Liquid-phase dehydration of 1-phenylethanol to styrene over sulfonated D-glucose catalyst

Zubair Hasan, Jin Soo Hwang, Sung Hwa Jhung

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Abstract

Dehydration of 1-phenylethanol to produce styrene has been studied in liquid phase without any solvent with carbon-based solid acid catalysts prepared in one step from renewable resources like d-glucose for the first time. The carbon-based catalyst shows higher styrene selectivity and lower activation energy than other solid acid catalysts that have been used so far, demonstrating that a carbon-based catalyst is very effective in producing styrene from 1-phenylethanol.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-33
Number of pages4
JournalCatalysis Communications
Volume26
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Sep 2012

Keywords

  • Carbon-based solid acid catalysts
  • Dehydration
  • Phenylethanol
  • Styrene
  • Sulfonation

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