Renewable dioxolane-based gasoline-range fuels and diesel additives
申请人:The Government of the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
公开号:US10711215B1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-14
A method to generate dioxolanes from renewable feedstocks, and more specifically, these oxygenated hydrocarbons can be used as gasoline-range fuels and diesel additives.
The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing cyclic acetals from the catalytic transformation of bio-derived aldehydes with 2,3-butanediol. The methods operate in a solvent-free reaction system and provide isolation of the product acetals through phase separation and subsequent decantation. The cyclic acetals exhibit excellent properties for blending with diesel fuel, including increased cetane number and density, and decreased viscosity, freezing point, and soot formation.
SEPARATION, RECOVERY AND UPGRADING OF BIOMASS DERIVED 2,3-BUTANEDIOL
申请人:U.S. Department of Energy
公开号:US20220135507A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
The invention relates to a two-way approach to isolate, recover and upgrade 2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BDO) from fermentation broth. A complete separation and recovery process for 2,3-BDO using acetalization and trans-acetalization sequence. Acetalization with butyraldehyde using heterogeneous catalysts, either Amberlyst-15® or Nafion NR50®, efficiently isolates 2,3-BDO as phase-separated protected dioxolane. The approach provides significant process advantages with easy product recovery and high recyclability of the catalyst. Trans-acetalization of dioxolane with methanol (methanolysis) followed by distillation of acetal, yielded very high purity 2,3-BDO with about 90% isolated yield. Alternatively, dioxolane is used in a process direct to methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) as a BDO synthon allowing for recovery of the aldehyde.
Transformation of 1,2-diols over perfluorinated resinsulfonic acids (Nafion-H)
作者:Imre Bucsi、Árpád Molnár、Mihály Bartók、George A. Olah
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)85301-1
日期:1994.1
The transformations of 1,2-diols over perfluorinated resinsulfonic acids (Nafion-H) were studied, and correlations were examined between the structures of the investigated diols, the possible dehydration routes and the catalytic properties of Nafion-H. Comparisons were also made between the catalytic properties of Nafion-H and NaHX zeolite. Because of its stronger acidity, Nafion-H functions at temperatures considerably lower than those for the usual dehydrating catalysts, e.g. the zeolites. As is well established for other solid electrophilic catalysts, the dehydration of 1,2-diols mainly proceeds via the pinacol rearrangement. The lower temperatures and the stronger acidity of Nafion-H strongly favour the pinacol rearrangement versus 1,2-elimination The reaction conditions are also advantageous for the formation of substituted 1,3-dioxolanes in a secondary condensation step between the unreacted diol and the primarily formed carbonyl compounds. Nafion-H gradually deactivates during long use, but it can be partially reactivated by washing with acetone.