Conversion of levulinic acid to levulinate ester biofuels by heterogeneous catalysts in the presence of acetals and ketals

DR Chaffey, T Bere, TE Davies, DC Apperley… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
The esterification of levulinic acid under acidic conditions to produce levulinate esters is of
current significant interest due to the potential of these compounds as fuels and fuel …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient synthesis of alkyl levulinates fuel additives using sulfonic acid functionalized polystyrene coated coal fly ash catalyst

Y Tian, X Zhu, S Zhou, W Zhao, Q Xu, X Liu - Journal of Bioresources and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, sulfonic acid functionalized polystyrene coated coal fly ash catalyst (CFA@ PS-
SO 3 H) was designed and prepared by the post-synthesis method, which exhibited …

Angelica lactones: from biomass‐derived platform chemicals to value‐added products

CGS Lima, JL Monteiro, T de Melo Lima… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The upgrading of biomass‐derived compounds has arisen in recent years as a very
promising research field in both academia and industry. In this sense, a lot of new processes …

Synthesis of water-soluble, fully biobased cellulose levulinate esters through the reaction of cellulose and alpha-angelica lactone in a DBU/CO 2/DMSO solvent …

M Pei, X Peng, Y Shen, Y Yang, Y Guo, Q Zheng… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose esters are important cellulose derivatives with good processing ability and
material properties. The design and sustainable synthesis of cellulose esters are prime …

Conversion of biomass-derived sugars to 1, 1, 2-trialkoxyethane via a [2+ 4] retro-aldol reaction over alkaline and alkaline earth metal salts of phosphotungstic acid

T Liu, J Wang, H Cui, J Wang - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
1, 1, 2-Trialkoxyethanes (TriAE) are a class of value-added chemicals that are desirably
derived from biomass-derived sugars. However, it has been a big challenge to efficiently …

Esterification of levulinic acid over Sn (II) exchanged Keggin heteropolyacid salts: An efficient route to obtain bioaditives

MJ Da Silva, DM Chaves, MG Teixeira… - Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we describe a process to add value to the biomass derivatives (ie, levulinic
acid), converting it to bioadditives over solid Sn (II) exchanged Keggin heteropolyacid salts …

Fast and efficient upgrading of levulinic acid into long-chain alkyl levulinate fuel additives with a tungsten salt catalyst at low temperature

S Jia, J Ma, D Wang, K Wang, Q Zheng… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA) is a promising renewable platform compound derived from biomass for
the manufacture of various valuable chemicals, among which levulinate esters have been …