Production of aromatics from biomass by computer-aided selection of the zeolite catalyst
Vicente J. Margarit, Eva María Martínez Gallego, Cecilia Paris, Mercedes Boronat, Manuel Moliner, Avelino Corma
Abstract
DS-ITQ-2 has been proposed as catalyst for the Diels–Alder (DA) reaction between 2,5-dimethylfuran and ethylene to produce<italic>p</italic>-xylene based on the fact that the organic molecule employed for its synthesis mimics the DA intermediate cycloadduct.
Topics & Concepts
ZeoliteCatalysisEthyleneChemistryXyleneOrganic chemistrySelection (genetic algorithm)Biomass (ecology)Yield (engineering)Materials scienceTolueneComputer scienceBiologyMetallurgyArtificial intelligenceAgronomyCatalysis for Biomass ConversionZeolite Catalysis and SynthesisCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies