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Publication Type : Presentation
Publisher : ACS-Rochester section, Chemistry in Emerging Technologies Lectures .
Source : ACS-Rochester section, Chemistry in Emerging Technologies Lectures (2016)
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Arts and Sciences
Department : Chemistry
Year : 2016
Abstract : A highly selective (>99%) tandem catalytic system for the conversion of ethanol (up to 37%) to n-butanol, through the Guerbet process, has been developed using a bifunctional iridium catalyst coupled with bulky nickel or copper hydroxides. These sterically crowded nickel and copper hydroxides catalyze the key aldol coupling reaction of acetaldehyde to exclusively yield the C4 coupling product, crotonaldehyde. Iridium-mediated dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde has led to the development of an ethanol-to-butanol process operated at a lower temperature.
Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Naveen V. Kulkarni, Cassandra E. Hayes, William D. Jones, and R. Tom Baker, “Selective Formation of n-Butanol from Ethanol”, ACS-Rochester section, Chemistry in Emerging Technologies Lectures. 2016.