Sawadjoon, S. 2013. Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols. Mechanistic Studies and Synthetic Applications. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 1092. 63 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-8785-0. This thesis deals with the palladium-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution of π-activated alco...

Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF) or other species, such as 2,5-dimethylfuran, on solid metal electrodes in neutral media is addressed, both in the absence and in the presence of glucose. The reaction is studied by combining voltammetry with on-line product analysis by using HPLC, which provides both qualitative and quantitative i...

Lignocellulosic biomass is available in large quantities and constitutes an attractive feedstock for the sustainable production of bulk and fine chemicals. Although methods have been established for the conversion of its cellulosic fractions, valorization of lignin has proven to be challenging. The difficulty in disassembling lignin originates from its heterogeneous structure and its propensity...

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Hydrogenation of easily accessible potassium triphenylsilyl [K(Me6TREN)SiPh3] gave the hydrogen storage material α-[KSiH3] in high yields by an unusual hydrogenolytic cleavage of silicon-phenyl bonds.