Hetropolyacid‐Catalyzed Oxidation of Glycerol into Lactic Acid under Mild Base‐Free Conditions

M Tao, X Yi, I Delidovich, R Palkovits, J Shi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lactic acid (LA) is a versatile platform molecule owing to the opportunity to transform this
compound into useful chemicals and materials. Therefore, efficient production of LA based …

Oxidant‐free dehydrogenation of glycerol to lactic acid by heterogeneous platinum catalysts

SMAH Siddiki, AS Touchy, K Kon, T Toyao… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Among various supported metal nanoparticle catalysts, Pt‐loaded carbon (Pt/C) catalysts,
including a commercial one, showed the highest yield for selective dehydrogenation of …

Catalytic cracking of lactide and poly (lactic acid) to acrylic acid at low temperatures

FG Terrade, J van Krieken, BJV Verkuijl… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being a simple dehydration reaction, the industrially relevant conversion of lactic
acid to acrylic acid is particularly challenging. For the first time, the catalytic cracking of …

Zwitterionic Hydrobromic Acid Carriers for the Synthesis of 2‐Bromopropionic Acid from Lactide

M Kehrer, J Mehler, N Taccardi, J Nagengast… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A convenient and highly efficient way of synthesizing 2‐bromopropionic acid (2‐BrPA) from
lactide is presented. The procedure uses ionic liquids obtained from the addition of HBr to …