Conversion of furfuryl alcohol into alkyl‒levulinates using solid acid catalysts

Alkyl levulinates (alkyl‒LA) are biomass derived, versatile chemicals for flavours, chemical solvents and fuel additives. In this work, we used furfuryl alcohol (FFA) to synthesise alkyl‒LA and systematically investigated the FFA alcoholysis using batch and continuous reactors . We screened various...

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Main Authors: Sang‒Ho Chung, Sascha de Haart, Rudy Parton, N. Raveendran Shiju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772826922000049