Bifunctional Au–Sn-SiO2 catalysts promote the direct upgrading of glycerol to methyl lactate

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F24%3A00138698" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/24:00138698 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/nr/d3nr06518a" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/nr/d3nr06518a</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3nr06518a" target="_blank" >10.1039/d3nr06518a</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Bifunctional Au–Sn-SiO2 catalysts promote the direct upgrading of glycerol to methyl lactate

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Valuable alkyl lactates can be obtained from (waste) glycerol, through a two-step process that entails (i) the oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone (DHA) catalyzed by support Au nanoparticles and (ii) a rearrangement of DHA with an alcohol effectively catalyzed by Sn-based heterogeneous catalysts. To solve selectivity and processing issues we propose to run the process as a cascade reaction, in one step, and with a single bifunctional catalyst. Tackling the challenge associated with the preparation of such bifunctional catalysts, here, an aerosol-assisted sol–gel route is exploited. The catalysts feature small Au nanoparticles (3–4 nm) embedded at the surface of mesoporous Sn-doped silica microspheres. The preparation successfully leads to insert both active sites in their most active forms, and in close proximity. With the bifunctional catalysts, the yield for the final product of the cascade reaction (methyl lactate) is higher than the DHA yield when only the first reaction is carried out. This highlights a beneficial substrate channeling effect which alleviates side reactions. Interestingly, the bifunctional catalysts also markedly outcompeted mechanical mixtures of the corresponding monofunctional Au- and Sn-based catalysts. Thus, the spatial proximity between the two active sites in bifunctional catalysts is identified as a key to stir the cascade reaction towards high lactate yield.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Bifunctional Au–Sn-SiO2 catalysts promote the direct upgrading of glycerol to methyl lactate

Popis výsledku anglicky

Valuable alkyl lactates can be obtained from (waste) glycerol, through a two-step process that entails (i) the oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone (DHA) catalyzed by support Au nanoparticles and (ii) a rearrangement of DHA with an alcohol effectively catalyzed by Sn-based heterogeneous catalysts. To solve selectivity and processing issues we propose to run the process as a cascade reaction, in one step, and with a single bifunctional catalyst. Tackling the challenge associated with the preparation of such bifunctional catalysts, here, an aerosol-assisted sol–gel route is exploited. The catalysts feature small Au nanoparticles (3–4 nm) embedded at the surface of mesoporous Sn-doped silica microspheres. The preparation successfully leads to insert both active sites in their most active forms, and in close proximity. With the bifunctional catalysts, the yield for the final product of the cascade reaction (methyl lactate) is higher than the DHA yield when only the first reaction is carried out. This highlights a beneficial substrate channeling effect which alleviates side reactions. Interestingly, the bifunctional catalysts also markedly outcompeted mechanical mixtures of the corresponding monofunctional Au- and Sn-based catalysts. Thus, the spatial proximity between the two active sites in bifunctional catalysts is identified as a key to stir the cascade reaction towards high lactate yield.

Druh

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CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10400 - Chemical sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF18_046%2F0015974" target="_blank" >EF18_046/0015974: Modernizace České infrastruktury pro integrativní strukturní biologii</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nanoscale

ISSN

2040-3364

e-ISSN

2040-3372

Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

16

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

7988-8001

Kód UT WoS článku

001196414800001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85189508286