Abstract<\/strong> \u2014 The cat\u00adalyt\u00adic con\u00adver\u00adsion of bio\u00admass-derived feed\u00adstocks to val\u00adue added chem\u00adi\u00adcals is an impor\u00adtant chal\u00adlenge to alle\u00advi\u00adate the depen\u00addence on petro\u00adle\u00adum-based resources. To accom\u00adplish this, the inher\u00adent\u00adly high oxy\u00adgen con\u00adtent of bio\u00admass com\u00adpounds, such as that of lig\u00adno\u00adcel\u00adlu\u00adlosic bio\u00admass, requires sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant reduc\u00adtion via hydrodeoxy\u00adgena\u00adtion strate\u00adgies. The unsat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded car\u00adboxylic acid ita\u00adcon\u00adic acid (IA) can be pro\u00adduced from bio\u00admass via fer\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion path\u00adways, for exam\u00adple. A path\u00adway of inter\u00adest is the con\u00adver\u00adsion of IA to iso\u00adprene, facil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading the renew\u00adable pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of an indus\u00adtri\u00adal\u00adly rel\u00ade\u00advant diolefin. IA can be suc\u00adces\u00adsive\u00adly hydro\u00adgenat\u00aded to yield 3-methyl tetrahy\u00addro\u00adfu\u00adran (3-MTHF), in a one-pot cas\u00adcade reac\u00adtion, where a Pd-Re bimetal\u00adlic cat\u00ada\u00adlyst results in an 80% yield to 3-MTHF. The 3-MTHF can then be con\u00advert\u00aded to iso\u00adprene, and oth\u00ader pen\u00adta\u00addi\u00adenes, through an acid cat\u00adalyzed vapor-phase dehy\u00addra-decy\u00adcliza\u00adtion. Mul\u00adti\u00adple sol\u00adid acid cat\u00ada\u00adlysts, includ\u00ading alu\u00admi\u00adnosil\u00adi\u00adcates, met\u00adal oxides and phos\u00adpho\u00adrous mod\u00adi\u00adfied zeo\u00adlites, were screened for the dehy\u00addra-decy\u00adcliza\u00adtion step. A new class of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic mate\u00adri\u00adals, all sil\u00adi\u00adcon Ref\u00ader\u00adences<\/strong>: 2018 Spring Sym\u00adpo\u00adsium Omar Abdel\u00adrah\u00adman, Post-Doc, Paul Dauen\u00adhauer Group, Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading &<\/span> Mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Sci\u00adence, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Min\u00adneso\u00adta, 421 Wash\u00ading\u00adton Ave. SE, Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis, MN 55455 Abstract \u2014 The cat\u00adalyt\u00adic con\u00adver\u00adsion of bio\u00ad\u00admass-derived feed\u00adstocks to val\u00adue added chem\u00adi\u00adcals is an impor\u00adtant chal\u00adlenge to alle\u00advi\u00adate the depen\u00addence on petro\u00adle\u00adum-based resources. To accom\u00adplish this, the inher\u00adent\u00adly high [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstracts","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4990,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/4990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nphos\u00adpho\u00adrous con\u00adtain\u00ading zeo\u00adlites, were found to be the most selec\u00adtive (70% iso\u00adprene and 20% pen\u00adta\u00addi\u00adenes), where the major side reac\u00adtion involved is a retro-prins con\u00adden\u00adsa\u00adtion of 3-MTHF to butane and formalde\u00adhyde. Through kinet\u00adic stud\u00adies, an inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion into the effect of Br\u00f8n\u00adst\u00aded acid strength, pore size and oper\u00adat\u00ading con\u00addi\u00adtions on the selec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty to iso\u00adprene are dis\u00adcussed. The prospect of apply\u00ading this dehy\u00addra-decy\u00adcliza\u00adtion strat\u00ade\u00adgy to oth\u00ader sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded cyclic ethers will also be dis\u00adcussed, which enables the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of oth\u00ader diolefin mol\u00ade\u00adcules of inter\u00adest such as buta\u00addi\u00adene and lin\u00adear pen\u00adta\u00addi\u00adenes.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abdelrahman_schema.png\")
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\n[1] Abdel\u00adrah\u00adman, O. A.; Park, D. S.; Vin\u00adter, K. P.; Span\u00adjers, C. S.; Ren, L.; Cho, H. J.; Zhang, K.; Fan, W.; Tsap\u00adat\u00adsis, M.; Dauen\u00adhauer, P. J. ACS Catal.<\/em> 2017<\/strong>, 7<\/em>, 1428\u20131431.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"