Catalysis glycerol oxidation

Pollington SD, Enache DI, Landon P, Meenakshisundaram S. Dimitratos N, Wagland A, Hutchings GJ, Stitt EH. Enhanced selective glycerol oxidation in multiphase structured reactors. Catalysis Today 2009 145( 1-2) 169-175. 

The first part of this chapter is intended to survey recent literature on new catalytic materials because the development of new types of metal oxides and layered- and carbon-based materials with different morphologies opens up novel acid-base catalysis that enables new type of clean reaction technologies. Mechanistic considerations of acid- and base-catalyzed reactions should result in new clean catalytic processes for Green and Sustainable Chemistry, for example, transformations of biorenewable feedstock into value-added chemicals and fuels [21-35]. The latter part of this chapter, therefore, focuses on biomass conversion using solid acid and base catalysts, which covers recent developments on acid-base, one-pot reaction systems for carbon-carbon bond formations, and biomass conversion including synthesis of furfurals from sugars, biodiesel production, and glycerol utilization. 

Zhang, Z., Xin, L., Li, W. (2012). Electrocatalytic oxidation of glycerol on Pt/C in anion-exchange membrane fuel cell cogeneration of electricity and valuable chemicals. Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 119, 40—48. 

LPL is the major enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of circulating TAG moiety of both classes of TAG-rich lipoproteins the chylomicrons and VLDL, generating FFA, that are either oxidized in the muscles or reesterified in the adipose tissues, and glycerol that is returned to the liver. LPL plays a central role in overall lipoprotein metabolism, where (1) the successive interaction of VLDL with LPL generates the LDL that are involved in forward cholesterol transport and (2) the remnant lipoprotein particles so formed from LPL catalysis contributes to the maturation of HDL precursors, the latter of which is then involved in reverse cholesterol transport [21, 22], Perturbation in LPL activity could therefore lead to significant metabolic consequences, and LPL has been implicated in pathophysiological conditions characterized... 

Porta, F. and Prati, L. (2004). Selective Oxidation of Glycerol to Sodium Glycerate with Gold-On-Carbon Catalyst An Insight into Reaction Selectivity, Journal of Catalysis, 224(2), pp. 397 03. 

Demirel-Gulen, S., Lucas, M. and Claus, P. (2005). Liquid Phase Oxidation of Glycerol over Carbon Supported Gold Catalysts, Catalysis Today, 102, pp. 166-172. 

Simoes, M., Baranton, S., and Coutanceau, C. (2010) Electro-oxidation of glycerol at Pd based nano-catalysts for an application in alkaline fuel cells for chemicals and energy cogeneration. Applied Catalysis B Environmental,... 

Ketchie, W.C., Fang, Y.-L., Wong, M.S., Murayama, M., and Davis, R.J. (2007) Influence of gold particle size on the aqueous-phase oxidation of carbon monoxide and glycerol. Journal of Catalysis, 250 (1), 94-101. 

Zhang, Z.Y., Xin, L., Qi, J., Chadderdon, D.J., Sun, K., Warsko, K.M., and Li, W.Z. (2014) Selective electro-oxidation of glycerol to tartronate or mesoxalate on Au nanoparticle catalyst via electrode potential tuning in anion-exchange membrane electro-catalytic flow reactor. Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 147, 871-878. 

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