Issue 47, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Highly efficient transformation of levulinic acid into pyrrolidinones by iridium catalysed transfer hydrogenation†

Yawen Wei,a   Chao Wang,*a   Xue Jiang,a   Dong Xue,a   Jia Lia  and  Jianliang Xiao*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
E-mail: c.wang@snnu.edu.cn

b Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
E-mail: j.xiao@liv.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)151-7943588

Abstract

Levulinic acid (LA) is transformed into pyrrolidinones via iridium-catalysed reductive amination using formic acid as the hydrogen source under aqueous conditions. The catalytic system is the most active and performs under the mildest conditions ever reported for the reductive amination of LA.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient transformation of levulinic acid into pyrrolidinones by iridium catalysed transfer hydrogenation

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC41661E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Mar 2013
Accepted
22 Apr 2013
First published
23 Apr 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5408-5410

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Highly efficient transformation of levulinic acid into pyrrolidinones by iridium catalysed transfer hydrogenation

Y. Wei, C. Wang, X. Jiang, D. Xue, J. Li and J. Xiao, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5408 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41661E

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