Acid Sites in Modified Alumina and Their Catalytic Performance for Dehydration of Fructose to Selective Production of Hydroxymethylfural

Solis Maldonado, Carolina

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Carolina Solis Maldonado^1,2, Carlos Lucio Ortiz¹, Jaime S. Valente³, Marco J. Castaldi⁴ and Javier Rivera de la Rosa¹, (1)Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, (2)Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico, (3)Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico, (4)The City College of New York, USA.

The alumina catalysts (commercial and synthetic) without modification showed low conversion and no selectivity, the modified alumina catalysts showed the best performance. Modified synthetic alumina presented the best catalytic performance with 72 % fructose conversion and 52 % HMF selectivity.

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P-Tu-B-40 Acid Sites in Modified Alumina and Their Catalytic Performance for Dehydration of Fructose to Selective Production of Hydroxymethylfural