Issue 16, 2023

Catalytic utilization of converter gas – an industrial waste for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

Abstract

Converter gas is a large scale waste product that is usually burned to carbon dioxide and contributes to the world emission of greenhouse gases. Herein we demonstrate that instead of burning the converter gas can be used as a reducing agent in organic reactions to produce valuable pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. In particular, amide-based selected drug molecules have been synthesized by a reaction of aromatic nitro compounds and carboxylic acids in the presence of converter gas. In addition, we showed that this gas can also be conveniently utilized to carryout classical reductive amination reaction.

Graphical abstract: Catalytic utilization of converter gas – an industrial waste for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
13 Jan 2023
Accepted
12 Mar 2023
First published
31 Mar 2023
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 4346-4350

Catalytic utilization of converter gas – an industrial waste for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

S. A. Runikhina, O. I. Afanasyev, E. A. Kuchuk, D. S. Perekalin, R. V. Jagadeesh, M. Beller and D. Chusov, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4346 DOI: 10.1039/D3SC00257H

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