Synthesis of dihydrocapsaicin and dihydrocapsiate exclusively from lignocellulosic platform chemicals

Yan-Bing Li; Hui-Ying Guo; Chen-Qiang Deng; Jin Deng

Green Energy & Environment (Jun 2022)

Synthesis of dihydrocapsaicin and dihydrocapsiate exclusively from lignocellulosic platform chemicals

Yan-Bing Li,
Hui-Ying Guo,
Chen-Qiang Deng,
Jin Deng

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Yan-Bing Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, IChem, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China
Hui-Ying Guo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, IChem, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
Chen-Qiang Deng: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, IChem, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
Jin Deng: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, IChem, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 3
pp. 519 – 524

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Biorefinery is pivotal to the sustainability of modern chemical industry. However, since biomass is oxygen-enriched, new and green chemical strategies are required for expanding the biomass derived chemical space. In this work, synthesis of natural products dihydrocapsaicin and dihydrocapsiate was achieved exclusively from lignocellulosic platform chemicals. Natural products dihydrocapsaicin and dihydrocapsiate were synthesized exclusively from lignocellulosic platform chemicals, using furfural (from hemicellulose) and methyl isopropyl ketone (from cellulose) through aldol condensation-hydrolysis-hydrodeoxygenation to synthesize 8-methylnonanoic acid and then combined with vanillin derivates (from lignin). This synthesis demonstrates the feasibility of constructing natural products entirely from renewable biomass platform through green processes. The utilization of inherent functional groups of biomass demonstrates their potential to open up chemical space.

Published in Green Energy & Environment

ISSN: 2468-0257 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/green-energy-and-environment/

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