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Synthesis of: P-menthane-3,8-diol from citronellal over lignin-derived carbon acid catalysts
Kurnia I.a, Yoshida A.a, Chaihad N.a, Prakoso T.b, Li S.c, Du X.d, Hao X.d, Abudula A.a, Guan G.a
a Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University 1 Bunkyocho, Hirosaki, 036-8560, Japan
b Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
c College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan, 030012, China
d Department of Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.p-Menthane-3,8-diol (PMD) is receiving growing attention as a natural mosquito repellent with lower toxicity compared to the widely-used N,N-diethyl m-toluamide (DEET). In this study, sustainable carbon acid catalysts derived from alkaline lignin (AL) were prepared for synthesizing PMD from a popular chemical (±)-citronellal in an environmentally friendly solvent of water. The catalytic performances of the AL-derived carbon acid catalysts prepared at different pyrolysis temperatures were better than those of other catalysts such as carbon black and H-USY. In particular, when the AL pyrolyzed at 500 °C was used as the carbon acid catalyst, the conversion of (±)-citronellal was as high as 97% with a high PMD yield of 86%, indicating that waste alkaline lignin from pulp and paper industries can be used as a source of acid catalysts. It is found that the formation of PMD is preferred over catalysts with weaker acid sites, whereas isopulegol was more easily formed over stronger acid sites. Moreover, the reaction route of the citronellal cyclization-hydration reaction was more dominant via the carbocation-hydration pathway rather than the isopulegol hydration route on the weaker carbon acid catalyst. This journal is[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Catalytic performance,Environmentally friendly solvents,Hydration reaction,Mosquito repellents,N ,n-diethyl-m-toluamide,Pulp and paper industry,Pyrolysis temperature,Stronger acid sites[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]This work is supported by Hirosaki University. I. Kurnia and N. Chaihad gratefully acknowledge the scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nj00919a[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]