02019nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245012500055210006900180260000800249300001000257490000800267520129700275100002601572700002101598700002401619700002601643700003201669856012401701       2018                        eng d  a2468-823100aTuning the basicity of Cu-based mixed oxide catalysts towards the efficient conversion of glycerol to glycerol carbonate0 aTuning the basicity of Cubased mixed oxide catalysts towards the  cDEC  a53-620 v4603 aA series of efficient and robust Cu based mixed oxides were synthesized by a simple co-precipitation method and utilized for the production of glycerol carbonate (GC) via transesterification of glycerol with dimethyl carbonate (DMC). The synthesized materials were characterized using XRD, UV-vis spectroscopy, SEM, TEM, N-2 sorption, CO2-TPD, and XPS. The addition of Cu on Mg/Al mixed oxides exhibits significant changes in its physicochemical properties and catalytic activity. The obtained mixed oxides showed remarkably high transesterification activity towards the efficient conversion of glycerol to GC under economical reaction conditions without using any solvent. Among all the catalysts employed, highest catalytic activity was observed over MAC-0.6 catalyst with glycerol conversion of 96.4% and GC yield of 91.2%. The improved catalytic performance was observed mainly due to the optimized catalyst molar ratio and strong surface basicity. The strong surface basic sites were greatly attributed to the incorporation of Cu2+ cations in the MgAl (O) periclase that efficiently catalyzed the transesterification of glycerol with DMC. Furthermore, the reported catalyst was robust and could be recycled for more than five times without any significant loss in its catalytic activity.1 aManikandan, Marimuthu1 aPrabu, Marimuthu1 aKumar, S., K. Ashok1 aSangeetha, Palanivelu1 aVijayaraghavan, Rajagopalan  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/tuning-basicity-cu-based-mixed-oxide-catalysts-towards-efficient-conversion-glycerol02491nas a2200253   4500008004100000022001400041245014200055210006900197260000800266300001100274490000800285520163000293653001501923653001201938653001701950653001801967653001101985100002601996700002202022700002102044700002602065700002602091856012002117       2022                        eng d  a0921-510700aComparative investigation on the catalytic performance of HT/SBA-15 and SBA-15/HT composites for the isomerization of glucose to fructose0 aComparative investigation on the catalytic performance of HTSBA1  cDEC  a1160520 v2863 a<p>
	Hydrotalcites (HT) have a broad spectrum of applications as prosperous heterogeneous catalysts for diverse chemical transformations. The catalytic activity of HT-based materials can be tailored by introducing siliceous material into the internal or external framework. The surface modification of the HT framework with silica mesostructures leads to the formation of versatile Lewis base, Bronsted base and redox catalytic active sites. This work presents the comparative evaluation of the catalytic performance of HT/SBA-15 and SBA-15/HT composites for the isomerization of glucose to fructose using 1-butanol as a solvent. The composites with different external morphology were prepared by a modified template-assisted hydrothermal method, using different HT to SBA-15 proportions. The textural and morphological characterization results conferred the efficiency of the employed post-synthetic intercalation strategy to achieve the successful formation of HT/SBA-15 and SBA-15/HT composites. With optimal HT loading and surface basicity, the HTS-3 composite demonstrated the highest catalytic performance, resulting in good glucose conversions (54 %) with improved selectivity (&gt;83 %). The observed high reactivity could be mainly attributed to the extensive dispersion of HT particles on the SBA-15 component, which contributes to a significant increase in textural properties and surface basicity. Furthermore, special attention is devoted to addressing such reactivity phenomena as active site selectivity, catalyst multifunctionality and multisite reactivity commonly encountered in mesoporous catalysis.</p>
10acomposites10aglucose10ahydrotalcite10aisomerization10aSBA-151 aManikandan, Marimuthu1 aArjunan, Ayyappan1 aPrabu, Marimuthu1 aRaja, Thirumalaiswamy1 aSangeetha, Palanivelu  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/comparative-investigation-catalytic-performance-htsba-15-and-sba-15ht-composites