Rhenium‐Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation and Deoxygenation of Biomass‐Derived Polyols to Small and Useful Organics

Abstract

Hello MTO: Efficient and environmentally responsible conversion methods are needed to deal with excess glycerol production. The catalytic conversion of glycerol to allyl alcohol under neat conditions is catalyzed by methyltrioxorhenium (MTO). The yields of volatile products and selectivity for allyl alcohol are very good. Mechanistic studies reveal transfer hydrogenation via bifunctional catalysis. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.