Green chemistry: biodiesel made with sugar catalyst.
The production of diesel from vegetable oil calls for an efficient solid catalyst to make the process fully ecologically friendly. Here we describe the preparation of such a catalyst from common, inexpensive sugars. This high-performance catalyst, which consists of stable sulphonated amorphous carbon, is recyclable and its activity markedly exceeds that of other solid acid catalysts tested for 'biodiesel' production.
Toda
Masakazu
M
Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
Takagaki
Atsushi
A
Okamura
Mai
M
Kondo
Junko N
JN
Hayashi
Shigenobu
S
Domen
Kazunari
K
Hara
Michikazu
M
D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004951:Esterification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005648:Fuel Oils
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005648:Fuel Oils; D002244:Carbon