TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainable Ketalization of Glycerol with Ethyl Levulinate Catalyzed by the Iron(III)-Based Metal-Organic Framework MIL-88A
AU - Melchiorre, Massimo
AU - Lentini, Domenico
AU - Cucciolito, Maria Elena
AU - Taddeo, Francesco
AU - Hmoudah, Maryam
AU - Di Serio, Martino
AU - Ruffo, Francesco
AU - Russo, Vincenzo
AU - Esposito, Roberto
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Giuseppe Campanile and Rocco Di Girolamo for their help with the experimental setup and the European Union (FSE, PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020, Azione I.1 “Dottorati Innovativi con Caratterizzazione Industriale”) for funding the Ph.D. grant of F.T. R.E. thanks the European Union and MIUR for funding through PON-AIM project code E61G19000090002 and proposal code AIM1829571-1. The authors are grateful to the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca for the financial support provided through the LEVANTE project “LEvulinic acid Valorization through Advanced Novel Technologies”, Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale Bando 2020, Prot. 2020CZCJN7.
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PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - The catalytic properties of a simple iron-containing MOF based on fumaric acid, MIL-88A, were investigated in the ketalization of ethyl levulinate with glycerol. The corresponding product is a component of current interest as a renewable building block for many uses. Under the following conditions (solventless, 120 °C, stoichiometric ratio, 1% cat.), the reaction proceeds with good yields (85%), and the catalyst can be recovered and recycled without loss of activity, despite some changes in the crystalline lattice and morphology. Moreover, the residual iron content in the product is in the order of units of ppm (≤2), which demonstrates the robustness of the MOF under the reaction conditions.
AB - The catalytic properties of a simple iron-containing MOF based on fumaric acid, MIL-88A, were investigated in the ketalization of ethyl levulinate with glycerol. The corresponding product is a component of current interest as a renewable building block for many uses. Under the following conditions (solventless, 120 °C, stoichiometric ratio, 1% cat.), the reaction proceeds with good yields (85%), and the catalyst can be recovered and recycled without loss of activity, despite some changes in the crystalline lattice and morphology. Moreover, the residual iron content in the product is in the order of units of ppm (≤2), which demonstrates the robustness of the MOF under the reaction conditions.
KW - ethyl levulinate
KW - glycerol
KW - heterogeneous catalysis
KW - ketalization
KW - MOF
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85141616368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/molecules27217229
DO - 10.3390/molecules27217229
M3 - Article
C2 - 36364056
AN - SCOPUS:85141616368
SN - 1420-3049
VL - 27
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
IS - 21
M1 - 7229
ER -