Abstract
Catalytic ring-opening dehydration of tetrahydrofuran (THF), itself a product of decarbonylation and reduction of biomass-derived furfural, yields 1,3-butadiene, an important monomer in rubbers and elastomers. It is demonstrated that dehydra-decyclization of THF with phosphorus-containing siliceous self-pillared pentasil (SPP) or MFI structure exhibits high selectivity to butadiene (85-99%) at both low (9%) and high (89%) conversion of THF. High selectivity to pentadiene and hexadiene was also obtained from 2-methyl-tetrahydrofuran and 2,5-dimethyl-tetrahydrofuran, respectively, with phosphorus-containing, all-silica zeolites.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3732-3736 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2017 |
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Keywords
- Butadiene
- Dehydration
- Hexadiene
- Pentadiene
- Phosphorus
- Tetrahydrofuran
- Zeolite
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Biomass-Derived Butadiene by Dehydra-Decyclization of Tetrahydrofuran. / Abdelrahman, Omar A.; Park, Dae Sung; Vinter, Katherine P.; Spanjers, Charles S.; Ren, Limin; Cho, Hong Je; Vlachos, Dionisios G.; Fan, Wei; Tsapatsis, Michael; Dauenhauer, Paul J.
In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 5, 01.05.2017, p. 3732-3736.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Biomass-Derived Butadiene by Dehydra-Decyclization of Tetrahydrofuran
AU - Abdelrahman, Omar A.
AU - Park, Dae Sung
AU - Vinter, Katherine P.
AU - Spanjers, Charles S.
AU - Ren, Limin
AU - Cho, Hong Je
AU - Vlachos, Dionisios G.
AU - Fan, Wei
AU - Tsapatsis, Michael
AU - Dauenhauer, Paul J.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Catalytic ring-opening dehydration of tetrahydrofuran (THF), itself a product of decarbonylation and reduction of biomass-derived furfural, yields 1,3-butadiene, an important monomer in rubbers and elastomers. It is demonstrated that dehydra-decyclization of THF with phosphorus-containing siliceous self-pillared pentasil (SPP) or MFI structure exhibits high selectivity to butadiene (85-99%) at both low (9%) and high (89%) conversion of THF. High selectivity to pentadiene and hexadiene was also obtained from 2-methyl-tetrahydrofuran and 2,5-dimethyl-tetrahydrofuran, respectively, with phosphorus-containing, all-silica zeolites.
AB - Catalytic ring-opening dehydration of tetrahydrofuran (THF), itself a product of decarbonylation and reduction of biomass-derived furfural, yields 1,3-butadiene, an important monomer in rubbers and elastomers. It is demonstrated that dehydra-decyclization of THF with phosphorus-containing siliceous self-pillared pentasil (SPP) or MFI structure exhibits high selectivity to butadiene (85-99%) at both low (9%) and high (89%) conversion of THF. High selectivity to pentadiene and hexadiene was also obtained from 2-methyl-tetrahydrofuran and 2,5-dimethyl-tetrahydrofuran, respectively, with phosphorus-containing, all-silica zeolites.
KW - Butadiene
KW - Dehydration
KW - Hexadiene
KW - Pentadiene
KW - Phosphorus
KW - Tetrahydrofuran
KW - Zeolite
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U2 - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00745
DO - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00745
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JO - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
JF - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
SN - 2168-0485
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