One step conversion of monosaccharides into 1,3-butadiene via acetaldehyde

• Project/Area Number: 15K13754
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Green/Environmental chemistry
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Baba Toshihide 東京工業大学, 物質理工学院, 教授 (50165057)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
• Keywords: 1,3-ブタジエン / エリスリトール / ソルビトール / タルク / リン酸水素ナトリウム / キシリトール / マンニトール / 単糖 / タルク触媒

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1,3-Butadiene is produced in one-step from ethanol. According to this reaction, we expected that 1,3-butadiene is also produced in one-step from monosaccharides obtained from biomass. In this study, we prepared phosphate compounds, talc compounds, and zeolites as catalysts, and tried to synthesize 1,3-butadiene in a one-step from monosaccharide. As a result, we revealed that 1,3-butadiene is produced in one-step from sugar alcohols such as erythritol and sorbitol by using talc as a catalyst.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Experimental and theoretical studies in the roles of MgO and Zn in talc for selective fromation of 1,3-butadiene in the conversion of ethanol (2016)
  • Author(s): Yoshihiro Hayashi, Sohta Akiyama, Akimitsu Miyaji, Yasumasa Sekiguchi, Yasuharu Sakamoto, Akinobu Shiga, To-ru Koyama, Ken Motokura, Toshihide Baba
  • Journal Title: Physical chemistry Chemical Physics Volume: 18 Issue: 36 Pages: 25191-25209
  • DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04171j
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] One-step catalytic conversion of ethanol into 1,3 butadiene using zinc-containing talc (2015)
  • Author(s): Yasumasa Sekiguchi, Sohta Akiyama, Wataru Urakawa, To-ru Koyama, Akimitsu Miyaji, Ken Motokura and Toshihide Baba
  • Journal Title: Catalysis Communications Volume: 68 Pages: 20-24
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] タルク触媒によるエタノールから選択的1,3-ブタジエン生成と量子化学計算：MgOとZnの役割 (2016)
  • Author(s): 林慶浩、秋山草多、宮地輝光、志賀昭信、本倉健、馬場俊秀
  • Organizer: 第118回触媒討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 岩手大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-21
• [Presentation] タルクを触媒としたエタノールから１，３-ブタジエンへの一段転化反応 (2015)
  • Author(s): 秋山草多，小山 徹，宮地輝光，本倉 健，馬場俊秀
  • Organizer: 第116回触媒討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 三重大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-16