Harald Gröger

Synthesis and Polymerization of a Lactone Building Block Derived From Cashew Nut Shells

The biorenewable feedstock cardanol, a phenol compound substituted with an unsaturated C15 hydrocarbon chain, was selectively transformed into a cyclohexanone derivative through partial hydrogenation. Subsequent conversion via Baeyer-Villiger oxidation (BVO) gave a lactone produc...