Efficient Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkyl Levulinates and Levulinic Acid to γ‑Valerolactone Over Mesoporous Reduced Cuo Catalyst

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neda Ayashi ◽  
Alireza Najafi Chermahini ◽  
Nasim Amiri Ramsheh ◽  
Rafael Luque

Author(s):  
Xinyu Liu ◽  
Zhaohui Li

Ni/NiO-MC (MC=Mesoporous carbon), in which Ni and NiO nanoparticles well distributed on MC, has been successfully synthesized by a pyrolysis of Ni/mesostructured polymer framework precursor prepared via an ion-exchange process...



2020 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
pp. 112133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Gu ◽  
Jun Zhang ◽  
Yazhuo Wang ◽  
Denian Li ◽  
Hongyu Huang ◽  
...  


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (64) ◽  
pp. 59753-59761 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Hengne ◽  
B. S. Kadu ◽  
N. S. Biradar ◽  
R. C. Chikate ◽  
C. V. Rode

A bifunctional Ni/MMT catalyst for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone with complete conversion and selectivity.





Author(s):  
Fengwei Zhang ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Peizhi Liu ◽  
Huan Li ◽  
Shuai Chen ◽  
...  


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Tommaso Tabanelli ◽  
Paola Blair Vásquez ◽  
Emilia Paone ◽  
Rosario Pietropaolo ◽  
Nikolaos Dimitratos ◽  
...  

Levulinic acid (LA) and its esters (alkyl levulinates) are polyfunctional molecules that can be obtained from lignocellulosic biomass. Herein, the catalytic conversion of methyl and ethyl levulinates into γ-valerolactone (GVL) via catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) by using methanol, ethanol, and 2-propanol as the H-donor/solvent, was investigated under both batch and gas-flow conditions. In particular, high-surface-area, tetragonal zirconia has proven to be a suitable catalyst for this reaction. Isopropanol was found to be the best H-donor under batch conditions, with ethyl levulinate providing the highest yield in GVL. However, long reaction times and high autogenic pressures are needed in order to work in the liquid-phase at high temperature with light alcohols. The reactions occurring under continuous gas-flow conditions, at atmospheric pressure and a relatively low contact time (1 s), were found to be much more efficient, also showing excellent GVL yields when EtOH was used as the reducing agent (GVL yield of around 70% under optimized conditions). The reaction has also been tested using a true bio-ethanol, derived from agricultural waste. These results represent the very first examples of the CTH of alkyl levulinates under continuous gas-flow conditions reported in the literature.





2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2501-2504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharath Bandibairanahalli Onkarappa ◽  
Manjunath Javoor ◽  
Sib Sankar Mal ◽  
Saikat Dutta


2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (16) ◽  
pp. 5024-5028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasudeva Rao Bakuru ◽  
Debabrata Samanta ◽  
Tapas Kumar Maji ◽  
Suresh Babu Kalidindi

Ammonia borane with both hydridic and protic hydrogens in its structure acted as an efficient transfer hydrogenation agent for selective transformation of alkynes into alkenes in non-protic solvents.



2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (38) ◽  
pp. 16452-16460
Author(s):  
Arpita Hazra Chowdhury ◽  
Ipsita Hazra Chowdhury ◽  
Surajit Biswas ◽  
Pekham Chakrabortty ◽  
Sk. Manirul Islam

We have described a facile solvothermal synthesis of sheet-like α-Ti(HPO4)2·H2O nanomaterial and its application in heterogeneous catalysis to synthesize fine chemicals like urea, levulinic acid and alkyl levulinates.



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