Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEAElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c3gc40740c

p -Xylene, the precursor for PET bottles, was synthesized at 90% yield by [4 + 2] cycloaddition of biomass-derived ethylene and dimethylfuran followed by subsequent dehydration with Beta zeolite. p -Xylene was synthesized at 90% yield by cycloaddition of biomass-derived ethylene and dimethylfuran fo...

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Main Authors Chang, Chun-Chih, Green, Sara K, Williams, C. Luke, Dauenhauer, Paul J, Fan, Wei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.01.2014
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Summary:p -Xylene, the precursor for PET bottles, was synthesized at 90% yield by [4 + 2] cycloaddition of biomass-derived ethylene and dimethylfuran followed by subsequent dehydration with Beta zeolite. p -Xylene was synthesized at 90% yield by cycloaddition of biomass-derived ethylene and dimethylfuran followed by subsequent dehydration with Beta zeolite.
Bibliography:10.1039/c3gc40740c
Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI
ISSN:1463-9262
1463-9270
DOI:10.1039/c3gc40740c