Open AccessA Kinetic Modeling of Reductive Amination of Isomaltulose on a Palladium Catalyst
Author(s) -
Cartarius R.,
Krause T.,
Vogel H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/1618-2863(200202)2:2<53::aid-elsc53>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - petrochemical , reductive amination , raw material , chemical industry , amination , catalysis , fine chemical , chemistry , renewable resource , sucrose , palladium , renewable energy , organic chemistry , waste management , environmental science , engineering , electrical engineering
With a worldwide annual production of nearly 125 million tons sucrose is the most produced organic substance with a low molecular mass from renewable resources. The relative moderate production costs and high purity of this substance awakes the interest of the chemical industry to use sucrose in substantial amounts as a raw material in industrial processes. The selective activation of sucrose through a functional group could be seen as a development in substituting the petrochemical resources by renewable resources to a certain extent if the existing chemical engineering problems are solved.