Aerobic Acetalization of Ethylene Glycol with Acetone by Newly Designed Highly Efficient Soft NiO@B@GCN Nanocubes Catalyst

Dubey, N and Yadav, RK and Mishra, S and Shahin, R and Singh, S and Dwivedi, DK and Chaudhary, S and Gupta, NK and Baeg, J-O (2024) Aerobic Acetalization of Ethylene Glycol with Acetone by Newly Designed Highly Efficient Soft NiO@B@GCN Nanocubes Catalyst. In: Catalysis Letters .

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Abstract

The ultimate objective is to create strategies for glycol acetalization that are both economically and ecologically benign. The product cyclic dioxolane formed by acetalization of glycol shows excellent solvent properties as it is non-carcinogenic and causes no ozone related problems. It is used as a component of solvent in batteries and also finds application in the fragrance, flavour, pharmaceutical, polymers and textile industries. Herein we report a highly promising and environmentally benign process for converting glycol into 2,2 dimethyl 1,3 dioxolane via acetalization through NiO@B@GCN nanocubes catalys. Comprehensive analysis shows that the high catalytic performance of NiO@B@GCN nanocubes is the result of the cooperation of band gap engineering and efficient charge transfer capabilities. This work demonstrates the use of a synergistic strategy to effectively synthesize soft NiO@B@GCN nanocubes as a promising catalyst that exhibit excellent product yield. Graphical Abstract: (Figure presented.) © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Catalysis Letters
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Springer.
Keywords:	Acetone; Charge transfer; Energy gap; Ethylene; Nanocatalysts; Nickel oxide; Organic solvents; Polyols; Textile industry, Acetalization; Carcinogenics; Comprehensive analysis; Dioxolane; Environmentally benign process; High catalytic performance; Nanocubes; Soft NiO@B@GCN nanocube; Solvent properties; ]+ catalyst, Ethylene glycol
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Sustainable Technologies (formerly ASTRA)
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2024 07:17
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2024 07:17
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/85133

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