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Heterogeneous Organo-Catalysis: Sustainable Pathways to Furanics from Biomass
Citation:
Varma, R. AND S. Verma. Heterogeneous Organo-Catalysis: Sustainable Pathways to Furanics from Biomass. 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 02 - 06, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
Poster presentation at the 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National meeting in San Francisco, CA
Description:
Glucose and fructose are among the most abundant plant-derived materials1 and have been converted into useful building units often used in the drug discovery and polymer architecture.2 Unfortunately, most of these conversions require mineral acids and complex heterogeneous catalysis systems which suffer from the diminished activity and recyclability issues.3 Herein, we report a highly reactive and inexpensive heterogeneous sulfonated graphitic carbon nitride (Sg-CN), endowed with strong acidity that readily transforms carbohydrates to furanics. The ready availability and benign nature of the material and its stability over the several reaction cycles renders this catalyst very useful in organic synthesis, polymer industry and in the preparation of drug precursors.