Abstract
Several hierarchical beta zeolites prepared via hydrothermal treatment of a concentrated zeolite gel-precursor were investigated in Prins cyclisation between (–)-isopulegol and acetone acting as a reactant and a solvent for production of a chromenol compound exhibiting antiviral activity. The catalysts were characterized by SEM, TEM, nitrogen physisorption, ammonia TPD, adsorption-desorption of pyridine and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylpyridine with FTIR spectroscopy. For the Prins cyclization performed at 30 °C, the highest yield of the desired product was obtained over a zeolite catalyst containing a developed mesoporosity with a uniform mesopore size and an optimum ratio of Brønsted to Lewis acid sites.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 118131 |
| Journal | Applied Catalysis A: General |
| Volume | 618 |
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| Publication status | Published - 25 May 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
NS acknowledges the support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine to the project “New effective zeolite catalysts for environmentally friendly processes of the conversion of renewable raw materials into valuable organic compounds” (project number 2020.02/0335). RB acknowledges the support of the Czech Science Foundation to the project EXPRO ( 19-27551X ). NS acknowledges the support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine to the project ?New effective zeolite catalysts for environmentally friendly processes of the conversion of renewable raw materials into valuable organic compounds? (project number 2020.02/0335). RB acknowledges the support of the Czech Science Foundation to the project EXPRO (19-27551X). The authors express their gratitude to colleagues from L.V. Pisarzhevsky Institute of Physical Chemistry who contributed to the experimental part, in particular Pavel Yaremov for nitrogen adsorption measurements and Valentina Tsyrina for TPD of ammonia. The authors acknowledge the contribution of Dr. Igor Bezverkhyy (Universit? de Bourgogne, France), Dr. Mykola Skoryk (?NanoMedTech?, Ukraine), Dr. Sergii Sergiienko (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Kateryna Filatova (Tomas Bata University in Zl?n, Czech Republic) and Ang Li (Charles University in Prague) in carrying out SEM and TEM investigations.
Keywords
- Chromenol
- Hierarchical zeolite
- Prins cyclisation
- Tetrahydropyran ring structure