Green Chemistry

Renewable production of phthalic anhydride from biomass-derived furan and maleic anhydride

E Mahmoud, DA Watson, RF Lobo

Index: Mahmoud, Eyas; Watson, Donald A.; Lobo, Raul F. Green Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 16, # 1 p. 167 - 175

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Abstract

A route to renewable phthalic anhydride (2-benzofuran-1, 3-dione) from biomass-derived furan and maleic anhydride (furan-2, 5-dione) is investigated. Furan and maleic anhydride were converted to phthalic anhydride in two reaction steps: Diels–Alder cycloaddition followed by dehydration. Excellent yields for the Diels–Alder reaction between furan and maleic-anhydride were obtained at room temperature and solvent-free conditions (SFC) ...

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