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COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 346-358Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2016.05.018
Keywords
Limonene; Building block; Solvent; Oxidation; Ingredient; Simulation
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- People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union under REA [TECSPR14-2-0029, 600388]
- Agency for Business Competitiveness of the Government of Catalonia, ACCIO
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The objective of this study was to transform limonene as an agro-chemical platform for the production of a wide range of added-value compounds for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food ingredients. This molecule was also evaluated as an alternative solvent for the extraction of several bioactive compounds compared to n-hexane. Limonene was extracted from the essential oils of orange peels through a solvent-free microwave extraction technique. Limonene was successfully transformed into products with industrial interest by catalytic oxidation using three different iron catalysts. The ability of limonene to be used as an alternative solvent was performed using two simulation tools, Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) and the Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvents (COSMO-RS), and via experimentation. The results indicated that limonene could be a promising green solvent and synthon for petroleum substitution in the extraction or synthesis of bioactive compounds. (C) 2016 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
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