Hosoya, Takashi published the artcileAlkaline aerobic oxidation of native softwood lignin in the presence of Na+-cyclic polyether complexes, Safety of 2,5,8,11,14-Pentaoxapentadecane, the main research area is softwood lignin sodium cyclic polyether complex aerobic oxidation.
Alk. aerobic oxidation is a promising way to convert lignin to low mol. weight phenols, especially 4-hydroxybenzaldehydes. Our previous studies reported that oxidation of softwood lignin samples with a bulky cation, Bu4N+, facilitates selective production of vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde). This study presents vanillin production from native softwood lignin in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) in NaOH aqueous in the presence of cyclic polyethers, with our expectation that Na+-polyether complexes exhibit effects similar to those of Bu4N+. Oxidation of wood flour (10 mg) in 4.0 M NaOH aqueous (2.0 mL) at 120°C under air gave vanillin with 6.2 weight% lignin-based yield, which was raised to 15.2 weight% by the addition of 15-crown-5 (1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxacyclopentadecane). On the other hand, such effect was not observed with the addition of tetraethylene glycol di-Me ether, a non-cyclic analog of 15-crown-5. Mechanistic study with a lignin model compound revealed that stabilization of a vanillin precursor by the complex cation was a reason for the increased vanillin yield exhibited by the crown ether. This is similar to the influence of Bu4N+ reported previously, suggesting effective control of aerobic oxidation by large size cationic species.
Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology published new progress about Cannizzaro reaction. 143-24-8 belongs to class ethers-buliding-blocks, name is 2,5,8,11,14-Pentaoxapentadecane, and the molecular formula is C10H22O5, Safety of 2,5,8,11,14-Pentaoxapentadecane.
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