摘要
Adirectsynthesisofmethyllevulinatefromcellulosealcoholysisinmethanolmediumundermildcondition(180210C)catalyzedbyextremelylowconcentrationsulfuricacid(0.01mol/L)andtheproductisolationweredevelopedinthisstudy.Effectsofdifferentprocessvariablestowardsthecatalyticperformancewereperformedasafunctionofreactiontime.Theresultsindicatedthatsulfuricacidconcentration,temperatureandinitialcelluloseconcentrationhadsignificanteffectsonthesynthesisofmethyllevulinate.Anoptimizedyieldofaround50%wasachievedat210Cfor120minwithsulfuricacidconcentrationof0.01mol/Landinitialcelluloseconcentrationbelow100g/L.Theresultingproductmixturewasisolatedbyadistillationtechniquethatcombinesanatmosphericdistillationwithavacuumdistillationwheren-dodecanewasaddedtohelpdistilltheheavyfraction.Thelightfractionincludingmainlymethanolcouldbereusedasthereactionmediumwithoutanysubstantialchangeintheyieldofmethyllevulinate.ThechemicalcompositionandstructuraloflowerheavyfractionwerecharacterizedbyGC/MS,FTIR,1H-NMRand13C-NMRtechniques.Methyllevulinatewasfoundtobeamajoringredientoflowerheavyfractionwiththecontentover96%.Thispathwayisefficient,environmentallybenignandeconomicalfortheproductionofpurelevulinateestersfromcellulose.
出版日期
2013年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)