Deoxydehydration and Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation: New Strategy to Valorize Tartaric Acid and Succinic Acid to ?-Butyrolactone and Tetrahydrofuran

Jun Hee Jang and Mahdi M. Abu-Omar
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Jun Hee Jang: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
Mahdi M. Abu-Omar: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: Hydrogenation of succinic acid and maleic acid produces C4 value-added chemicals such as γ-butyrolactone and tetrahydrofuran. Here, unsupported ReO x nanoparticles transform succinic acid to γ-butyrolactone and tetrahydrofuran via catalytic transfer hydrogenation with isopropanol as a liquid phase hydrogen donor. This catalyst is also active for the sequential reaction of deoxydehydration and transfer hydrogenation in isopropanol, synthesizing renewable succinic acid and its esters from tartaric acid. One-step conversion of tartaric acid to γ-butyrolactone is achieved in a moderate yield and the possible reaction pathway is discussed.

Keywords: biomass conversion; deoxydehydration; catalytic transfer hydrogenation; ?-butyrolactone; tartaric acid; rhenium oxide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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