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| Title |
Efficient selective and atom economic catalytic conversion of glycerol to lactic acid
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms6084 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Liam S. Sharninghausen, Jesús Campos, Michael G. Manas, Robert H. Crabtree |
| Abstract |
The availability of glycerol is rapidly increasing due to the expanding biodiesel industry, which produces this polyol as the main waste material. Several value-added chemicals have been synthesized using glycerol as a feedstock; however, the conversion of glycerol to lactic acid has been investigated to a lesser extent despite the numerous and novel uses of lactic acid. We report a family of iridium complexes as the first homogeneous catalysts for the conversion of glycerol to lactic acid. These have higher activity and selectivity than the previously reported heterogeneous systems. In addition, hydrogen gas is generated as a useful byproduct. Unlike prior systems, the reactions can be performed in air, under mild conditions and without solvent. Our method has even been applied to samples of crude glycerol waste derived from the biodiesel industry without prior purification, albeit with somewhat lower activity while maintaining the same high selectivity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 181 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Uruguay | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 177 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 14% |
| Researcher | 24 | 13% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 22 | 12% |
| Unknown | 31 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 80 | 44% |
| Chemical Engineering | 31 | 17% |
| Engineering | 15 | 8% |
| Materials Science | 4 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2014.
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#7,137,546
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#36,070
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#77,863
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#466
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