Atomic Ruthenium‐Promoted Cadmium Sulfide for Photocatalytic Production of Amino Acids from Biomass Derivatives

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 63; no. 27; pp. e202320014 - n/a
• Main Authors: Li, Wulin, Zheng, Xiuhui, Xu, Bei‐Bei, Yang, Yue, Zhang, Yifei, Cai, Lingchao, Wang, Zhu‐Jun, Yao, Ye‐Feng, Nan, Bing, Li, Lina, Wang, Xue‐Lu, Feng, Xiang, Antonietti, Markus, Chen, Zupeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2024
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Alanine; Amination; Amino acids; Biomass; biomass derivatives; Cadmium; Cadmium sulfide; Density functional theory; Hydrogen bonds; Hydroxy acids; Irradiation; Lactic acid; Light irradiation; Nanoparticles; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; photocatalysis; Ruthenium; single-atom catalysis; Sulfides; Sustainable production; amination; single-atom catalysis; photocatalysis; biomass derivatives; amino acids

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are widely used as important ingredients for other nitrogen‐containing molecules. Here, we report the sustainable production of amino acids from biomass‐derived hydroxy acids with high activity under visible‐light irradiation and mild conditions, u...