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Applications Of Vanadium Phthalocyanine In Catalytic, Acid-Based Medium To Couple Sugar Molecules, Juan Ricardo Luna
Applications Of Vanadium Phthalocyanine In Catalytic, Acid-Based Medium To Couple Sugar Molecules, Juan Ricardo Luna
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The vanadium-substituted tetraazatetrabenzoporphyrin, vanadium phthalocyanine, was synthesized via reflux and characterized using FITR and XRD analysis. Subsequent to synthesis, the vanadium phthalocyanine was studied as a catalyst in redox reactions to convert fructose to different molecules, the products were predominately levulinic methyl ester and heptadionic acid. The ability to convert fructose to other compounds, such as alkyl levulinic derivative, is an important process to help eliminate reliance on traditional chemical feed stocks and promote alternative fuels. Levulinic acid has been commonly used as a starting material in the synthesis of biofuels and a precursor for pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, THF derivatives, γ-valerolatone. …