Towards ‘bio-based’ Nylon: conversion of γ-valerolactone to methyl pentenoate under catalytic distillation conditions
- 15 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 33,p. 3488-3490
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b705782b
Abstract
Methyl pentenoate, a promising Nylon intermediate, is produced in >95% yield via the transesterification of γ-valerolactone, a bio-based intermediate, under catalytic distillation conditions.Keywords
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