oxidative decarboxylation of levulinic acid by cupric oxides氧化脱羧的乙酰丙酸铜氧化物.pdfVIP

Molecules 2010, 15, 7946-7960; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Oxidative Decarboxylation of Levulinic Acid by Cupric Oxides Yan Gong 1, Lu Lin 1,*, Jianbin Shi 1 and Shijie Liu 2,* 1 Department of Resources Science and Engineering, State Key Lab of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China 2 Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA * Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: lclulin@ (L.L.); sliu@ (S.L.). Received: 8 October 2010; in revised form: 31 October2010 / Accepted: 4 November 2010 / Published: 5 November 2010 Abstract: In this paper, cupric oxides was found to effectively oxidize levulinic acid (LA) and lead to the decarboxylation of levulinic acid to 2-butanone. The effects of cupric oxide dosage, reaction time and initial pH value were investigated in batch experiments and a plausible mechanism was proposed. The results showed that LA decarboxylation over cupric oxides at around 300 °C under acidic conditions produced the highest yield of butanone (67.5%). In order to elucidate the catalytic activity of cupric oxides, XRD, AFM, XPS and H2-TPR techniques was applied to examine their molecular surfaces and their effects o