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

Chun Chih Chang; Sara K. Green; C. Luke Williams; Paul J. Dauenhauer; Wei Fan

doi:10.1039/c3gc40740c

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

Chun Chih Chang, Sara K. Green, C. Luke Williams, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Wei Fan

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	585-588
Number of pages	4
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3gc40740c
State	Published - Feb 2014

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

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