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4. Sordakis K, Tang C, Vogt LK, Junge H, Dyson PJ, Beller M, Laurenczy G (2018) Homogeneous catalysis for sustainable hydrogen storage in formic acid and alcohols. Chem Rev
118:372–433
5. De Clercq R, Dusselier M, Sels BF (2017) Heterogeneous catalysis for bio-based polyester
monomers from cellulosic biomass: advances, challenges and prospects. Green Chem
19:5012–5040
6. Zhang Y, Liu D, Chen Z (2017) Production of C2-C4 diols from renewable bioresources: new
metabolic pathways and metabolic engineering strategies. Biotechnol Biofuels 10:1–20
7. Stadler BM, Wulf C, Werner T, Tin S, De Vries JG (2019) Catalytic approaches to monomers
for polymers based on renewables. ACS Catal 9:8012–8067
8. Pang J, Zheng M, Sun R, Wang A, Wang X, Zhang T (2016) Synthesis of ethylene glycol and
terephthalic acid from biomass for producing PET. Green Chem 18:342–359
9. van der Waal JC, Gruter GJM, Claassens-Dekker P (2016) Process for preparing ethylene
glycol from a carbohydrate source via transition metal-catalyzed hydrogenolysis.
WO2016114660A1
10. Wu J, Shen L, Chen ZN, Zheng Q, Xu X, Tu T (2020) Iridium-catalyzed selective crosscoupling of ethylene glycol and methanol to lactic acid. Angew Chem Int Ed 59:10421–10425
11. Zhan Y, Hou W, Li G, Shen Y, Zhang Y, Tang Y (2019) Oxidant-free transformation of
ethylene glycol toward glycolic acid in water. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 7:17559–17564
12. Torbina VV, Vodyankin AA, Ten S, Mamontov GV, Salaev MA, Sobolev VI, Vodyankina
OV (2018) Ag-based catalysts in heterogeneous selective oxidation of alcohols: a review.
Catalysts 8:313
13. Wang YM, Lorenzini F, Rebros M, Saunders GC, Marr AC (2016) Combining bio- and
chemo-catalysis for the conversion of bio-renewable alcohols: homogeneous iridium catalysed
hydrogen transfer initiated dehydration of 1,3-propanediol to aldehydes. Green Chem
18:1751–1761
14. Lacroix SD, Pennycook A, Liu S, Eisenhart TT, Marr AC (2012) Amination and dehydration
of 1,3-propanediol by hydrogen transfer: reactions of a bio-renewable platform chemical. Cat
Sci Technol 2:288–290
15. Ma Y, Wang YM, Morgan PJ, Jackson RE, Liu X, Saunders GC, Lorenzini F, Marr AC (2018)
Designing effective homogeneous catalysis for glycerol valorisation: selective synthesis of a
value-added aldehyde from 1,3-propanediol via hydrogen transfer catalysed by a highly
recyclable, fluorinated Cp*Ir(NHC) catalyst. Catal Today 307:248–259
16. Bothwell KM, Lorenzini F, Mathers E, Marr PC, Marr AC (2019) Basic ionic liquid gels for
catalysis: application to the hydrogen borrowing mediated dehydration of 1,3-Propanediol.
ACS Sustain Chem Eng 7:2686–2690
17. Bahé F, Grand L, Cartier E, Jacolot M, Moebs-Sanchez S, Portinha D, Fleury E, Popowycz F
(2020) Direct amination of Isohexides via borrowing hydrogen methodology: Regio- and
Stereoselective issues. Eur J Org Chem 2020:599–608
18. Jacolot M, Moebs-Sanchez S, Popowycz F (2018) Diastereoselective iridium-catalyzed
amination of biosourced Isohexides through borrowing hydrogen methodology. J Org Chem
83:9456–9463
19. Froidevaux V, Negrell C, Caillol S, Pascault JP, Boutevin B (2016) Biobased amines: from
synthesis to polymers; present and future. Chem Rev 116:14181–14224
20. Kadraoui M, Maunoury T, Derriche Z, Guillarme S, Saluzzo C (2015) Isohexides as versatile
scaffolds for asymmetric catalysis. Eur J Org Chem 2015:441–457
21. Janvier M, Moebs-Sanchez S, Popowycz F (2016) Nitrogen-functionalized isohexides in
asymmetric induction. Chimia 70:77–83
22. Imm S, Bähn S, Zhang M, Neubert L, Neumann H, Klasovsky F, Pfeffer J, Haas T, Beller M
(2011) Improved ruthenium-catalyzed amination of alcohols with ammonia: synthesis of
diamines and amino esters. Angew Chem Int Ed 50:7599–7603
390
S. Kirchhecker et al.