Zhang, Junhua published the artcileHighly Selective Conversion of Furfural to Furfural Alcohol or Levulinate Ester in One Pot over ZrO2@SBA-15 and Its Kinetic Behavior, Application In Synthesis of 539-88-8, the main research area is selective conversion furfural alc levulinate ester zirconia silica catalyst.
Biorefinery for the purpose of producing biofuels, chems., and materials has received much attention. Furfural alc. (FOL) and levulinate ester (LE) are important biomass-derived platform chems., and they are produced from sugar-based furfural (FAL). Unfortunately, the two products are often obtained sep. in different reaction systems, which is undesirable; furthermore, it is of significant practical interest to control their selectivity so that the desired product can be accumulated in high yields. Herein, we present an efficient method for the highly selective conversion of FAL to FOL or iso-Pr levulinate (IPL) in a one pot system using isopropanol as the hydrogen source and ZrO2@SBA-15 as a bifunctional catalyst with both Lewis acid and Bronsted acid sites. Under optimized reaction conditions, high yields of FOL and IPL in up to 90.4% and 87.2%, resp., were obtained. Based on the exptl. results, a kinetic model describing the catalytic conversion of FAL into FOL and IPL process was established, which has a good correlation (R2 > 0.92) between the measured and predicted data. The developed kinetics can provide an effective tool to monitor the process and tailor the process conditions to obtain the desired product. A brief concept for the catalytic conversion of FAL to FOL or IPL in a one pot system over ZrO2@SBA-15 is described.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering published new progress about Activation energy. 539-88-8 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Ethyl 4-oxopentanoate, and the molecular formula is C7H12O3, Application In Synthesis of 539-88-8.
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