Issue 21, 2005
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Chemical Communications

Tin-catalyzed conversion of trioses to alkyl lactates in alcohol solution

Yukiko Hayashia  and  Yoshiyuki Sasaki*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Biomass Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hirosuehiro 2-2-2, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
E-mail: y.sasaki@aist.go.jp
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Abstract

Tin chlorides, SnCl2 and SnCl4·5H2O are excellent catalysts for the reactions of trioses, dihydroxyacetone and glyceraldehyde with alcohols (MeOH, EtOH and nBuOH) to give alkyl lactates, whose reaction mechanism involves the intermediary formation of pyruvic aldehyde followed by its esterification, which is distinctively promoted by tin halides.

Graphical abstract: Tin-catalyzed conversion of trioses to alkyl lactates in alcohol solution

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B501964H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Feb 2005
Accepted
01 Apr 2005
First published
13 Apr 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 2716-2718

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Y. Hayashi and Y. Sasaki, Chem. Commun., 2005, 2716 DOI: 10.1039/B501964H

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