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Synthesis of Phenylacetaldehyde from 1-Phenylethan-1,2-diol by Microwave-Assisted Dehydration in Water

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A highly efficient, simple and versatile acid catalyst is proposed for the selective dehydration of 1-phenylethan-1,2-diol to the phenylacetaldehyde as an industrial platform molecule. For the first time, common Lewis acids AlCl3 and FeCl3 and mineral acids HCl and H2SO4 had produced the acetaldehyde derivative under microwave irradiation in sub-critical water in good yield starting from the corresponding diol.

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S.L.G. thanks the Ministere de la Recherche de France for MENRT financial support.

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  1. Ecole Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale, Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, EA4297 Transformations Intégrées de la Matière Renouvelable, Centre de Recherche Royallieu, CS 60319, 60203, Compiègne Cedex, France

    Sarah Le Guenic, Claire Ceballos & Christophe Len

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

    Christophe Len

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Le Guenic, S., Ceballos, C. & Len, C. Synthesis of Phenylacetaldehyde from 1-Phenylethan-1,2-diol by Microwave-Assisted Dehydration in Water. Catal Lett 145, 1851–1855 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-015-1606-4

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