Affiliation:
1. Centre for Membrane Separations Adsorption, Catalysis and Spectroscopy for Sustainable Solutions (cMACS) KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 Leuven Belgium
Abstract
AbstractTricarballylate esters are considered as an appealing class of biobased plasticizers. This work focusses on the production of tricarballylate esters from citrate esters through a one‐pot sequential dehydration‐hydrogenation process, in order to circumvent the undesired decarboxylation side reaction in the synthesis of tricarballylic acid directly from citric acid. High yields up to 93 % of different tricarballylate esters were obtained with a self‐synthesised bifunctional 0.2 wt % Pd/Nb2O5.nH2O catalyst employed in methylcyclohexane as inert solvent.
Funder
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Catalysis