Value-Added Chemicals from Glycerol Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Glycerol to Heteroaromatics


Bayramoğlu D., Güllü M.

44th World Chemistry Congress UIPAC, İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 - 16 Ağustos 2013

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Yayınlanmadı
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The petroleum oil has an important place within the chemical industries as a natural energy sources. However, due to the fact that it’s a non-renewable resource, there is a demand for the utilization of alternative resources for the replacement of petroleum-based chemicals. Therefore, nowadays it is crucial to utilize renewable raw-materials (e.g. glycerol) to obtain value-added chemicals [1]. One-pot syntheses of heterocyclic compounds such as pyridine and quinoline derivatives using a renewable chemical, glycerol, have been investigated by microwave-assisted reactions. In the first step of our research, thermal conversion of glycerol has been studied under microwave heating with different ammonia source compounds ((NH4)2HPO4, (NH4)2SO4, NH4Cl etc.) in acidic medium [2,5]. In these reactions, a mixture of mainly 3-methylpyridine and pyridine, including ethylpyridine and ethyl,methylpyridine has been successfully obtained in one-pot synthesis. In order to improve the yields of pyridine derivatives, optimization studies were performed. In the presence of acetic acid, it was observed that the product yields were increased up to 70%. Glycerol was also reacted with various aniline derivatives using microwave energy in accordance with the known Skraup synthesis conditions. Different quinoline derivatives were synthesized successfully by the reaction of glycerol with aniline derivatives [3,4,5]. All new compounds were identified using data obtained from FTIR, HPLC, GC-MS and 1HNMR analysis.