Acetalization of furfural catalyzed by zeolites to obtain biofuels additives

MAIA MONTAÑA; LETICIA J. MÉNDEZ; MARCO A. OCSACHOQUE; CASELLA, MÓNICA L.; LICK, ILEANA D.

Conferencia; UK Catalysis Hub Conference; 2020

Rutherford Appleton Labs

In this work,the acetalization reaction of ethylene glycol with furfural as moleculesderived from biomass to obtain 2,2 furyl -1,3 dioxolane was investigated, inorder to establish the reaction conditions with a simpler polyol molecule thanglycerol. For this purpose, the acid zeolites (H-ZSM- and H-Mor) were preparedand characterized by several techniques (XRD, FTIR, potentiometric titration).The reaction was carried out at 100°C, 1 h, EtGLy/FUR=1:1 molar ratio and 10wt.% of catalyst. The most promising result was obtained for H-ZSM-5 catalyst,achieving an 80% yield to dioxolane.