Selective oxidation of glycerol to lactic acid under acidic conditions using AuPd/TiO2 catalyst

Jilei Xu; Hongye Zhang; Yanfei Zhao; Bo Yu; Sha Chen; Yanbin Li; Leiduan Hao; Zhimin Liu

doi:10.1039/C3GC40314A

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Selective oxidation of glycerol to lactic acid under acidic conditions using AuPd/TiO₂catalyst

Jilei Xu,^a Hongye Zhang,^a Yanfei Zhao,^a Bo Yu,^a Sha Chen,^a Yanbin Li,^a Leiduan Hao^a and Zhimin Liu*^a

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Abstract

The selective oxidation of glycerol was investigated using AuPd/TiO₂ as the catalyst in the presence of AlCl₃, and lactic acid was obtained as the predominant product. It was demonstrated that AuPd/TiO₂ and AlCl₃ played synergistic roles in the production of lactic acid. The possible reaction pathway was proposed, in which glycerol was first oxidized to glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone, catalysed by AuPd/TiO₂, followed by the formation of lactic acid, catalyzed by AlCl₃.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC40314A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 13 Feb 2013
Accepted: 18 Apr 2013
First published: 19 Apr 2013

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Green Chem., 2013,15, 1520-1525

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Selective oxidation of glycerol to lactic acid under acidic conditions using AuPd/TiO₂ catalyst

J. Xu, H. Zhang, Y. Zhao, B. Yu, S. Chen, Y. Li, L. Hao and Z. Liu, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 1520 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40314A

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