Elucidation of the Catalytic Pathway for the Direct Conversion of Furfuryl Alcohol into γ-Valerolactone over Al2O3–SiO2 Catalysts
Pichaya Chuangpusri, Sasiradee Jantasee, Patcharaporn Weerachawanasak, Weerachon Tolek, Chawalit Ngamcharussrivichai, Duangamol N. Tungasmita, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Joongjai Panpranot · 2023
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Pichaya Chuangpusri and co-authors chart the path by which a plant waste alcohol becomes a prized green chemical over mixed oxide catalysts, in a 2023 study. The feed is furfuryl alcohol, from farm scraps, and the prize is gamma-valerolactone, a solvent and fuel prospect. Their catalysts blend alumina into silica at loads from a trace to a tenth, run beside trade zeolites in a mild batch pot.
The path forked on the catalyst's acid face. With the full pair of acid kinds present, a three-step dance ruled and gave top yields. Starved of the proton kind, the feed still reached the prize by a straight road on weak sites, sipping hydrogen from the solvent itself. One trade zeolite took the same straight road. The mixed oxides recycled well, and their acid face can be tuned at the bench. The authors pitch them as flexible tools for waste work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pichaya Chuangpusri, Sasiradee Jantasee, Patcharaporn Weerachawanasak, Weerachon Tolek, Chawalit Ngamcharussrivichai, Duangamol N. Tungasmita, Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Joongjai Panpranot |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |