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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2013.51.2.189

Selective Dehydration of Sorbitol to Isosorbide over Sulfonated Activated Carbon Catalyst  

Kang, Hyo Yoon (Biorefinery Research group/Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Hwang, Dong Won (Biorefinery Research group/Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Hwang, Young Kyu (Biorefinery Research group/Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Hwang, Jin-Soo (Biorefinery Research group/Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Chang, Jong-San (Biorefinery Research group/Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.51, no.2, 2013 , pp. 189-194 More about this Journal
Abstract
A sulfonated activated carbon (AC-$SO_3H$) was used as a solid acid catalyst for dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide and its catalytic performance was compared with the commercial solid acid such as acidic ion exchange resin, Amberlyst-36, and sulfated copper oxide. The catalytic performance with 100% sorbitol conversion and 52% isosorbide selectivity was obtained over AC-$SO_3H$ at 423.15 K. Although AC-$SO_3H$ possessed only 0.5 mmol/g of sulfur content, it showed the similar dehydration activity of sorbitol to isosorbide with Amberlyst-36 (5.4 mmol/g) at 423.15 K. Based on the high thermal and chemical stability of AC-$SO_3H$, one-step reactive distillation, where isosorbide separation can be carried out simultaneously with sorbitol dehydration, was tried to increase the recovery yield of isosobide from sorbitol. The reactive distillation process using AC-$SO_3H$, the turnover number of AC-$SO_3H$ was 4 times higher than the conventional two-step process using sulfuric acid.
Keywords
Sulfonated Activated Carbon; Isosorbide; Sorbitol; Dehydration; Reactive Distillation;
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