Highly Efficient and Selective Transformations of Glycerol Using Reusable Heterogeneous Catalysts

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide The highly efficient and selective transformations of glycerol to valuable compounds using reusable heterogeneous catalysts are demonstrated. Lanthanum cation-exchanged montmorillonite shows high activity for the selective synthesis of diacetylglycerols through acetylation with acetic acid. Furthermore, the diacetylglycerols obtained can be subsequently oxidized into 1,3-diacetoxyacetone under air using an AlO x -embedded copper nanoparticle catalyst.