Preparation of Lactic Acid by Polymer-Catalyzed Conversion of Maltose in Aqueous Alkaline Media

Abstract:

The preparation of lactic acid (LA) from the conversion of carbohydrates through chemical ways has received much attention as a way of producing platform chemicals from renewable resources, but harsh reaction conditions were usually employed especially when environmentally benign solvent (water) was used as the reaction media. In this work, polymerizates of imidazole and epichlorohydrin ([IMEP]Cl) have been used as catalysts for the conversion of maltose to LA. Several factors, including the temperature, the NaOH concentration, the [IMEP]Cl loading and the maltose concentration, were found to affect LA yield, and the process was optimized by method of orthogonal experiment. The order of significant factors was found to be maltose concentration > temperature > [IMEP]Cl loading > NaOH concentration. The optimum yield of LA was 48.5%. This route provides a new strategy for carbohydrates conversion to produce fine chemicals.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1004-1005)
• Pages: 947-953
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1004-1005.947
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Xin Cheng Wang, Yan Lei Song, Ya Mei Wang, Chong Pin Huang*, Ying Xia Li, Biao Hua Chen
• Keywords: [IMEP]Cl, Alkaline, Lactic Acid, Maltose, Orthogonal Experiment

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