Journal
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 1358-1364Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3gc41803k
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- Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology of Syria [32/2012]
- Robert Bosch Foundation
- Excellence Initiative
- German federal
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2-Methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) is considered to be an attractive biomass based platform chemical with high potential as a biofuel compound and as a green solvent. 2-MTHF can be synthesised from biobased levulinic acid (LA) and gamma-valerolactone (GVL). Herein the optimum reaction conditions for the hydrogenation of GVL over Ru/C have been studied. A full conversion of GVL has been obtained under solvent free conditions with a maximum yield of 2-MTHF of 43%. The optimized conditions have been employed in a mechanistic study of the synthesis of 2-MTHF. Several side reactions have been investigated to explore the full reaction network of this heterogeneously catalysed system and to elucidate the factors influencing product selectivity. Additionally an efficient solvent-free hydrogenation reaction of LA into 2-MTHF could be achieved delivering 90% conversion of LA with a yield of 2-MTHF of 61% by removing water from the system in a two-step approach.
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