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Route for Conversion of Furfural to Ethylcyclopentane.


ABSTRACT: A method for conversion of furfural, widely available platform chemical from biomass, to ethylcyclopentane, is reported. Ethylcyclopentane is a cyclic alkane with a relatively high octane number (RON 67, bp 103 °C) and could potentially serve as a drop-in biofuel. The synthetic route includes a transformation of furfural to 1-(furan-2-yl)propan-1-ol that is further subjected to Piancatelli rearrangement to give 5-ethyl-4-hydroxycyclopent-2-en-1-one. The subsequent hydrodeoxygenation affords ethylcyclopentane in 48% isolated yield.

SUBMITTER: Bredihhin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645295 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Route for Conversion of Furfural to Ethylcyclopentane.

Bredihhin Aleksei A   Salmar Siim S   Vares Lauri L  

ACS omega 20180830 8


A method for conversion of furfural, widely available platform chemical from biomass, to ethylcyclopentane, is reported. Ethylcyclopentane is a cyclic alkane with a relatively high octane number (RON 67, bp 103 °C) and could potentially serve as a drop-in biofuel. The synthetic route includes a transformation of furfural to 1-(furan-2-yl)propan-1-ol that is further subjected to Piancatelli rearrangement to give 5-ethyl-4-hydroxycyclopent-2-en-1-one. The subsequent hydrodeoxygenation affords ethy  ...[more]

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