Levulinic Acid Esterification with n-Butanol over a Preyssler Catalyst in a Microwave-Assisted Batch Reactor: A Kinetic Study

LA Gallego-Villada, EA Alarcón, C Cerrutti… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A Preyssler-type heteropolyacid supported on silica, synthesized and characterized by FTIR,
was tested for levulinic acid (LA) esterification with n-butanol under microwave-assisted …

Kinetic modeling of microwave-assisted esterification for biofuel additive production: conversion of levulinic acid with pentanol using Dowex® 50WX8 catalyst

LA Gallego-Villada, EA Alarcón, ÁG Sathicq… - Reaction Kinetics …, 2024 - Springer
This study explores the esterification of levulinic acid with 1-pentanol, employing Dowex®
50WX8 as a catalyst under microwave irradiation. Key parameters such as the pentanol/acid …