Conversion of Glycerol to Solketal using Heterogeneous Catalysts was written by Raja, Battula Kumara;Mohindra, Nipun;Goswami, Umang;Modhera, Bharat. And the article was included in Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series E in 2022.Electric Literature of C6H12O3 This article mentions the following:
Recently, there is sustainable growth in the biodiesel industry due to high utilization of fossil fuels all over the world. Therefore, biodiesel production is increasing very high which shows the production of the byproduct glycerol is also increasing which has huge applications of producing value-added products like solketal, lactic acid, dihydroxy acetone, glyceraldehydes. Among them, solketal has a key important to improve properties of gasoline by increasing the octane number In this work, conversion of glycerol to solketal is carried out by using heterogeneous catalysts like zeolite beta, mordenite, ZSM-5, SAPO-34, SAPO-11, and Y-zeolite. The reaction was done in a batch reactor at 60°C with a time of 180 min. Highest conversion was observed over zeolite mordenite catalyst due to highest Bronsted acidity among them. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methanol (cas: 100-79-8Electric Literature of C6H12O3).
(2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methanol (cas: 100-79-8) belongs to dioxole derivatives. Dioxoles, particularly fluorinated dioxoles, are used as co-monomers to make polymers that find use in forming protective coatings for chemical resistance. Although benzodioxole is not particularly important, many related compounds containing the methylenedioxyphenyl group are bioactive, and thus are found in pesticides and pharmaceuticals.Electric Literature of C6H12O3
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