Biobased synthesis of acrylonitrile from glutamic acid
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- 14 February 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Green Chemistry
- Vol. 13 (4) , 807-809
Abstract
Glutamic acid was transformed into acrylonitrile in a two step procedure involving an oxidative decarboxylation in water to 3-cyanopropanoic acid followed by a decarbonylation-elimination reaction using a palladium catalyst.Keywords
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