Tandem Hydrogenation-dehydration Reactions for the Synthesis of Olefins from Aromatic Ketones

N.M. BERTERO; C.R. APESTEGUÍA; A.J. MARCHI

Detroit

Congreso; 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting; 2011

The synthesis of fine chemicals usually involves several consecutive-parallel reaction steps that often employ as many batch reactors as chemical transformations are needed in the global synthesis. This methodology frequently allows the successful selective synthesis of the desired product, but involves high operative costs. Besides, the multi-step batch processes require large volumes of solvents, salts and acid or basic liquids thereby generating significant amount of wastes that need to be either recycled or removed. Thus, it is of environmental and economic interest to develop novel integrated methodologies allowing one-pot synthesis processes via the catalytic promotion of tandem reactions