| Title | Urban waste upcycling to a recyclable solid acid catalyst for converting levulinic acid platform molecules into high-value products |
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| ID_Doc | 13197 |
| Authors | Campana, F; Valentini, F; Marrocchi, A; Vaccaro, L |
| Title | Urban waste upcycling to a recyclable solid acid catalyst for converting levulinic acid platform molecules into high-value products |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Biofuel Research Journal-Brj, 10, 4 |
| Abstract | The conversion of levulinic acid (LA) into alkyl levulinates is highly significant due to the wide range of applications for these products, including their use as fuel additives, solvents, and fragrances. In order to meet the growing need for environmentally friendly chemical production, this study takes a circular economy approach by upcycling a common urban waste, i.e., pine needles, to synthesize a robust heterogeneous acid catalyst, subsequently used to efficiently upgrade LA into levulinates. By utilizing a single-step procedure under mild operating conditions, the resulting PiNe-SO3H catalyst demonstrated good performances and flexibility in synthesizing diverse bio-derived levulinates. In fact, the catalyst showed an exceptionally broad range of applicability, resulting in isolated yields ranging from similar to 46% to similar to 93%, which is an unprecedented achievement. The catalyst's ability to be reused was tested, revealing remarkable performance for up to 10 consecutive cycles with negligible loss in efficiency. Additionally, a significant focus was directed towards developing a method that minimizes waste during the isolation process. This involved optimizing reaction conditions and rationalizing work-up procedures, resulting in low Environmental factor (E-factor) values ranging from 1.2 to 8.9. To comprehensively assess the overall environmental sustainability of the process, various additional green metrics were calculated, and the Ecoscale tool was employed as well. Furthermore, mechanistic investigations elucidated the favored reaction pathway, underscoring that, under the optimized conditions, the prevailing mechanism entails direct esterification, as opposed to the generation of a pseudo-ester intermediate. (c) 2023 CC BY 4.0 |
| https://www.biofueljournal.com/article_184190_7fcc565d09e09b2f26db09738fcfd92c.pdf |
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