Aluminum chloride‐catalyzed conversion of levulinic acid to methyl levulinate: optimization and kinetics

2020 ◽  
Vol 95 (8) ◽  
pp. 2251-2260
Author(s):  
Yanli Xu ◽  
Pengkun Guo ◽  
Chun Chang ◽  
Pan Li ◽  
Shiqiang Zhao ◽  
...  
RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (76) ◽  
pp. 72744-72749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Xia ◽  
Zhongtian Du ◽  
Junxia Liu ◽  
Yangyang Ma ◽  
Jie Xu

The difference in the catalytic oxidative cleavage route between levulinic acid and methyl levulinate was intensively investigated.


2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (48) ◽  
pp. 19368-19373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Ibrahim ◽  
Raju Poreddy ◽  
Karine Philippot ◽  
Anders Riisager ◽  
Eduardo J. Garcia-Suarez

Polyvinylpyrrolidone-stabilized Rh nanoparticles (RhNPs/PVP) of ca. 2.2 nm in size were prepared by the hydrogenation of the organometallic complex [Rh(η3-C3H5)3] in the presence of PVP and evaluated as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of a series of arene substrates as well as levulinic acid and methyl levulinate.


2016 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli ◽  
Nur Hidayah Zaharudin ◽  
Nor Aishah Saidina Amin

Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile biomass-derived building block as it can be used for the synthesis of organic chemicals as alternative to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Levulinate esters, obtained from catalytic esterification of LA with alcohol, can be used in many applications such as fragrance and fuel additives. In this study, ion-exchange resins Amberlyst-15 was employed as solid acid catalyst for esterification of LA with methanol for methyl levulinate (ML) production. The effect of reaction time, catalyst loading, and molar ratio of LA to methanol, was investigated on LA esterification to ML at the reflux condition. The optimum ML yield of 82% was obtained from reaction conducted at reflux temperature for 5h, using 30% of Amberlyst-15 loading, and 1:20 of LA to methanol molar ratio. The reusability of Amberlyst-15 for ML production was examined for five successive reactions. In addition, Amberlyst-15 catalyst, employed in the esterification of LA with ethanol and 1-butanol for ethyl levulinate (EL) and butyl levulinate (BL), respectively, registered good performance. Yields of 71% and 55% have been obtained for EL and BL, respectively. Amberlyst-15 is a promising solid acid catalyst for production of biomass derived levulinate esters at mild process conditions. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Di ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Junying Fu ◽  
Qiang Yu ◽  
Zhongming Wang ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 5219-5229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximing Zhang ◽  
Priya Murria ◽  
Yuan Jiang ◽  
Weihua Xiao ◽  
Hilkka I. Kenttämaa ◽  
...  

Maleic acid (MA) and AlCl3 self-assemble into catalytic complexes (Al–(MA)2–(OH)2(aq)) with improved selectivity for converting glucose to HMF, and levulinic acid.


2020 ◽  
Vol 483 ◽  
pp. 110777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Melchiorre ◽  
Raffaele Amendola ◽  
Vincenzo Benessere ◽  
Maria E. Cucciolito ◽  
Francesco Ruffo ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (25) ◽  
pp. 15054-15059
Author(s):  
Miaojia Song ◽  
Xiaohui Di ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Yongming Sun ◽  
Zhongming Wang ◽  
...  

Based on reaction reversibility and the law of mass action, a mathematical model was developed. By the developed model, the effect of enzyme loading, molar alcohol/acid ratio, and temperature on methyl levulinate yield was kinetically analyzed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 625 ◽  
pp. 353-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Sada Khan ◽  
Zakaria Man ◽  
Mohamad Azmi Bustam Khalil ◽  
Chong Fai Kait ◽  
Adulhalim Shah Maulud

The yield of levulinic acid from cellulose is very low because of a strong network of intera-and intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Ball milling cause significant decrease in the cellulose crystalinity and thus increase the production of levulinic acid (LA) by using Aluminum Chloride (AlCl3) as a catalyst. By means of AlCl3 depolymerization, cellulose can produce 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and subsequently LA. The effect of reaction temperature and time were investigated. The maximum yield of LA (36.5 mol %) was achieved using 180 oC and 240 min. Keyword: Ball milling, Levulinic Acid, Cellulose, Aluminium (III) Chloride, 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 1699-1706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hari Singh ◽  
Nishant Iyengar ◽  
Rajkumar Yadav ◽  
Aditya Rai ◽  
Anil K. Sinha

A study on the conversion of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) and methyl levulinate (ML) has been done using a high surface area Ni/NiO catalyst.


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