{"title":"Green trimellitic anhydride and hemimellitic anhydride from malic acid","authors":"Aleksei Ananin, William Bradley, George A. Kraus","doi":"10.1016/j.crgsc.2023.100357","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A direct synthesis of trimellitic anhydride (TMA) and hemimellitic anhydride (HMA) has been reported in which all the carbons of TMA and HMA are derived from malic acid. Acetoxy succinic anhydride represents a convenient in situ equivalent of maleic anhydride.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":296,"journal":{"name":"Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","volume":"6 ","pages":"Article 100357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666086523000036","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Materials Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A direct synthesis of trimellitic anhydride (TMA) and hemimellitic anhydride (HMA) has been reported in which all the carbons of TMA and HMA are derived from malic acid. Acetoxy succinic anhydride represents a convenient in situ equivalent of maleic anhydride.