Avaliação dos catalisadores SnO2, MoO3 e SnO2/MoO3 na conversão da frutose

Abstract

The development of heterogeneous catalysts, which are efficient and easy recovery, is major technological challenges faced, linked to environmental and economic concerns. In the present work we studied the catalytic SnO2 systems, MoO3 and SnO2/MoO3 in the conversion of fructose, with particular attention to SnO2/MoO3 systems, which were synthesized in various proportions by weight of molybdenum oxide, using the impregnation technique By wet method, aiming to obtain materials with high industrial applicability. The catalysts were characterized using various techniques, including, thermogravimetric analysis (TG/DTA), absorption spectroscopy in the infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, diffraction X-ray (XRD), FTIR using pyridine as probe molecule spectroscopy Diffuse ultraviolet-visible reflectance (DRS) and fisistion analysis (BET). In addition to these techniques, the acid sites of the catalysts were measured by the aqueous method using sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid as the titrant. The results show that the main factor that influences the conversion of fructose are present the acid sites in the catalysts. This study shows that the molybdenum oxide obtained high fructose conversions at temperatures of 150 ° C and 190 ° C, but this does not reflect the products quantified by HPLC, with a large production of insoluble materials in the reaction medium, which are the main cause fouling of catalysts. On the other hand, tin oxide presented low activity in the conversion of fructose, but high selectivity to Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). In this context, the catalyst that provided good conversions and less formation of insoluble materials was SnMo25, being HMF selective. On the other hand, SnMo50 and SnMo75 provided high selectivity to lactic acid, but with the inconvenience of formation of insoluble products in appreciable quantity. The impregnation was an effective strategy for the formation of new sites and reuse leaching test and showed promising results.