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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 417, Issue -, Pages 243-252Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.12.046
Keywords
Xylose; Furfural; Acid dehydration; MCM-22 zeolite; ITQ-2
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Funding
- FCT [SRFH/BPD/23765/2005, SFRH/BD/61648/2009]
- POCTI
- FEDER [POCTI/QUI/56112/2004]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/61648/2009] Funding Source: FCT
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The H-MCM-22 zeolite possessing an MWW (medium-pore) framework and its delaminated counterpart. ITQ-2, with enhanced external surface area, are effective and recyclable solid acid catalysts in the batch-wise, aqueous-phase dehydration of xylose, at 170 degrees C. Up to 71% furfural (Fur) yield is reached at 98% conversion using a biphasic aqueous-organic solvent system (for the simultaneous extraction of Fur); using solely water as the solvent gives up to 54% Fur yield at 97% conversion. Sulfuric acid, used in an approximately equivalent amount to the total acid site concentration of the solid acids, gave 55% Fur yield at 93% conversion. Decreasing the Si/Al ratio of H-MCM-22 zeolite improves the acid properties and consequently the catalytic activity, without affecting significantly the Fur selectivity. While the delamination process considerably enhanced the external surface area of ITQ-2 in comparison to H-MCM-22, it caused modifications in the acid properties, leaving the two prepared materials with the same Si/Al atomic ratio of 24, on a comparable footing in terms of catalytic performance in the studied catalytic reaction. Nevertheless, these solid acid catalysts are fairly stable (similar Fur yields are reached in recycling runs; no structural modifications and no leaching phenomena were detected). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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