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OSDA‐Free Zeolite Beta with High Aluminum Content Efficiently Catalyzes a Tandem Reaction for Conversion of Glucose to 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural
Author(s) -
Otomo Ryoichi,
Yokoi Toshiyuki,
Tatsumi Takashi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201500837
Subject(s) - calcination , catalysis , zeolite , lewis acids and bases , brønsted–lowry acid–base theory , chemistry , isomerization , magic angle spinning , fructose , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Abstract Organic structure‐directing agent (OSDA)‐free zeolite Beta with high Al content exhibit remarkably high catalytic performance in the conversion of glucose to 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by virtue of their appropriate acid properties; specifically, a sufficient number of Lewis acid sites were generated by calcination of the NH 4 ‐form zeolite, while the original Brønsted acid sites were substantially maintained, with both acid sites being in close proximity. The OSDA‐free Beta catalyst, having a large number of Brønsted acid sites and sufficient Lewis acid sites, showed superior catalytic performance to a physical mixture of each type of acid catalyst with a similar number of each acid site. This behavior could be ascribed to the high reactivity and slow intrazeolitic diffusion of fructose. The structure of the Al species active in the isomerization of glucose to fructose is discussed based on relationships between catalytic activities and changes in Al species by the calcination, changes that were observed by 27 Al magic‐angle spinning (MAS) NMR and IR spectroscopies.