Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration

Isosorbide (ISB), one of the important sorbitol (SL) anhydrides, can be produced through sequential intra-molecular dehydration of sorbitol derived from renewable biomass resources. Its rigid structure has granted the ISB a wide application in the polymer industries. Conventionally, acidic catalyst...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Ridzuan, Kamaruzaman, Chin, S. Y.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30934/1/Screening%20of%20catalysts%20and%20operating.pdf
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description Isosorbide (ISB), one of the important sorbitol (SL) anhydrides, can be produced through sequential intra-molecular dehydration of sorbitol derived from renewable biomass resources. Its rigid structure has granted the ISB a wide application in the polymer industries. Conventionally, acidic catalyst in liquid phase was used in the SL dehydration process. This homogeneous catalysed reaction gave low ISB yield and required additional downstream processes for catalyst separation. In the present study, a few types of catalysts were screened for sorbitol dehydration at a mild condition. Amberlyst 36 outperformed the other catalysts and resulted the highest SL anhydride selectivity of 86%. The effects of nitrogen purging and catalyst pre-treatment to the reaction performance were also investigated. The purging system did not significantly affect the SL conversion and selectivity of the desired products. The used of dried Amberlyst 36 exhibited a positive impact by increasing the SL conversion and SL anhydride selectivity to 67% and 98% respectively.
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spelling UMPir309342021-03-12T09:04:26Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30934/ Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration Muhammad Ridzuan, Kamaruzaman Chin, S. Y. TP Chemical technology Isosorbide (ISB), one of the important sorbitol (SL) anhydrides, can be produced through sequential intra-molecular dehydration of sorbitol derived from renewable biomass resources. Its rigid structure has granted the ISB a wide application in the polymer industries. Conventionally, acidic catalyst in liquid phase was used in the SL dehydration process. This homogeneous catalysed reaction gave low ISB yield and required additional downstream processes for catalyst separation. In the present study, a few types of catalysts were screened for sorbitol dehydration at a mild condition. Amberlyst 36 outperformed the other catalysts and resulted the highest SL anhydride selectivity of 86%. The effects of nitrogen purging and catalyst pre-treatment to the reaction performance were also investigated. The purging system did not significantly affect the SL conversion and selectivity of the desired products. The used of dried Amberlyst 36 exhibited a positive impact by increasing the SL conversion and SL anhydride selectivity to 67% and 98% respectively. IOP Publishing 2020 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30934/1/Screening%20of%20catalysts%20and%20operating.pdf Muhammad Ridzuan, Kamaruzaman and Chin, S. Y. (2020) Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration. In: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress , 17-19 July 2019 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 1-8., 736 (042001). ISSN 1757-899X https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/736/4/042001
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Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title_full Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title_fullStr Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title_full_unstemmed Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title_short Screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
title_sort screening of catalysts and operating conditions for the high yield production of isosorbide from sorbitol dehydration
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30934/1/Screening%20of%20catalysts%20and%20operating.pdf
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