Green Production of Glycerol Ketals with a Clay-Based Heterogeneous Acid Catalyst

Glycerol remains a bottleneck for the biodiesel industry as well as an opportunity from the biorefinery perspective, having a notable reactivity as a platform chemical. In particular, glycerol ketals can be envisaged as oxygenates for fuel formulation. In this study, we have focused on the green syn...

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Main Authors: Sondes Amri, Jaime Gómez, Ana Balea, Noemi Merayo, Ezzeddine Srasra, Néji Besbes, Miguel Ladero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/21/4488