Economical and Facile Synthesis of Monolignols

Alexis Dell, Mallorie Keith, Emily Y. Zhu, James Pence, Qizheng Duan, Sabiha Sultana, Yimin Zhu

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Abstract

Monolignols are efficiently synthesized from the corresponding cheap and readily available cinnamic acids through a borohydride reduction of the derived mixed carbonic anhydrides. Judicious choices of the reaction conditions allow for removal of the byproducts by aqueous workup and give the products cleanly in high yields.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalBioenergy Research
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StateAccepted/In press - 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Energy (miscellaneous)

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