One-Pot, Clean Synthesis of Vanillic Acid from Ferulic Acid
- Autori: Delisi, Riccardo*; Ciriminna, Rosaria; Parrino, Francesco; Palmisano, Leonardo; Xu, Yi-Jun; Pagliaro, Mario
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/294323
Abstract
Ferulic acid dissolved in water is selectively oxidized to vanillic acid in high yield (≈60 %) under remarkably mild and green conditions, namely at room temperature with air as primary oxidant, over a catalytic amount of nanostructured Bi2WO6. The process is general and opens the route to the selective oxidation of natural substances into derivatives of significant applicative relevance.