Journal
CHEMSUSCHEM
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 141-151Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200419
Keywords
ab initio calculations; biomass; carboxylic acids; heterogeneous catalysis; ketones
Funding
- MINECO [MAT2011-28009, CSD2009-00050, CTQ2011-27550]
- MINECO (Consolider Ingenio MULTICAT)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) [Es 2010RU0108]
- MINECO (Juan de la Cierva Programme)
- CSIC (JAE Programme)
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The ketonic decarboxylation of carboxylic acids has been carried out experimentally and studied theoretically by DFT calculations. In the experiments, monoclinic zirconia was identified as a good catalyst, giving high activity and high selectivity when compared with other potential catalysts, such as silica, alumina, or ceria. It was also shown that it could be used for a wide range of substrates, namely, for carboxylic acids with two to eighteen carbon atoms. The reaction mechanism for the ketonic decarboxylation of acetic acid over monoclinic zirconia was investigated by using a periodic DFT slab model. A reaction pathway with the formation of a beta-keto acid intermediate was considered, as well as a concerted mechanism, involving simultaneous carboncarbon bond formation and carbon dioxide elimination. DFT results showed that the mechanism with the beta-keto acid was the kinetically favored one and this was further supported by an experiment employing a mixture of isomeric (linear and branched) pentanoic acids.
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