Catalytic and mechanistic insights into the production of ethyl levulinate from biorenewable feedstocks

E Ahmad, MI Alam, KK Pant, MA Haider - Green Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of ethyl levulinate (EL) as a fuel additive and a potential biomass-derived
platform molecule is noteworthy. EL is obtained from the esterification of levulinic acid (LA) …

IR spectroscopy in catalysis

J Ryczkowski - Catalysis Today, 2001 - Elsevier
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy undoubtedly represents one of the most important tools in
catalysis research. In this review, recent catalytic applications of the most popular IR …

Structural determination of bulk and surface tungsten oxides with UV− vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy

EI Ross-Medgaarden, IE Wachs - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Combined UV− vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and Raman spectroscopy were
applied to examine the electronic and molecular structures, respectively, of well-defined W …

Catalytic upgrading of levulinic acid to ethyl levulinate using reusable silica-included Wells-Dawson heteropolyacid as catalyst

G Pasquale, P Vázquez, G Romanelli… - Catalysis …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper we report, for the first time, the direct incorporation of a heteropolyacid (HPA)
with Wells-Dawson structure during the synthesis of silica by the sol–gel technique, in acidic …

The state of the art on Wells–Dawson heteropoly-compounds: A review of their properties and applications

LE Briand, GT Baronetti, HJ Thomas - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2003 - Elsevier
The scientific literature concerning the structure, hydrolytic stability in solution, thermal
stability in the solid state, redox-acid properties and applications of heteropoly-compounds …

Three component, one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrano [3, 2-c] chromene derivatives in the presence of H6P2W18O62· 18H2O as a green and recyclable catalyst

MM Heravi, BA Jani, F Derikvand… - Catalysis …, 2008 - Elsevier
Three component, one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromene derivatives in the
presence of H6P2W18O62 · 18H2O as a green and recyclable catalyst - ScienceDirect Skip …

New progress of Keggin and Wells–Dawson type polyoxometalates catalyze acid and oxidative reactions

G Li, Y Ding, J Wang, X Wang, J Suo - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A …, 2007 - Elsevier
Polyoxometalates (abbreviated as POMs) are useful acids and oxidation catalysts in various
reactions since its catalytic features can be controlled at a molecular level. This review …

A solvent-free synthesis of coumarins using a Wells–Dawson heteropolyacid as catalyst

GP Romanelli, D Bennardi, DM Ruiz, G Baronetti… - Tetrahedron …, 2004 - Elsevier
Substituted coumarins are synthesized from phenols and β-ketoesters by the Pechmann
reaction, using a Wells–Dawson heteropolyacid (H6P2W18O62· 24H2O) as catalyst by a …

The role of water in the catalysis on solid heteropolyacids

A Micek-Ilnicka - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2009 - Elsevier
Heteropolyacids (HPAs) are used as catalysts for many acid reactions in both homogeneous
and heterogeneous systems. For such systems water, as a vapour and/or the crystallization …

Photocatalytic degradation of aqueous 4-chlorophenol by silica-immobilized polyoxometalates

B Yue, Y Zhou, J Xu, Z Wu, X Zhang… - … science & technology, 2002 - ACS Publications
The degradation of 4-chlorophenol with near-UV light by silica-immobilized polyoxometalate
(POM-in-SiO2) catalysts has been studied. The silica-immobilized Na6W7O24 (SW7) …