15-07-2021 дата публикации
Номер: US20210214325A1
A process for forming protoanemonin from an amount of levulinic acid or an amount of α-Angelica lactone using oxidative dehydrogenation. Biomass-derived levulinic acid (LA) is a green platform chemical and, using an oxidative scission pathway can be transformed into cyclic intermediates, namely angelicalactones to form protoanemonin. The oxidative dehydrogenation may be heterogeneously catalyzed in a gas-phase to perform aerobic oxidation using a solid oxide such as vanadium oxide. Protoanemonin is an intriguing polyfunctional molecule that is uniquely suited to bio-based production, and can be synthesized in yields from 50%-75% during periods of transient reactor operation. 1. A process of forming protoanemonin , comprising the steps of:providing an amount of levulinic acid or an amount of α-Angelica lactone; andperforming oxidative dehydrogenation of the amount of levulinic acid or the amount of α-Angelica lactone to form an amount of protoanemonin.2. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation is heterogeneously catalyzed.3. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation is performed in a gas-phase.4. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation comprises aerobic oxidation.5. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation is performed with a solid oxide catalyst.6. The process of claim 5 , wherein the solid oxide catalyst is performed with vanadium oxide.7. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation includes the formation of β-Angelica lactone as an intermediate product.8. The process of claim 1 , wherein the step of oxidative dehydrogenation is performed at a temperature of 473 Kelvin. This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/960,848, filed on Jan. 14, 2020.This invention was made with government support under Grant No. 1454346 awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The government has certain ...
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