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SUBMITTER: Hamdi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868903 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hamdi Jumanah J Diehl Brooke N BN Kilgore Kaylin K Lomenzo Stacey A SA Trudell Mark L ML
ACS omega 20191105 21
Halloysite, a natural clay with a hollow tubular structure, was studied as a catalyst for the esterification of biomass-derived carboxylic acids (levulinic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, and succinic acid) with four different alcohols (MeOH, EtOH, <i>n</i>-PrOH, and <i>n</i>-BuOH). Reaction conditions were optimized (10 mol % halloysite, 170 °C, 24 h) and gave high yields of the corresponding esters and diesters (>90%). The halloysite was easily recovered and recycled after washing and drying. ...[more]