Selective Transformations of Triglycerides into Fatty Amines, Amides, and Nitriles by using Heterogeneous Catalysis

Md A R Jamil; S M A Hakim Siddiki; Abeda Sultana Touchy; Md Nurnobi Rashed; Sharmin Sultana Poly; Yuan Jing; Kah Wei Ting; Takashi Toyao; Zen Maeno; Ken-Ichi Shimizu

doi:10.1002/cssc.201900365

Selective Transformations of Triglycerides into Fatty Amines, Amides, and Nitriles by using Heterogeneous Catalysis

ChemSusChem. 2019 Jul 5;12(13):3115-3125. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201900365. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

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¹ Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-10, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan.
² Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8520, Japan.

PMID: 30844116
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900365

Abstract

The use of triglycerides as an important class of biomass is an effective strategy to realize a more sustainable society. Herein, three heterogeneous catalytic methods are reported for the selective one-pot transformation of triglycerides into value-added chemicals: i) the reductive amination of triglycerides into fatty amines with aqueous NH₃ under H₂ promoted by ZrO₂ -supported Pt clusters; ii) the amidation of triglycerides under gaseous NH₃ catalyzed by high-silica H-beta (Hβ) zeolite at 180 °C; iii) the Hβ-promoted synthesis of nitriles from triglycerides and gaseous NH₃ at 220 °C. These methods are widely applicable to the transformation of various triglycerides (C₄ -C₁₈ skeletons) into the corresponding amines, amides, and nitriles.

Keywords: amidation; amination; biomass; heterogeneous catalysis; triglycerides.

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