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Production of Methyl Lactate with Sn-USY and Sn-β: Insights into Real Hemicellulose Valorization.


ABSTRACT: Potassium exchanged Sn-β and Sn-USY zeolites have been tested for the transformation of various aldoses (hexoses and pentoses), exhibiting outstanding catalytic activity and selectivity toward methyl lactate. Insights into the transformation pathways using reaction intermediates-dihydroxyacetone and glycolaldehyde-as substrates revealed a very high catalytic proficiency of both zeolites in aldol and retro-aldol reactions, showcasing their ability to convert small sugars into large sugars, and vice versa. This feature makes the studied Sn-zeolites outstanding catalysts for the transformation of a wide variety of sugars into a limited range of commercially valuable alkyl lactates and derivatives. [K]Sn-β proved to be superior to [K]Sn-USY in terms of shape selectivity, exerting tight control on the distribution of produced α-hydroxy methyl esters. This shape selectivity was evident in the transformation of several complex sugar mixtures emulating different hemicelluloses-sugar cane bagasse, Scots pine, and white birch-that, despite showing very different sugar compositions, were almost exclusively converted into methyl lactate and methyl vinyl glycolate in very similar proportions. Moreover, the conversion of a real hemicellulose hydrolysate obtained from Scots pine through a simple GVL-based organosolv process confirmed the high activity and selectivity of [K]Sn-β in the studied transformation, opening new pathways for the chemical valorization of this plentiful, but underutilized, sugar feedstock.

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Martin JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880092 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Production of Methyl Lactate with Sn-USY and Sn-β: Insights into Real Hemicellulose Valorization.

Jiménez-Martin Jose M JM   El Tawil-Lucas Miriam M   Montaña Maia M   Linares María M   Osatiashtiani Amin A   Vila Francisco F   Alonso David Martín DM   Moreno Jovita J   García Alicia A   Iglesias Jose J  

ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering 20240206 7


Potassium exchanged Sn-β and Sn-USY zeolites have been tested for the transformation of various aldoses (hexoses and pentoses), exhibiting outstanding catalytic activity and selectivity toward methyl lactate. Insights into the transformation pathways using reaction intermediates-dihydroxyacetone and glycolaldehyde-as substrates revealed a very high catalytic proficiency of both zeolites in aldol and retro-aldol reactions, showcasing their ability to convert small sugars into large sugars, and vi  ...[more]

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