Acetaldehyde as an ethanol derived bio-building block: an alternative to Guerbet chemistry

Cameron M. Moore, Orion Staples, Rhodri W. Jenkins, Ty J. Brooks, Troy A. Semelsberger, Andrew D. Sutton

Green Chemistry · 2016 · 26 citations · 28 references

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In this work, we describe a highly selective poly-aldol condensation of acetaldehyde, which can readily be obtained <italic>via</italic> dehydrogenation of ethanol.

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