Issue 5, 2007
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Green Chemistry

Preparation of a sugar catalyst and its use for highly efficient production of biodiesel†

Min-Hua Zong,*a   Zhang-Qun Duan,a   Wen-Yong Lou,a   Thomas J. Smith*b  and  Hong Wua  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Applied Biocatalysis, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
E-mail: btmhzong@scut.edu.cn
Fax: +86 20-2223-6669
Tel: +86 20-8711-1452

b Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Owen Building, Howard Street, Sheffield, UK
E-mail: t.j.smith@shu.ac.uk

Abstract

Novel solid acid catalysts for esterification have recently been described that are made by incomplete carbonization of carbohydrates followed by sulfonation. Herein, such a ‘sugar catalyst’ is prepared from D-glucose and its catalytic properties and structure are investigated in detail. This type of sugar catalyst is, for the first time, applied for the effective production of biodiesel from waste oils. Our results indicate that sugar catalysts are highly effective, minimally polluting and re-usable catalysts that are highly suited to the production of biodiesel from waste oils with a high acid value.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B615447F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Oct 2006
Accepted
08 Feb 2007
First published
19 Feb 2007

Green Chem., 2007,9, 434-437

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Preparation of a sugar catalyst and its use for highly efficient production of biodiesel

M. Zong, Z. Duan, W. Lou, T. J. Smith and H. Wu, Green Chem., 2007, 9, 434 DOI: 10.1039/B615447F

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