A computational study was conducted to gain insight into the pyrolytic deformylations of levoglucose-none and isolevoglucosenone. Present B3LYP/6-31G* and CBS QB3 calculations provide valuable evidence to rule out the ...

Levoglucosenone has been used as template for the synthesis of a wide variety of compounds with an impressive structural variability. However, scarce work has been done regarding the generation of new bioactive entities. ...

Levoglucosenone, directly produced from cellulose-containing residual biomass via pyrolysis treatments, is believed to be a promising bio-renewable platform for both fine and commodity chemicals. In this work, the possibilities ...

A short and efficient methodology for the synthesis of chiral dioxa-caged Compounds from levoglucose-none, a biomass-derived enone, is herein Presented. The key transformation, that involves a cascade 3-step cationic ...

We have developed a simple procedure for the preparation of chiral 1,3-aminoalcohols using the biomass derivative levoglucosenone, as the chiral starting material. 1,3-aminoalcohols, bearing primary and tertiary amino ...

Biochemicals are interesting alternatives for biomass valorization owing to their much higher added value compared to biofuels and energy products. Several methods for the production of valuable chemicals such as levoglucosenone ...

The Diels-Alder reaction of the acrylate derived from levoglucosenone with cyclopentadiene was studied under several conditions, in the presence and absence of a Lewis acid. The results showed satisfactory diastereomeric ...

An appealing inversion in the regiochemical outcome of Diels-Alder reactions between levoglucosenone (1) and its α-bromo derivative (5) with isoprene (2) was studied computationally. Based on different DFT calculations we ...

The need to find sustainable alternatives to reduce the dependence on fossil sources has led to significant research efforts on the conversion of biomass into platform chemicals. Modern organic chemistry requires easily ...