High-Productivity Continuous Conversion of Glucose to α-Hydroxy Esters over Postsynthetic and Hydrothermal Sn-Beta Catalysts.

ABSTRACT: The retro-aldol fragmentation of glucose is a complex reaction of industrial relevance, which provides a potentially sustainable route for the production of α-hydroxyester compounds of relevance to the green polymer industry, such as methyl lactate and methyl vinyl glycolate. Although the zeolite catalyst, Sn-Beta, has shown itself to be a promising catalyst for this process, important information concerning the stability of the catalyst during continuous operation is not yet known, and improvements to its yield of retro-aldol products are also essential. Here, we perform detailed spectroscopic studies of a selection of Sn-Beta catalysts and evaluate their performances for the retro-aldol fragmentation of glucose under continuous processing conditions, with the dual aims of developing new

SUBMITTER: Botti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9007564 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature