- Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) as a bio-based alternative for dipolar aprotic solvents.
Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) as a bio-based alternative for dipolar aprotic solvents.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2014-07-10)
James Sherwood, Mario De bruyn, Andri Constantinou, Laurianne Moity, C Rob McElroy, Thomas J Farmer, Tony Duncan, Warwick Raverty, Andrew J Hunt, James H Clark
PMID25007289
ABSTRACT
Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) is a bio-based molecule, derived in two simple steps from cellulose, which demonstrates significant promise as a dipolar aprotic solvent. The dipolarity of dihydrolevoglucosenone is similar to NMP, DMF and sulpholane. Dihydrolevoglucosenone demonstrates similar performance to NMP in a fluorination reaction and the Menschutkin reaction.
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