Highly efficient chiral inductors derived from biomass

ZANARDI, M. M.; SAROTTI, A. M.; SUÁREZ, A. G.; SPANEVELLO, R. A.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Workshop; IFS/OPCW Workshop: “Chemistry in nature- Natural resources: Chemical, Biological and enviromental aspects”.; 2008

IFS y OPCW

Biomass is a widely available raw material which has been recognized as an important source of fuels and chemical products. By far, carbohydrates are the major annually renewable biofeedstocks from which to develop viable organic chemicals that are to replace those derived from fossil sources. Levoglucosenone (1) is a versatile and readily available member of the carbohydrate derived chiral pool which has been intensively used as chiral synthon in the synthesis of a wide variety of compounds. This bicyclic enone is the major product of the pyrolysis of cellulose or cellulose-containing materials, such as waste paper. Our interest in this field is focused on the potential use of this chiral building block in the synthesis of new asymmetric inductors. Levoglucosenone 1 was obtained from microwave assisted or conventional pyrolisis of cellulose or waste paper