Sustainable catalytic epoxidation of biorenewable terpene feedstocks using H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> as an oxidant in flow microreactors
Joshua D. Tibbetts, William B. Cunningham, Massimiliano Vezzoli, Paweł Pluciński, Steven D. Bull
Abstract
Sustainable solvent-free continuous flow epoxidation of biorenewable terpenes using a recyclable tungsten-based polyoxometalate phase transfer catalyst and benign H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> oxidant.
Topics & Concepts
MicroreactorCatalysisTerpeneChemistryPolyoxometalateFlow chemistrySolventOrganic chemistryTungstenChemical engineeringEngineeringPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization StudiesChemical Synthesis and Reactions