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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019
The catalytic conversion of methyl and ethyl levulinate into valerolactone (GVL) by using methan... more The catalytic conversion of methyl and ethyl levulinate into valerolactone (GVL) by using methanol, ethanol and 2-propanol as the H-donor/solvent, promoted by the ZrO 2 catalyst, is described as carried out under both batch and gas-flow conditions. Under batch conditions, 2-propanol was found to be the best H-donor molecule, with ethyl levulinate giving the highest yield in GVL. The reactions occurring under continuous gas-flow conditions were found to be much more efficient, also showing excellent yields in GVL when EtOH was used as the reducing agent. These experiments clearly show that the ability to release hydrogen from the alcoholic H-donor/solvent is the main factor driving CTH processes, while their tendency to attack the esteric group is the key step in the formation of transesterification products.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019
The catalytic conversion of methyl and ethyl levulinate into valerolactone (GVL) by using methan... more The catalytic conversion of methyl and ethyl levulinate into valerolactone (GVL) by using methanol, ethanol and 2-propanol as the H-donor/solvent, promoted by the ZrO 2 catalyst, is described as carried out under both batch and gas-flow conditions. Under batch conditions, 2-propanol was found to be the best H-donor molecule, with ethyl levulinate giving the highest yield in GVL. The reactions occurring under continuous gas-flow conditions were found to be much more efficient, also showing excellent yields in GVL when EtOH was used as the reducing agent. These experiments clearly show that the ability to release hydrogen from the alcoholic H-donor/solvent is the main factor driving CTH processes, while their tendency to attack the esteric group is the key step in the formation of transesterification products.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019