Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil

Acid-catalysed esterification converts organic acids in bio-oil into useful esters. However, the conditions to carry out esterification also promote the hydrolysis of anhydro-sugars in bio-oil. This paper reports the hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of bio-oil using A...

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Main Authors: Gunawan, Richard, Li, X., Larcher, Alfons, Hu, Xun, Mourant, Daniel, Chaiwat, Weerawut, Wu, Hongwei, Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23100
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author Gunawan, Richard
Li, X.
Larcher, Alfons
Hu, Xun
Mourant, Daniel
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Wu, Hongwei
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_facet Gunawan, Richard
Li, X.
Larcher, Alfons
Hu, Xun
Mourant, Daniel
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Wu, Hongwei
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_sort Gunawan, Richard
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Acid-catalysed esterification converts organic acids in bio-oil into useful esters. However, the conditions to carry out esterification also promote the hydrolysis of anhydro-sugars in bio-oil. This paper reports the hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of bio-oil using Amberlyst-70 solid acid catalyst at 70–170 _C. The bio-oil was prepared from the fast pyrolysis of mallee biomass in a fluidised- bed reactor. Our results show that sugar oligomers and levoglucosan in bio-oil can be hydrolysed to form D-glucose, which further reacts with methanol to form methyl-a-D-glucopyranoside, concurrently with the esterification of acids (e.g. formic, acetic and propionic acids) in bio-oil. The effects of other important parameters such as catalyst loading and methanol to bio-oil ratio on the hydrolysis-glycosidation of sugar compounds present in bio-oil are also reported.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-231002017-09-13T13:56:21Z Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil Gunawan, Richard Li, X. Larcher, Alfons Hu, Xun Mourant, Daniel Chaiwat, Weerawut Wu, Hongwei Li, Chun-Zhu Acid-catalysed esterification converts organic acids in bio-oil into useful esters. However, the conditions to carry out esterification also promote the hydrolysis of anhydro-sugars in bio-oil. This paper reports the hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of bio-oil using Amberlyst-70 solid acid catalyst at 70–170 _C. The bio-oil was prepared from the fast pyrolysis of mallee biomass in a fluidised- bed reactor. Our results show that sugar oligomers and levoglucosan in bio-oil can be hydrolysed to form D-glucose, which further reacts with methanol to form methyl-a-D-glucopyranoside, concurrently with the esterification of acids (e.g. formic, acetic and propionic acids) in bio-oil. The effects of other important parameters such as catalyst loading and methanol to bio-oil ratio on the hydrolysis-glycosidation of sugar compounds present in bio-oil are also reported. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23100 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.08.032 Elsevier Science Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Gunawan, Richard
Li, X.
Larcher, Alfons
Hu, Xun
Mourant, Daniel
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Wu, Hongwei
Li, Chun-Zhu
Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title_full Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title_fullStr Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title_full_unstemmed Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title_short Hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
title_sort hydrolysis and glycosidation of sugars during the esterification of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23100