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Efficient conversion of glycerol into high value-added chemicals by partial oxidation
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  • Tsutomu Chida,
  • Kousuke Hiromori,
  • Naomi Shibasaki-Kitakawa,
  • Naoki Mimura,
  • Aritomo Yamaguchi,
  • Atsushi Takahashi
Tsutomu Chida
Tohoku University

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Kousuke Hiromori
Tohoku University
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Naomi Shibasaki-Kitakawa
Tohoku University
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Naoki Mimura
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Aritomo Yamaguchi
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Atsushi Takahashi
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Abstract

Glycerol can be effectively converted to glyceric acid, a high value-added pharmaceutical raw material, through its partial oxidation over an Au catalyst under strongly basic conditions. The factors important for the highly selective production of glyceric acid were investigated experimentally. It was clarified that NaOH was involved in the glycerol activation step to a glycerol alkoxide intermediate in the liquid phase, then glyceric acid was formed by OOH species derived from O2 on an Au catalyst in the partial oxidation step. We have newly discovered the concerted effect of NaOH and O2 in different reaction steps.
12 May 2020Submitted to Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
12 May 2020Submission Checks Completed
12 May 2020Assigned to Editor
28 May 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
01 Jul 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Jul 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
05 Sep 20201st Revision Received
08 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
08 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
14 Sep 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
24 Sep 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
28 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
29 Sep 20202nd Revision Received
29 Sep 2020Submission Checks Completed
29 Sep 2020Assigned to Editor
02 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Accept
27 Oct 2020Published in Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 10.1002/aocs.12440