A new application for glycerol that expands its possibilities beyond a green solvent and a precursor of
value-added products has been demonstrated. Simple, easily available, and environmentally friendly dioxomolybdenum(
VI) complexes are highly efficient catalysts for the chemoselective sulfoxide deoxygenation
with this biomass-derived chemical feedstock. Both refined glycerol and crude glycerin can be used, thus
expanding the potential application of this reaction. Subsequent transformation of glycerol during this
reductive process has also been investigatedMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MICINN), FEDER (CTQ2010-15358 and CTQ2009-09949/BQU), Junta de Castilla y Leon (BU021A09 and GR-172), MICINN ("Juan de la Cierva" and "Ramon y Cajal" contracts for P.G.-G. and M.A.F.-R.
