INCAPE   05401
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CATALISIS Y PETROQUIMICA "ING. JOSE MIGUEL PARERA"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Monoglyceride synthesis by glycerolysis of methyl oleate on MgO: catalytic and theoretical investigation of the active site
Autor/es:
C.A. FERRETTI; S. FUENTE; R. FERULLO; N. CASTELLANI; C.R. APESTEGUÍA; J.I. DI COSIMO
Lugar:
Detroit
Reunión:
Congreso; 22nd North American Catalysis Society Meeting; 2011
Resumen:
During biodiesel synthesis by oil or fat transesterification, glycerol (Gly) is obtained as the main co-product, representing 10 % of the biodiesel production. Nowadays, glycerol surplus is becoming a matter of environmental and economic concern and conversion of Gly into high value-added chemicals or fuels is needed. Monoglyceride (MG) synthesis by glycerolysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), is an interesting option to transform this biomass-derived compound into fine chemicals. In this work, the glycerolysis of oleic acid (C18:1) methyl ester was studied using MgO. The chemical nature of the base site for promoting the MG synthesis was investigated using several characterization techniques and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations.