Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) as a bio-based alternative for dipolar aprotic solvents

TY - JOUR

T1 - Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) as a bio-based alternative for dipolar aprotic solvents

AU - Sherwood, James

AU - De Bruyn, Mario

AU - Constantinou, Andri

AU - Moity, Laurianne

AU - McElroy, Rob

AU - Farmer, Thomas J.

AU - Duncan, Tony

AU - Raverty, Warwick

AU - Hunt, Andrew J.

AU - Clark, James H.

PY - 2014/9/4

Y1 - 2014/9/4

N2 - 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. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014.

AB - 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. This journal is © the Partner Organisations 2014.

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U2 - 10.1039/c4cc04133j

DO - 10.1039/c4cc04133j

M3 - Article

C2 - 25007289

SN - 1359-7345

VL - 50

SP - 9650

EP - 9652

JO - Chemical Communications

JF - Chemical Communications

IS - 68

ER -