Ruthenium Catalyzed Reductive Transformation of Itaconic Acid and Ammonia Into 3- and 4-Methyl-pyrrolidone

Reductive amination/cyclization of levulinic acid to pyrrolidones versus pyrrolidines by switching the catalyst from AlCl3 to RuCl3 under mild conditions

(2017) Cailing Wu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

NHC-based coordination polymers as solid molecular catalysts for reductive amination of biomass levulinic acid

(2017) Zheming Sun et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Renewable Isoprene by Sequential Hydrogenation of Itaconic Acid and Dehydra-Decyclization of 3-Methyl-Tetrahydrofuran

(2017) Omar A. Abdelrahman et al.   ACS Catalysis

Ester-directed Ru-catalyzed C–O activation/C–C coupling reaction of ortho-methoxy naphthoates with organoboroneopentylates

(2016) Yigang Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-Pot Selective Catalytic Synthesis of Pyrrolidone Derivatives from Ethyl Levulinate and Nitro Compounds

(2016) Juan D. Vidal et al.   ChemSusChem

Mechanistic insights on C O and C C bond activation and hydrogen insertion during acetic acid hydrogenation catalyzed by ruthenium clusters in aqueous medium

(2016) Junnan Shangguan et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

A highly sustainable route to pyrrolidone derivatives – direct access to biosourced solvents

(2015) A. Ledoux et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Challenges in Catalytic Manufacture of Renewable Pyrrolidinones from Fermentation Derived Succinate

(2014) James F. White et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Bio-oil based biorefinery strategy for the production of succinic acid

(2013) Caixia Wang et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

Highly efficient transformation of levulinic acid into pyrrolidinones by iridium catalysed transfer hydrogenation

(2013) Yawen Wei et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Biochemistry of microbial itaconic acid production

(2013) Matthias G. Steiger et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Exploring the ruthenium catalysed synthesis of γ-valerolactone in alcohols and utilisation of mild solvent-free reaction conditions

(2012) Mohammad G. Al-Shaal et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalytic degradation of aqueous Fischer-Tropsch effluents to fuel gas over oxide-supported Ru catalysts and hydrothermal stability of catalysts

(2012) Lungang Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hydrogen-Independent Reductive Transformation of Carbohydrate Biomass into γ-Valerolactone and Pyrrolidone Derivatives with Supported Gold Catalysts

(2011) Xian-Long Du et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Pyrrolidines by Reductive Amination

(2011) Yao-Bing Huang et al.   ChemSusChem

Selective and Flexible Transformation of Biomass-Derived Platform Chemicals by a Multifunctional Catalytic System

(2010) Frank M. A. Geilen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Gold and gold–platinum as active and selective catalyst for biomass conversion: Synthesis of γ-butyrolactone and one-pot synthesis of pyrrolidone

(2008) G BUDRONI et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Integration of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes for a Multi-step Conversion of Biomass: From Sucrose to Levulinic Acid, γ-Valerolactone, 1,4-Pentanediol, 2-Methyl-tetrahydrofuran, and Alkanes

(2008) Hasan Mehdi et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS