Conversion of Furfural Derivatives to 1,4-Pentanediol and Cyclopentanol in Aqueous Medium Catalyzed by trans-[(2,9-Dipyridyl-1,10-phenanthroline)(CH3CN)2Ru](OTf)2

• Published in: ACS catalysis Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 2667 - 2683
• Main Authors: Stones, Maryanne K, Banz Chung, Elise M.-J, da Cunha, Igor Tadeu, Sullivan, Ryan J, Soltanipanah, Parnian, Magee, Megan, Umphrey, Gary J, Moore, Cameron M, Sutton, Andrew D, Schlaf, Marcel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 21.02.2020
• Subjects: hydrodeoxygenation; biomass; diols; homogeneous catalysis; hydrogenation; Piancatelli rearrangement

The complex trans-[(2,9-dipyridyl-1,10-phenanthroline)­(CH3CN)2Ru]­(OTf)2 was synthesized and tested as a homogeneous hydrodeoxygenation catalyst for the conversion of biomass-derived furfuryl alcohol and furfuryl acetate to 1,4-pentanediol (as the primary target compound) and cyclopentanol (formed...