Bio-based acrylic acid from sugar via propylene glycol and allyl alcohol

C. V. Pramod; R. Fauziah; K. Seshan; J.P. Lange

doi:10.1039/c7cy01416c

Bio-based acrylic acid from sugar via propylene glycol and allyl alcohol

C. V. Pramod
, R. Fauziah
, K. Seshan
, J.P. Lange^* (Corresponding Author)

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A new route for producing bio-based acrylic acid is proposed. It starts with the conversion of carbohydrates to propylene glycol, being main or by-product, and proceeds via a subsequent dehydration to allyl alcohol under gas-phase conditions over K-modified ZrO₂ and a final oxidation over MoWVO_x catalyst at atmospheric pressures. Although preliminary, this study shows the possibility to convert propylene glycol to allyl alcohol with ∼50 mol% selectivity (at ∼64 mol% conversion) and convert allyl alcohol to acrylic acid with ∼77 mol% selectivity (at ∼90 mol% conversion). The oxidation of unconverted propylene glycol or the by-products propanal and 1-propanol results in propionic acid under these conditions. A preliminary process flow scheme is proposed based on the distillation resistance of the reaction products.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-296
Number of pages	8
Journal	Catalysis science & technology
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cy01416c
Publication status	Published - 7 Jan 2018

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