Creation of Multifunctional Solid Catalysts with Cooperative Actions by Metal and Phosphate Units

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13802
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Inorganic industrial materials
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kamata Keigo 東京工業大学, 科学技術創成研究院, 准教授 (40451801)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 酸塩基触媒

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Herein, a CePO4 catalyst was synthesized by the hydrothermal method and found to exhibit high catalytic performance for the chemoselective acetalization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with alcohols, in sharp contrast to other homogeneous and heterogeneous acid and/or base catalysts. In the presence of CePO4, various combinations of carbonyl compounds and alcohols are efficiently converted into the corresponding acetal derivatives in good to excellent yields. Mechanistic studies show that CePO4 most likely acts as a bifunctional catalyst through the interaction of uniform Lewis acid and weak base sites with 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and alcohol molecules, respectively, which results in high catalytic performance.

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