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Direct asymmetric reduction of levulinic acid to gamma-valerolactone: synthesis of a chiral platform molecule

József M. Tukacs, Bálint Fridrich, Gábor Dibó, Edit Székely, László T. Mika

Green Chemistry · 2015 · 85 citations · 61 references

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Biomass-originated levulinic acid was directly converted to optically active (<italic>S</italic>)-gamma-valerolactone, a proposed biomass-based chiral platform molecule.

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Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities (Nobel Lecture) Copyright© The Nobel Foundation 2002. We thank the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, for permission to print this lecture.

Ryōji Noyori · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2002 · 2K citations

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Asymmetric Catalysis by Architectural and Functional Molecular Engineering: Practical Chemo- and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones

Ryōji Noyori, Takeshi Ohkuma · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2001 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Asymmetric Catalysis: Science and Opportunities (Nobel Lecture 2001)

Ryōji Noyori · Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis · 2003 · 1.9K citations

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Integrated Catalytic Conversion of γ-Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels

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γ-Valerolactone—a sustainable liquid for energy and carbon-based chemicals

István T. Horváth, Mehdi Hasan, Viktória Fábos et al. · Green Chemistry · 2007 · 977 citations

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