• Mechanochemical Synthesis of CuO/MgAl2O4 and MgFe2O4 Spinels for Vanillin Production from Isoeugenol and Vanillyl Alcohol 

  Rahmanivahid, Behgam; Pinilla de Dios, María; Haghighi, Mohammad; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2019)

  CuO/MgAl2O4 and CuO/MgFe2O4 catalysts were successfully synthesized with the use of spinel supports by a very simple and low-cost mechanochemical method. High-speed ball-milling was used to synthesize these catalyst supports ...

• Sonochemically-Promoted Preparation of Silica-Anchored Cyclodextrin Derivatives for Effcient Copper Catalysis 

  Martina, Katia; Calsolaro, Federica; Zuliani, Alessio; Berlier, Gloria; Chávez-Rivas, Fernando; Moran, Maria Jesus; Luque, Rafael; Cravotto, Giancarlo (MDPI, 2019)

  Silica-supported metallic species have emerged as valuable green-chemistry catalysts because their high efficiency enables a wide range of applications, even at industrial scales. As a consequence, the preparation of these ...

• An Overview of the Production of Oxygenated Fuel Additives by Glycerol Etherification, Either with Isobutene or tert-Butyl Alcohol, over Heterogeneous Catalysts 

  Estévez, R.; Aguado-Deblas, Laura; Luna, Diego; Bautista, F.M. (MDPI, 2019)

  Biodiesel production has considerably increased in recent decades, generating a surplus of crude glycerol, which is the main drawback for the economy of the process. To overcome this, many scientists have directed their ...

• NH4F Modified Al-SBA-15 Materials for Esterification of Valeric Acid to Alkyl Valerates 

  Blanco-Sánchez, Miguel; Franco, Ana; Pineda, A.; Balu, Alina M.; Romero, Antonio A.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2019)

  Al-SBA-15 materials were functionalized by ball milling with several niobium loadings (0.25–1 wt.%) and/or with several F- loadings, using NH4F as a precursor. The catalysts synthesized in this study were characterised by ...

• Influence of Boron, Tungsten and Molybdenum Modifiers on Zirconia Based Pt Catalyst for Glycerol Valorization 

  Checa Gómez, Manuel; Montes, Vicente; Hidalgo-Carrillo, J.; Marinas, Alberto; Urbano Navarro, Francisco José (MDPI, 2019)

  The influence of boron, tungsten and molybdenum modifiers on zirconia-based Pt catalyst was studied for glycerol valorization. Zirconia modified supports were prepared by impregnation of ZrO2 with either boric, silicontungstic ...

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