Ling H, Miao H, Cao Z, Mascal M. Electrochemical Incorporation of Electrophiles into the Biomass-Derived Platform Molecule 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural.
CHEMSUSCHEM 2023;
16:e202201787. [PMID:
36525531 DOI:
10.1002/cssc.202201787]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The 5-(chloromethyl)furfural (CMF) derivative ethyl 5-(chloromethyl)furan-2-carboxylate undergoes two-electron electrochemical reduction in a simple, undivided cell to give the corresponding furylogous enolate anion, which can either be quenched with carbon dioxide to give a 5-(carboxymethyl)furan-2-carboxylate or with hydrogen ion to give a 5-methylfuran-2-carboxylate, thereby expanding the derivative scope of CMF as a biobased platform molecule.
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