Esterification of levulinic acid to levulinate esters in the presence of sulfated silica catalyst

• Main Authors: Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli,, Nur Irsalina Hisham,, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12117/1/08%20%20Nur%20Aainaa%20Syahirah%20Ramli.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12117/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid47bil6_2018/KandunganJilid47Bil6_2018.html

Levulinic acid (LA) is one of biomass derived building block chemicals with various applications. Catalytic esterification of LA with alkyl alcohol produces levulinate ester which can be applied as fragrance, flavouring agents, as well as fuel additives. In this study, a series of sulfated silica (S...