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Hydrogen-bonding-initiated self-association makes the valorization of biomass-based hydroxyl compounds a formidable challenge at high concentration. Apart from enhancing the dehydration reaction of hydroxyl compounds with the noncovalent medium effects, insights into how these effects can be exploited to optimize the oxidative reactivity of concentrated hydroxyl compounds remain unclear. Herein, we elucidate that deaggregation of hydroxyl groups with a catalytic number of hydrogen bond acceptors is essential in improving the reactivity of the aerobic oxidation of biomass-based neat aromatic alcohols over the vanadium-based catalyst. The neat 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) deaggregated with 25 mol % ,-dimethylformamide (DMF) shows a >7-fold increase in reactivity to produce corresponding aldehydes with excellent selectivity, in stark contrast to the contrary deactivation of reaction in excessive DMF.
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Environ Sci Technol
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State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Research Laboratory, Division of Life Sciences; Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), An Autonomous Institute under - Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India).
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Chongqing Key Laboratory of Green Synthesis and Applications, College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China.
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Chemistry, Osnabrück University, Barabarstr. 7, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
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Department of Toxicology and Military Pharmacy, Military Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic.
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