Synlett 2016; 27(01): 29-32
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560584
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Production of Valuable Esters from Oleic Acid with a Porous Polymeric Acid Catalyst without Water Removal

Yo-Han Kim
a   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-744, Republic of Korea
,
Jusung Han
a   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-744, Republic of Korea
,
Byeong Yeon Jung
a   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-744, Republic of Korea
,
Heeyoel Baek
b   RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan   Email: yslee@snu.ac.kr
,
Yoichi M. A. Yamada
b   RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan   Email: yslee@snu.ac.kr
,
Yasuhiro Uozumi
b   RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan   Email: yslee@snu.ac.kr
,
Yoon-Sik Lee*
a   School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-744, Republic of Korea
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Publication History

Received: 16 June 2015

Accepted after revision: 04 October 2015

Publication Date:
03 November 2015 (online)


Dedicated with respect to Professor Steven Ley on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Abstract

We demonstrate the use of porous phenolsulfonic acid–formaldehyde (PSF) resins as solid-acid catalysts, which showed excellent performance in the esterification of fatty acids without using any solvent or introducing a water-removal process. The catalyst was reused up to 30 times without significant loss of activity.

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