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Deoxydehydration (DODH) of Biomass-Derived Molecules

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Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion II

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Deoxygenation of vicinal diols and polyols, common moieties in biomass-derived molecules, represents an important chemical pathway for making chemicals from renewable biomass resources. Catalytic deoxydehydration (DODH) is a promising deoxygenation reaction that removes two adjacent hydroxyl (−OH) groups from vicinal diols in one step to generate alkenes. Since the first catalytic DODH with Cp*Re(O)3 report by Cook and Andrews in 1996, a number of metal complexes based on rhenium, ruthenium, vanadium, and molybdenum have been investigated. High-valent oxorhenium complexes are among the most efficient catalysts for DODH reactions and have been studied using various reductants including organic phosphines, molecular hydrogen (H2), sulfite, and alcohols. These complexes exhibit intriguing oxophilic performance, which facilitates selective C-O bond cleavage of polyols. A flurry of investigations have appeared in the literature over the past few years on the scope and mechanism of the DODH reaction in the context of biomass conversion and sustainable chemistry. In this chapter, we briefly review the development of DODH reactions with a focus on homogenous Re-catalyzed transformations. Several heterogeneous and other metal catalysts are included for comparison.

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Our research in deoxygenation of biomass-derived molecules has been support by the Department of Energy (DOE), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) grant no. DE-FG-02-06ER15794.

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    Shuo Liu & Jing Yi

  2. Department of Chemistry and the Center for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Mahdi M. Abu-Omar

  3. Spero Energy, Inc., 1281 Win Hentschel Blvd., West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA

    Mahdi M. Abu-Omar

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Liu, S., Yi, J., Abu-Omar, M.M. (2016). Deoxydehydration (DODH) of Biomass-Derived Molecules. In: Schlaf, M., Zhang, Z. (eds) Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion II. Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-769-7_1

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