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Catalysis in Green Chemistry and Engineering

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H-ZSM-5 CATALYZED ESTERIFICATION OF LEVULINIC ACID TO SYNTHESIZE n-PENTYL LEVULINATE

Volume 4, Issue 2, 2021, pp. 23-33
DOI: 10.1615/CatalGreenChemEng.2021037893
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ABSTRACT

Zeolites are widely used as solid acid catalysts in various organic transformations due to their peculiar pore structure, high thermal stability, surface area, and surface acidity. In the present endeavor, the catalytic activity of the medium pore zeolite H-ZSM-5 catalyst has been investigated towards the synthesis of n-pentyl levulinate via levulinic acid (LA) esterification. LA has been recognized as a versatile building block for the synthesis of various organic chemicals due to the presence of ketone and carboxylic functionality in its framework. Levulinate esters are an important chemical feedstock having potential applications as perfumery products or as a fuel additive in biodiesel blending. A systematic study has been carried out to optimize the reaction conditions such as the LA to n-pentanol molar ratio, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature, reaction time, etc. The study demonstrated the promising use of zeolite H-ZSM-5 as a heterogeneous catalyst and a sustainable route was investigated to synthesize n-pentyl levulinate from biomass-derived LA, which is a much less reported research topic.

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