Highly Regioselective Preparation of 1, 3-Dioxolane-4-methanol Derivatives from Glycerol Using Phosphomolybdic Acid

NW Fadnavis, R Gowrisankar, G Ramakrishna…

Index: Fadnavis, Nitin Wasantrao; Reddipalli, Gowri Sankar; Ramakrishna, Gadupudi; Mishra, Mithilesh Kumar; Sheelu, Gurrala Synthesis, 2009 , # 4 p. 557 - 560

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Abstract

Abstract Phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) forms a blue-colored complex with glycerol in a 1: 10 molar ratio. The glycerolato complex catalyzes conversion of glycerol into 1, 3-dioxolane-4- methanol derivatives with complete regiospecificity in high yields (> 95%) and the catalyst can be recycled up to ten times without loss of activity or regiospecificity.