Zinc/Bismuth-Mediated Allylation Reaction of Biomass Feedstocks: Synthesis of Furanic Diols

Synthesis DOI: 10.1055/a-2241-6966 Biomass-based diols have been synthesized by a Zn/Bi-mediated Barbier-type of reaction from furanic aldehydes and allyl halides to access allylated diols. The allylated diols can be readily converted into alkylated diols by hydrogenation. These furanic diols could be potential replacements for fossil fuel based bisphenol A (BPA) which has an adverse endocrine-disrupting effect on humans. This mild and green protocol provides symmetric and nonsymmetric diols in high yields. A chemoselective reduction of allylic double bonds provides diols with unique substitution. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, GermanyArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Synthesis - February 14, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Biswas, Soumen Kannaboina, Prakash Sibi, Mukund P. Tags: paper Source Type: research