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Sabah El Mohammad1, Sandrine Develle1, Olivier Proux2
1IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rond-Point de l'Echangeur de Solaize, 69360 Solaize, France.
Abstract:
Combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), X-ray absorption spectroscopy near-edge structure (XANES), and density functional theory (DFT), we elucidate the structures of tungstate and molybdate with sugars of interest in the conversion of biomass to platform chemicals (glucose, mannose, and erythrose). We highlight a number of complexes, including one nearly isostructural structure that is formed with each metal-sugar combination. We also emphasize the singular reactivity of erythrose that undergoes retro-aldolization at room temperature.
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