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Highly Efficient Conversion of Renewable Levulinic Acid to n-Butyl Levulinate Catalyzed by Sulfonated Magnetic Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes

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A new solid acid catalyst Fe3O4@TNTs-SO3H was successfully prepared, characterized, and applied for efficient conversion of renewable levulinic acid to n-butyl levulinate, serving as a promising liquid fuel additive. This catalyst was demonstrated to show high catalytic activity and afford n-butyl levulinate with a yield of 94.6% under optimum conditions.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21606082), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2018JJ3334), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M662787), and Research Learning and Innovative Experiment Project of Undergraduates in Hunan Province (201810542040).

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  2. National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petro-Chemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

    Wenguang Zhao & Xianxiang Liu

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Mao, FF., Zhao, W., Tao, DJ. et al. Highly Efficient Conversion of Renewable Levulinic Acid to n-Butyl Levulinate Catalyzed by Sulfonated Magnetic Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes. Catal Lett 150, 2709–2715 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03177-0

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