Highly selective one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of citric acid to methylsuccinic acid

The one-step dehydration, decarboxylation and hydrogenation of the bio-based and widely available citric acid is presented. This reaction sequence yields methylsuccinic acid with yields of up to 89%. Optimal balances between the reaction rates of the different steps were found by varying the hydrogenation catalyst and the reaction parameters (H2 pressure, pH, temperature, time and catalyst-to-substrate ratio).

Jaar van publicatie:2017

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Authors from:Higher Education

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