Issue 4, 2011
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Green Chemistry

Biobased synthesis of acrylonitrile from glutamic acid†

Jérôme Le Nôtre,a   Elinor L. Scott,*a   Maurice C. R. Franssenb  and  Johan P. M. Sandersa  

* Corresponding authors

a Valorisation of Plant Production Chains, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, The Netherlands
E-mail: elinor.scott@wur.nl
Fax: +31 317 483011
Tel: +31 317 481172

b Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 8, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Abstract

Glutamic acid was transformed into acrylonitrile in a two step procedure involving an oxidative decarboxylation in water to 3-cyanopropanoic acid followed by a decarbonylation-elimination reaction using a palladium catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Biobased synthesis of acrylonitrile from glutamic acid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0GC00805B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Nov 2010
Accepted
25 Jan 2011
First published
14 Feb 2011

Green Chem., 2011,13, 807-809

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Biobased synthesis of acrylonitrile from glutamic acid

J. Le Nôtre, E. L. Scott, M. C. R. Franssen and J. P. M. Sanders, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 807 DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00805B

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