Ferulic acid dissolved in water is selectively oxidized to vanillic acid in high yield (60%) under remarkably mild and green conditions, namely at room temperature with air as primary oxidant, over a catalytic amount of nanostructured Bi2WO6. The process is general and opens the route to the selective oxidation of natural substances into derivatives of significant applicative relevance.

One-Pot, Clean Synthesis of Vanillic Acid from Ferulic Acid

Rosaria Ciriminna;Mario Pagliaro
2016

Abstract

Ferulic acid dissolved in water is selectively oxidized to vanillic acid in high yield (60%) under remarkably mild and green conditions, namely at room temperature with air as primary oxidant, over a catalytic amount of nanostructured Bi2WO6. The process is general and opens the route to the selective oxidation of natural substances into derivatives of significant applicative relevance.
2016
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati - ISMN
vanillic acid
vanillin
ferulic acid
bismuth tungstate
oxidation
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