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Mechanochemical synthesis of CuO/MgAl2O4 and MgFe2O4 spinels for vanillin production from isoeugenol and vanillyl alcohol
Rahmanivahid, Behgam,de Dios, Maria Pinilla,Haghighi, Mohammad,Luque, Rafael
, (2019)
CuO/MgAl2O4 and CuO/MgFe2O4 catalysts were successfully synthesized with the use of spinel supports by a very simple and low-cost mechanochemical method. High-speed ball-milling was used to synthesize these catalyst supports for the first time. Materials were subsequently characterized by using XRD, FESEM, TEM, EDS-Dot mapping, XPS, BET-BJH, and Magnetic Susceptibility to investigate the physical-chemical characteristics of the catalysts. Acidity evaluation results indicated that the catalyst with the Mg-Al spinel support had more acid sites. XRD results showed a successful synthesis of the catalysts with large crystal sizes. Both catalysts were used in isoeugenol oxidation and vanillyl alcohol to vanillin reactions, with the CuO/MgAl2O4 showing optimum results. This catalyst provided 67% conversion (74% selectivity) after 2 h and this value improved to 81% (selectivity 100%) with the second reaction after 8 h. The CuO/MgFe2O4 catalyst in the first reaction after five hours revealed 53% conversion (47% selectivity) and after eight hours with the second reaction, the conversion value improved to 64% (100% selectivity). In terms of reusability, CuO/MgAl2O4 showed better results than the CuO/MgFe2O4 catalyst, for both reactions.
An efficient environmentally friendly CuFe2O4/SiO2catalyst for vanillyl mandelic acid oxidation in water under atmospheric pressure and a mechanism study
Mao, Haifang,Wang, Hongzhao,Meng, Tao,Wang, Chaoyang,Hu, Xiaojun,Xiao, Zuobing,Liu, Jibo
, p. 982 - 992 (2021/01/25)
With the aim of the green production of vanillin, a highly efficient environmentally friendly oxidation system was introduced to oxidize vanillyl mandelic acid (VMA) with a porous CuFe2O4/SiO2 component nano-catalyst in aqueous solution under atmospheric pressure. The N2 adsorption-desorption pattern indicated that CuFe2O4/SiO2 possessed a much higher specific surface area (49.98 m2 g-1) than that of CuFe2O4 (5.02 m2 g-1), which further indicated that the SiO2 substrate restrained the aggregation of CuFe2O4 nanoparticles. The conversion for VMA and selectivity for vanillin reached 98% and 96%, respectively, under atmospheric pressure. The excellent catalytic performance was attributed to the synergistic effect of the catalytic capacity of CuFe2O4 and the adsorption capacity for the reactant of SiO2. Simultaneously, the effect of different reaction conditions for catalyst activity and selectivity were investigated. Furthermore, the probable mechanism of VMA oxidation was investigated by in situ ATR-FTIR, H2-TPR, XPS and 1H NMR. More importantly, the decarboxylation was verified to proceed in basic conditions rather than in conventional acidic conditions. This journal is
Scope and limitations of biocatalytic carbonyl reduction with white-rot fungi
Zhuk, Tatyana S.,Skorobohatko, Oleksandra S.,Albuquerque, Wendell,Zorn, Holger
supporting information, (2021/02/02)
The reductive activity of various basidiomycetous fungi towards carbonyl compounds was screened on an analytical level. Some strains displayed high reductive activities toward aromatic carbonyls and aliphatic ketones. Utilizing growing whole-cell cultures of Dichomitus albidofuscus, the reactions were up-scaled to a preparative level in an aqueous system. The reactions showed excellent selectivities and gave the respective alcohols in high yields. Carboxylic acids were also reduced to aldehydes and alcohols under the same conditions. In particular, benzoic, vanillic, ferulic, and p-coumaric acid were reduced to benzyl alcohol, vanillin, dihydroconiferyl alcohol and 1-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan, respectively.
