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Conversion of Ethanol to 2-Ethylhexenal at Ambient Conditions Using Tandem, Biphasic Catalysis.

ABSTRACT: Ethanol is a ubiquitous fermentation product well-tolerated by microbes, but purification from growth media requires multiple distillations or other energy intensive processes. Converting such metabolites to larger, hydrophobic products would both yield higher energy products and facilitate separation. Here, we demonstrate the conversion of C2 ethanol to C8 2-ethylhexenal via a sequential oxidation-aldol-hydrogenation-aldol process with solar energy as the only required input. Photocatalysis was utilized to drive enzymatic oxidation of ethanol, while biphasic media in conjunction with aldol coupling and Pd assisted hydrogenation kept the oxidation and reduction processes physically and chemically separated. Using this process, 2-ethylhexenal was produced from ethanol in both buffer and diluted yeast media.

SUBMITTER: Hafenstine GR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678241 | biostudies-literature | 2017

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Conversion of Ethanol to 2-Ethylhexenal at Ambient Conditions Using Tandem, Biphasic Catalysis.

Hafenstine Glenn R GR Harris Alexander W AW Ma Ke K Cha Jennifer N JN Goodwin Andrew P AP

ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering 20171004 11

Ethanol is a ubiquitous fermentation product well-tolerated by microbes, but purification from growth media requires multiple distillations or other energy intensive processes. Converting such metabolites to larger, hydrophobic products would both yield higher energy products and facilitate separation. Here, we demonstrate the conversion of C2 ethanol to C8 2-ethylhexenal via a sequential oxidation-aldol-hydrogenation-aldol process with solar energy as the only required inp ...[more]

PMID: 33224638

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