Biomass has emerged as a potential alternative feedstock to dwindling fossil fuel reserves.
Starting in the 1990s, extensive research has been directed towards the synthesis of useful …

In this Critical Review, we discuss how carbohydrates can be transformed into a variety of
chemicals through heterogeneous catalysis. We focus particularly on oxidation, reduction …

Naturally occurring, glycerol ethers are generally pure enantiomers, and batylic, chimylic,
and selachylic alcohols (Scheme 1) are the major ones which can be found in lipid …

Linear α-olefins, especially 1-hexene and 1-octene, are key components for the production
of LLDPE and the demand for 1-hexene and 1-octene increased enormously in recent …

In recent decades, the use of 1, 3-butadiene as a comparably cheap and abundant raw
material for new applications has attracted more and more interest, specifically in the …

Here we report the homogeneously-catalyzed etherification of glycerol with short chain alkyl
alcohols. Among the large variety of Brønsted and Lewis acids tested, we show here that …

Telomerization is a versatile tool for synthesizing unsaturated ethers, amines and other
molecules starting from 1, 3‐dienes and respective nucleophiles. The homogeneously …

Heterogeneous etherification of various biomass-based alcohols with 1-octene was
investigated as a direct route for the synthesis of long alkyl chain ethers. Several acid …

A series of novel [Pd (acac-O, O′)(PˆP)] BF 4 and known complexes [Pd (acac-O, O′)(PR
3) 2] BF 4 (PˆP= dppm (1), dppp (2), dppb (3), dppf (4); R= Ph (5), p-Tol (6), i-Pr (7); acac= 2 …

Carbohydrates are a family of biomolecules, ubiquitous in Nature, based on a common
polyhydoxylated backbone though varying in size (from small molecules to …