Biopropionic acid production via molybdenum-catalyzed deoxygenation of lactic acid

TJ Korstanje, H Kleijn, JTBH Jastrzebski…

Index: Korstanje, Ties J.; Kleijn, Hendrik; Jastrzebski, Johann T. B. H.; Klein Gebbink, Robertus J. M. Green Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 15, # 4 p. 982 - 988

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Abstract

As the search for non-fossil based building blocks for the chemical industry increases, new methods for the deoxygenation of biomass-derived substrates are required. Here we present the deoxygenation of lactic acid to propionic acid, using a catalyst based on the non-noble and abundant metal molybdenum under relatively mild reactive distillation conditions (200– 270 C). Good yields of sodium propionate (up to 41%) can be obtained with either ...