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

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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
    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA)

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.

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  • Jun Hee Jang & Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, 2020. "Deoxydehydration and Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation: New Strategy to Valorize Tartaric Acid and Succinic Acid to γ-Butyrolactone and Tetrahydrofuran," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:23:p:6402-:d:456006
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