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<div class="csl-entry">Drabo, P., Fischer, M., Emondts, M., Hamm, J., Engelke, M., Simonis, M., Qi, L., Scott, S. L., Palkovits, R., & Delidovich, I. (2023). Solvent effects on catalytic activity and selectivity in amine-catalyzed d-fructose isomerization. <i>Journal of Catalysis</i>, <i>418</i>, 13–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.12.029</div>
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0021-9517
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/158304
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Rational catalyst design and optimal solvent selection are key to advancing biorefining. Here, we explored the organocatalytic isomerization of d-fructose to a valuable rare monosaccharide, d-allulose, as a function of solvent. The isomerization of d-fructose to d-allulose competes with its isomerization to d-glucose and sugar degradation. In both water and DMF, the catalytic activity of amines towards d-fructose is correlated with their basicity. Solvents impact the selectivity significantly by altering the tautomeric distribution of d-fructose. Our results suggest that the furanose tautomer of d-fructose is isomerized to d-allulose, and the fractional abundance of this tautomer increases as follows: water < MeOH < DMF ≈ DMSO. Reaction rates are also higher in aprotic than in protic solvents. The best d-allulose yield, 14 %, was obtained in DMF with 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD) as the catalyst. The reaction kinetics and mechanism were explored using operando NMR spectroscopy.
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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
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Journal of Catalysis
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dc.subject
isomerization
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amine
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fructose
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solvent
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allulose
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Solvent effects on catalytic activity and selectivity in amine-catalyzed d-fructose isomerization
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Article
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Artikel
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RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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dc.contributor.affiliation
University of California Santa Barbara, United States