Reaction induced thermally stabilized TS-1 zeolite as a novel long-lasting catalyst for methyl lactate production

Yuxi Jiang; Xilei Lyu; Xiwen Wei; Aotian Ren; Hao Chen; Xiuyang Lu

doi:10.1039/d3cc02381h

Reaction induced thermally stabilized TS-1 zeolite as a novel long-lasting catalyst for methyl lactate production

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Jul 27;59(61):9376-9379. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02381h.

Authors

Yuxi Jiang¹, Xilei Lyu^{1

2}, Xiwen Wei¹, Aotian Ren¹, Hao Chen³, Xiuyang Lu¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. luxiuyang@zju.edu.cn.
² Institute of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Hengyi Petrochemical Research Institute Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 311209, China.
³ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan, China. chenhaoch@hnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 37432665
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02381h

Abstract

Commercial TS-1 zeolite was functionalized as a stable catalyst for the one-pot transformation of fructose to methyl lactate (MLA) by the reaction solvent (methanol) to generate increased catalytic activity. As a result, TS-1 was recycled for 14 cycles without a regeneration process by calcination and accompanied by a surprising increased catalytic activity. This work is expected to provide a new option for the industrial production of biomass-based MLA by heterogeneous chemocatalysis.