OD01 Functionalized Periodic Mesoporous Silica-based Catalysts for Carbohydrate Dehydration

Monday, June 6, 2011: 9:40 AM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Anthony J. Crisci1, Mark H. Tucker2, Bethany Wigington1, James A. Dumesic2 and Susannah L. Scott3, (1)Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (2)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (3)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
The stability of acid dehydration catalysts based on propylsulfonic acid-modified periodic mesoporous silica in the dehydration of fructose to HMF was evaluated under flow conditions at 130 °C. Hydrophobic catalysts containing ethylene linkers in the silica framework showed improved robustness, particularly towards loss of functional groups from the pore channels. 

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