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China, Tel.: 0086-0551-63607476; Fax: 0086-0551-63606689Search for more papers by this author
First published: 30 March 2015
Citations: 34

Abstract

Conversion of biomass-derived ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone is realized by using homogeneous iron-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation (CTH). By utilizing Casey's catalyst and cheap isopropanol as hydrogen source, γ-valerolactone can be generated in 95% yield. Addition of catalytic amount of base is important to achieve good yield.

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