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Green Chem., 2009, 11, 152 - 155, DOI: 10.1039/b816917a

Renewable materials as precursors of linear nitrile-acid derivatives via cross-metathesis of fatty esters and acids with acrylonitrile and fumaronitrile

Raluca Malacea, Cédric Fischmeister, Christian Bruneau, Jean-Luc Dubois, Jean-Luc Couturier and Pierre H. Dixneuf

The cross-metathesis of fatty acids and esters, as renewable raw materials, with acrylonitrile and fumaronitrile is presented. The cross-metathesis reactions of both terminal and internal double bond containing compounds were performed using a ruthenium catalyst and led to bifunctional nitrile-esters or nitrile-acids with high conversions. The tandem ruthenium catalysed cross-metathesis and hydrogenation provide precursors of aminoacid monomers for the production of polyamides from renewable resources.

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