Direct synthesis of 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid and trans-aconitic acid from renewable gallic acid and tannic acid

Green Chem., 2025, 27,2661-2665
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC04535A, Communication

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Finn Moeller, Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Gallic acid and tannins originate from underutilized renewable bark which can be directly converted to 2-pyrone-4,6-dicarboxylic acid by oxidation with perborate.
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