Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2017,13, 1982–1993, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.194
in both the oxidation and alkylation reaction reveals a potential method for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass.
Keywords: alkylation; benzyl alcohol; benzyl chloride; iron oxide; mechanochemistry; microwave-assistedoxidation; polysaccharide; toluene; Introduction
Heterogeneous catalysis
-assistedoxidation of benzyl alcohol reached 45% conversion after 10 min. The conversion of the alkylation of toluene in both microwave-assisted and conventional heating methods was higher than 99% after 3 min and 30 min, respectively. The transformation of benzyl alcohol and toluene into valuable product
potential from an environmental point-of-view since it is able to reduce solvent issues in chemical syntheses. The catalytic activity of the obtained nanocatalysts was investigated in both the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and in the alkylation of toluene with benzyl chloride. The microwave
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1:
Overview of the preparation of the nanocomposites based on iron oxide and polysaccharide.