Selective synthesis of high value-added products with chiral carbon atoms containing from sugars over heterogeneous catalysts

• Project/Area Number: 21K14458
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 27030:Catalyst and resource chemical process-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: 曹 霽 東北大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (10882491)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
• Keywords: Heterogenous catalyst / Sugar conversion / Deoxydehydration / Chiral polyols / Deoxy sugars

Outline of Research at the Start

Sugars are abundant in nature and are structural diversity and high density of functional groups. This research aim to develop an effective heterogeneous catalytic system for transformation of sugars to corresponding valuable chiral products with retention of their original stereostructure.