Dihydrolevoglucosenone-EtOH (Cyrene ® -EtOH) mixture as solvent in electrochemical reduction of carbonyl compounds José Manuel Ramos-Villaseñor, Jessica Sotelo-Gil , Sandra Elizabeth Rodil, Bernardo Antonio Frontana-Uribe Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico Dihydrolevoglucosenone (DLG, Cyrene ® ) is a green dipolar aprotic solvent, sustainably produced in a two-step process from renewable cellulose waste. [1] Different studies have demonstrated that it can successfully replace dipolar aprotic solvents in a variety of chemical reactions; however, its application in organic electrosynthesis remains unexplored. [2,3] Because of its high viscosity, DLG has been successfully employed as co-solvent along with ethanol [4] . The aim of this work is to show the results obtained from the use of EtOH-DLG blend as solvent in the electrochemical reduction of carbonyl compounds: yielding and selectivity, the distinctive reactivity of DLG in reductive conditions derived from its functional groups as well as important electrochemical and physicochemical parameters, such as its diffusion coefficient and the corresponding viscosity of EtOH-DLG mixtures.
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