Abstract
Development of efficient chemical methodologies able to transform second generation biomass into platform chemicals is a key step for the transition towards a sustainable chemical industry. Such transformations involve removal of oxygen atoms which can be achieved by dehydration (-H2O), deoxygenation (-"O") and deoxydehydration (DODH) (-H2O and –"O"). Catalytic methods are preferred over the stoichiometric ones. DODH is the preferred catalytic method for vicinal diols conversion (e.g. in sugars and sugar derivatives). Rhenium species [Re(VII) and Re(V)] are the most active and most widely employed DODH catalysts. This project focuses on development of novel versatile and recyclable heterogeneous rhenium catalysts for DODH.
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