Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Electrocatalytic synthesis of heterocycles from biomass-derived furfuryl alcohols

  • Xuan Liu,
  • Bo Li,
  • Guanqun Han,
  • Xingwu Liu,
  • Zhi Cao,
  • De-en Jiang,
  • Yujie Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22157-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The synthesis of heterocyclic moieties pertaining to biologically active molecules from biomass-based starting compounds is very attractive yet underexplored. Herein, the authors report an electrocatalytic Achmatowicz reaction for the synthesis of hydropyranones from biomass-derived furfuryl alcohols.