Sustainable Ketalization of Glycerol with Ethyl Levulinate Catalyzed by the Iron(III)-Based Metal-Organic Framework MIL-88A

Massimo Melchiorre; Domenico Lentini; Maria Elena Cucciolito; Francesco Taddeo; Maryam Hmoudah; Martino Di Serio; Francesco Ruffo; Vincenzo Russo; Roberto Esposito

doi:10.3390/molecules27217229

Sustainable Ketalization of Glycerol with Ethyl Levulinate Catalyzed by the Iron(III)-Based Metal-Organic Framework MIL-88A

Massimo Melchiorre
, Domenico Lentini
, Maria Elena Cucciolito
, Francesco Taddeo
, Maryam Hmoudah
, Martino Di Serio
, Francesco Ruffo
, Vincenzo Russo^*
, Roberto Esposito^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering

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Abstract

The catalytic properties of a simple iron-containing MOF based on fumaric acid, MIL-88A, were investigated in the ketalization of ethyl levulinate with glycerol. The corresponding product is a component of current interest as a renewable building block for many uses. Under the following conditions (solventless, 120 °C, stoichiometric ratio, 1% cat.), the reaction proceeds with good yields (85%), and the catalyst can be recovered and recycled without loss of activity, despite some changes in the crystalline lattice and morphology. Moreover, the residual iron content in the product is in the order of units of ppm (≤2), which demonstrates the robustness of the MOF under the reaction conditions.

Original language	English
Article number	7229
Journal	Molecules
Volume	27
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27217229
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The authors wish to thank Giuseppe Campanile and Rocco Di Girolamo for their help with the experimental setup and the European Union (FSE, PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020, Azione I.1 “Dottorati Innovativi con Caratterizzazione Industriale”) for funding the Ph.D. grant of F.T. R.E. thanks the European Union and MIUR for funding through PON-AIM project code E61G19000090002 and proposal code AIM1829571-1. The authors are grateful to the Italian Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca for the financial support provided through the LEVANTE project “LEvulinic acid Valorization through Advanced Novel Technologies”, Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale Bando 2020, Prot. 2020CZCJN7.

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ethyl levulinate
glycerol
heterogeneous catalysis
ketalization
MOF

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