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Chemical Communications

Efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols†

Ekambaram Balaraman,a   Eran Foglera  and  David Milstein*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
E-mail: david.milstein@weizmann.ac.il
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Abstract

The unprecedented homogeneous hydrogenation of cyclic di-esters, in particular biomass-derived glycolide and lactide, to the corresponding 1,2-diols is catalyzed by Ru(II) PNN (1) and Ru(II) CNN (2) pincer complexes under mild hydrogen pressure and (in the case of 1) neutral conditions. No racemization was observed when a chiral di-ester was used.

Graphical abstract: Efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC15778G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Sep 2011
Accepted
12 Oct 2011
First published
31 Oct 2011

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1111-1113

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Efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived cyclic di-esters to 1,2-diols

E. Balaraman, E. Fogler and D. Milstein, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1111 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15778G

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