Zeolite‐Catalyzed Isomerization of Triose Sugars

Martin Spangsberg Holm, Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan, Esben Taarning, Ryan M. West, Jianmin Xiong, Claus H. Christensen
2009-06-27

Zeozymes: Sn-Beta zeolite is found to be a highly active catalyst for the conversion of triose sugars. If the solvent is water, isomerization of the triose sugars takes place to form lactic acid in 90 % yield at 125 °C. If methanol is used as the solvent, an overall isomerization–esterification reaction takes place and methyl lactate is formed in quantitative yields at 80 °C. This represents one of the most selective zeolite-catalyzed biomass transformation reactions.
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Martin Spangsberg Holm
Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan
Esben Taarning
Ryan M. West
Jianmin Xiong
Claus H. Christensen
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