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Chemical Communications

Selective and high yield transformation of glycerol to lactic acid using NNN pincer ruthenium catalysts†

Moumita Dutta,a   Kanu Das, ORCID logo a   Siriyara Jagannatha Prathapa,b   Hemant Kumar Srivastava ORCID logo *c  and  Akshai Kumar ORCID logo *ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati – 781039, Assam, India
E-mail: akshaikumar@iitg.ac.in

b Bruker India Scientific Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru – 560092, Karnataka, India

c Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Guwahati, Guwahati – 781101, Assam, India
E-mail: hemantkrsri@gmail.com

d Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Abstract

The conversion of glycerol selectively to lactic acid has been accomplished in high yields (ca. 90%) by using a NNN pincer–Ru catalyst. DFT explains the role of the Ru–P bond and sterics in favoring the catalysis.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02884C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Apr 2020
Accepted
13 Jul 2020
First published
13 Jul 2020

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 9886-9889

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Selective and high yield transformation of glycerol to lactic acid using NNN pincer ruthenium catalysts

M. Dutta, K. Das, S. J. Prathapa, H. K. Srivastava and A. Kumar, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 9886 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02884C

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