Sustainable production of pyromellitic acid with pinacol and diethyl maleate?

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2017-02-22 DOI: 10.1039/C6GC03576K

Abstract

Herein, we report an unprecedented and sustainable route to synthesize pyromellitic acid (PMA), a monomer of polyimide, with pinacol and diethyl maleate which can be derived from lignocellulose. Analogously, a sustainable route to trimellitic acid (TMA) was also developed using pinacol and acrylate as the feedstocks.

Graphical abstract: Sustainable production of pyromellitic acid with pinacol and diethyl maleate
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