Diels–Alder cycloaddition of 2-methylfuran and ethylene for renewable toluene

• Published in: Applied catalysis. B, Environmental Vol. 180; no. C
• Main Authors: Green, Sara K., Patet, Ryan E., Nikbin, Nima, Williams, C. Luke, Chang, Chun-Chih, Yu, Jingye, Gorte, Raymond J., Caratzoulas, Stavros, Fan, Wei, Vlachos, Dionisios G., Dauenhauer, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier 01.01.2016
• Subjects: catalysis (homogeneous), catalysis (heterogeneous), biofuels (including algae and biomass), bio-inspired, hydrogen and fuel cells, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing); INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Diels–Alder cycloaddition of biomass-derived 2-methylfuran and ethylene provides a thermochemical pathway to renewable toluene. In this work, the kinetics and reaction pathways of toluene formation have been evaluated with H-BEA and Sn-BEA catalysts. Kinetic analysis of the main reaction chemistries...