Sustainable Synthesis of Oxalic and Succinic Acid through Aerobic Oxidation of C6 Polyols Under Mild Conditions

Maria Ventura; David Williamson; Francesco Lobefaro; Matthew D. Jones; Davide Mattia; Francesco Nocito; Michele Aresta; Angela Dibenedetto

doi:10.1002/cssc.201702347

Sustainable Synthesis of Oxalic and Succinic Acid through Aerobic Oxidation of C6 Polyols Under Mild Conditions

Maria Ventura, David Williamson, Francesco Lobefaro, Matthew D. Jones, Davide Mattia, Francesco Nocito, Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto

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The sustainable chemical industry encompasses a shift from the use of fossil carbon to renewable carbon. The synthesis of chemicals from nonedible biomass (cellulosic or oil) represents one of the key steps for “greening” the chemical industry. In this paper, we report the aerobic oxidative cleavage of C6 polyols (5-HMF, glucose, fructose and sucrose) to oxalic acid (OA) and succinic acid (SA) in water under mild conditions using M@CNT and M@NCNT (M=Fe, V; CNT=carbon nanotubes; NCNT=N-doped CNT), which, under suitable conditions, were recoverable and reusable without any loss of efficiency. The influence of the temperature, O ₂ pressure (P (Formula presented.)), reaction time and stirring rate are discussed and the best reaction conditions are determined for an almost complete conversion of the starting material and a good OA yield of 48 %. SA and formic acid were the only co-products. The former could be further converted into OA by oxidation in the presence of formic acid, resulting in an overall OA yield of >62 %. This process was clean and did not produce organic waste nor gas emissions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1073-1081
Number of pages	9
Journal	ChemSusChem
Volume	11
Issue number	6
Early online date	16 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201702347
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2018

Keywords

5-HMF
Aerobic oxidation
Biomass
Carbon nanotubes
Glucose

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Environmental Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
General Energy

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ventura, M, Williamson, D, Lobefaro, F, Jones, MD, Mattia, D, Nocito, F, Aresta, M & Dibenedetto, A 2018, 'Sustainable Synthesis of Oxalic and Succinic Acid through Aerobic Oxidation of C6 Polyols Under Mild Conditions' ChemSusChem, vol 11, no. 6, pp. 1073-1081, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201702347. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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