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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 202, Issue -, Pages 68-72Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.09.044
Keywords
Mesoporous metal oxides; Biomass conversion; Levulinate esters; Solid acids
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- National Science Foundation GOALI CBET Division [0827800]
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [0827800] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Mesoporous sulfated-metal oxides and mixed-metal oxides prepared by a facile coprecipitation method employing titanium oxysulfate-sulfuric acid complex as a precursor of both titanium and sulfate are highly active and selective for direct methanolysis of carbohydrates to methyl levulinate. The most active sulfated TiO2-ZrO2 catalyst selectively converted fructose to methyl levulinate with a remarkably high yield (71%) after 1 h at 200 degrees C. Significant amounts of methyl levulinate were also obtained from sucrose (54%) and glucose (23%) after 1 h at 200 degrees C. The used catalyst was easily recovered and recycled without any loss of selectivity although activity decreased due to humin deposition on the surface. The spent catalysts were easily rejuvenated through calcination in air. The formation of ethers during dehydration was negligible suggesting that methanol can be recycled after distillation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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