Deoxygenation, catalytic differences

Pyrolysis of pine wood biomass was conducted at 400°C followed by catalytic deoxygenation at 450°C. The yield of the different product phases was gravimetrically determined. The gas yield was calculated by the difference. The water content of the bio oil was measured by Karl Fischer titration. The yield of the different product phases is given in Table 3, calculated from the pyrolyzed biomass. The non-catalytic experiment was carried out in the same way as the catalytic ones with the exception that the upper catalyst bed was empty. 

A-Amine oxides can be reduced (deoxygenated) to tertiary amines. Such a reaction is very desirable, especially in aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocycles where conversion to amine oxides makes possible electrophilic substitution of the aromatic rings in different positions than it occurs in the parent heterocyclic compounds. The reduction is very easy and is accomplished by catalytic hydrogenation over palladium [736, 737], by borane [738], by iron in... 

The synthesis of cyclopropanes from carbonyl compounds represents a new approach for converting zirconacycles into carbocycles via a deoxygenative ring contraction under Lewis acid activation. It differs in that from the spontaneous Kulinkovich process. Further progress would involve extension to the synthesis of 1,2-substituted cyclopropanes and the development of catalytic and enantioselective variants. 

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