Abstract: Reactive extraction of levulinate esters and conversion to ă-valerolactone for production of liquid fuels (22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting)

Friday, June 10, 2011: 10:20 AM

Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )

James A. Dumesic¹, Elif Gurbuz², Jesse Bond² and David Martin Alonso², (1)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (2)Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

We report a biorefining strategy to separate levulinic and formic acids (obtained from cellulose hydrolysis) from aqueous solutions of H₂SO₄ employing reactive extraction using butene to produce esters of levulinic and formic acids, which spontaneously separate from H₂SO₄ and can be converted to γ-valerolactone over a dual-catalyst-bed system (Pd/C+Ru/C).

Extended Abstracts:

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