Journal
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1516-1523Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5gc01581b
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 21502095]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20150872]
- Jiangsu Specially-Appointed Professor program of the State Minister of Education of Jiangsu Province
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The production of alkyl levulinates from furfuryl alcohol (FAL) was investigated in the presence of metal salt catalysts under microwave irradiation. Various metal salts were tested in the reaction and Al-2(SO4)(3) showed excellent catalytic activity for the FAL alcoholysis, giving a 80.6% yield of methyl levulinate within 5 minutes. Various alcohols were used to obtain different alkyl levulinates. The dielectric properties of these alcohols were also measured to explain their different performances in the reaction. Microwave heating was proved to dramatically increase the reaction rate of the FAL alcoholysis compared to traditional oil heating. Identification of the reaction intermediates and products provided some insight into the reaction mechanism, where methoxymethylfuran (MMF) and 4,5,5-trimethoxypentan-2-one (TMP) were the key intermediates. Finally, the catalyst was recycled and reused 6 times without much drop in the activity.
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