Recognizing soft templates as stimulators in multivariate modulation of tin phosphate and its application in catalysis for alkyl levulinate synthesis
Pandian Manjunathan, Dhanush Shanbhag, Ajayan Vinu, Ganapati V. Shanbhag
Abstract
Soft template tunes and controls explicitly both morphology and nature of active sites during the synthesis of tin phosphate catalyst. This synthesis strategy helped in producing alkyl levulinate in high yields from one-pot alcoholysis of furfuryl alcohol.
Topics & Concepts
TinAlkylCatalysisFurfuryl alcoholTemplateChemistryAlcoholPhosphateCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyCatalysis for Biomass ConversionPolyoxometalates: Synthesis and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and Reactions