Abstract
Potential applications for the increasing amount of glycerol as by-product in the biodiesel production are of growing interest. A promising reaction type is the telomerization of glycerol with 1,3-butadiene leading to C8-chain ethers of glycerol applicable in polymer and surfactant chemistry or as chemical building blocks. In this study, we present a new catalyst system for the telomerization of glycerol with butadiene applying palladium-based triphenylphosphine complexes with methoxy functionalized ring systems. The resulting complexes show remarkable activity under various reaction conditions. Particularly, the catalyst system is capable to directly convert crude glycerol without any significant loss of activity, thus providing an interesting route from cheap starting materials towards high added value products.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts |
| Volume | 235 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Apr 2008 |
| Event | 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2008 - New Orleans, LA, United States Duration: 6 Apr 2008 → 10 Apr 2008 |