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Green Chemistry

Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA†

Chun-Chih Chang,‡a   Sara K. Green,‡a   C. Luke Williams,a   Paul J. Dauenhauer*a  and  Wei Fan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 N. Pleasant St., 159 Goessmann Lab, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
E-mail: wfan@ecs.umass.edu, dauenhauer@ecs.umass.edu
Tel: +1 413 545 2507

Abstract

p-Xylene, the precursor for PET bottles, was synthesized at 90% yield by [4 + 2] cycloaddition of biomass-derived ethylene and dimethylfuran followed by subsequent dehydration with Beta zeolite.

Graphical abstract: Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC40740C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Apr 2013
Accepted
21 May 2013
First published
21 May 2013

Green Chem., 2014,16, 585-588

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Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA

C. Chang, S. K. Green, C. L. Williams, P. J. Dauenhauer and W. Fan, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 585 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40740C

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