Synlett 2016; 27(01): 29-32
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560584
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Production of Valuable Esters from Oleic Acid with a Porous Polymeric Acid Catalyst without Water Removal

Autoren

  • 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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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 16. Juni 2015

Accepted after revision: 04. Oktober 2015

Publikationsdatum:
03. November 2015 (online)


Graphical Abstract

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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