The production of valuable mono-and dicarboxylic acids from abundant and renewable
vegetable oil sources is of great industrial interest. It is demonstrated by a simple and eco …

The overwhelming utilization of petroleum-based products and the scarcity of the raw
materials in the coming future, along with their negative impacts on the environment, has …

The first Fe-based catalytic system for the oxidative cleavage of unsaturated fatty acids and
esters to carboxylic acids is reported. The system comprises [Fe (OTf) 2 (6-Me …

Methyl esters of monounsaturated fatty acids were oxidized with aqueous hydrogen
peroxide in biphasic organic-aqueous systems in the presence of catalyst [Me (nC 8 H 17) 3 …

Oxidation of oleic acid was performed over various ordered porous catalysts containing
transition metal in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2) media with molecular oxygen. Oleic …

Oxidative cleavage of alkenes and unsaturated fatty acids with hydrogen peroxide gives an
efficient and sustainable process to obtain mono-and di-acids for polymers and lubricants …

A general, selective and extremely efficient procedure for the aerobic cleavage of aromatic
alkenes is presented. TON values in the range 6,000,000–10,000,000 are obtained for this …

Carboxylic acids and diacids were synthesized from monoenic fatty acids by using RuO4
catalysis, under ultrasonic irradiation, in various mixtures of solvents. Ultrasound associated …

Vicinal dihydroxy derivatives of oleic acid, methyl oleate, and erucic acid were converted by
oxidative cleavage to the respective di‐and monocarboxylic acids according to an …

Four sulfonic resins are able to promote the hydrolysis of several epoxyfatty esters becoming
a very interesting strategy to obtain polyols from epoxyfatty derivatives. The choice of the …