Vapor-phase oxidation of ethylene glycol methanolic solution into methyl glycolate over CuO-containing catalysts

• Date: 2022
• Main Authors: Varvarin, Anatolii M., Levytska, Svitlana I., Mylin, Artur M., Zinchenko, Oleksii Yu., Brei, Volodymyr V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2022
• Subjects: метилгліколат; етиленгліколь; мідьвмісні каталізатори; газо-фазне окиснення
• Online Access: https://kataliz.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/82
• Journal Title: Catalysis and petrochemistry

The gas-phase oxidation of ethylene glycol and methanol mixture into methyl glycolate С2H6O2+CH3OH+O2 = C3H6O3+2H2О over synthesized copper-containing catalysts was studied.  Methyl glycolate can be considered as raw material for obtaining biodegradable polygly...