Issue 13, 2024

Sustainable upgrading of glycerol into glycidol and its derivatives under continuous-flow conditions

Abstract

This study presents a continuous-flow process for the valorization of glycerol, a byproduct of the biofuel industry, into glycidol and its derivatives. The method ensures safety and allows for easy production of glycidol on a gram scale, even in the presence of hazardous substances such as hydrogen chloride and acetic acid. Moreover, this continuous-flow method can be easily integrated with downstream synthetic steps to produce value-added derivatives, which have potential applications in the fields of medicinal and polymer chemistry. The comprehensive evaluation of sustainability metrics, encompassing green indicators, a techno-economic analysis, and a life cycle assessment, substantiates the environmental benefits of the technology, and showed that the method is environmentally friendly and has the potential to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability in industrial processes.

Graphical abstract: Sustainable upgrading of glycerol into glycidol and its derivatives under continuous-flow conditions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Mar 2024
Accepted
22 May 2024
First published
23 May 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Green Chem., 2024,26, 7911-7918

Sustainable upgrading of glycerol into glycidol and its derivatives under continuous-flow conditions

A. Sivo, I. Montanari, M. C. Ince and G. Vilé, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 7911 DOI: 10.1039/D4GC01565G

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