Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 70-73.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60162-3

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Hydroxyapatite Supported Lewis Acid Catalysts for the Transformation of Trioses in Alcohols

ZHANG Zehui1,2,*, ZHAO (Kent) Zongbao1,3   

  1. 1Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China; 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2010-06-30 Revised:2010-09-21 Online:2011-01-13 Published:2014-05-22

Abstract: We prepared hydroxyapatite-supported tin(II) chloride and tin(IV) chloride Lewis acid catalysts. These catalysts showed catalytic activity for the transformation of trioses in alcohols to yield alkyl lactates. Under optimal conditions, n-butyl lactate was obtained in 73.5% yield when dihydroxyacetone and n-butanol were treated with hydroxyapatite-supported tin(II) chloride.

Key words: triose, hydroxyapatite, alkyl lactate, tin(II) chloride, solid catalyst