Abstract
Exploring of hydrogen source from renewable biomass, such as glucose in alkaline solution, for hydrogenation reactions had been studied since 1860s. According to proposed pathway, only small part of hydrogen source in glucose was utilized. Herein, the utilization of a hydrogen source from renewable lignocellulosic biomass, one of the most abundant renewable sources in nature, for a hydrogenation reaction is described. The hydrogenation is demonstrated by reduction of nitroarenes to arylamines in up to 95 % yields. Mechanism studies suggest that the hydrogenation occurs via a hydrogen transformation pathway.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4189-4195 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | ChemCatChem |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- hydrogen source
- hydrogenation
- lignocellulosic biomass
- nitroarenes
- renewable
