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REACTION KINETICS AND CATALYSIS LETTERS
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 157-162Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11144-009-0005-5
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Lactic acid; Propylene glycol; Copper; Hydrogenation
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Catalytic properties of different copper-containing catalysts synthesized from different precursors were studied in the hydrogenation of lactic acid at mild conditions. The most active catalyst was found to be chrysocolla-like copper hydroxysilicate with the copper loading of about 50 at%. At the optimal reaction conditions (T = 473 K, WHSV = 0.08 h(-1)), 95% conversion of lactic acid over this catalyst and 65% selectivity to 1,2-propylene glycol were achieved. The effect of the weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) on the lactic acid conversion and selectivity to propylene glycol was studied. It is found that the formation of propylene glycol and propanoic acid as a byproduct proceeds via parallel pathways.
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