Synthesis of liquid menthol by hydrogenation of dementholized peppermint oil over Ni catalysts

AUTOR(ES)

Manuale, Debora L., Betti, Carolina, Marchi, Alberto J., Yori, Juan C., Romeo, Eva

FONTE

Química Nova

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

Hydrogenation of (-)-menthone and (+)-isomenthone was studied at 2.7 MPa and 100 ºC. The objective was to produce a liquid menthol mixture rich in (-)-menthol from dementholized peppermint oil. Ni-based catalysts were tested and compared for this reaction: a) 6 and 12% Ni dispersed into a nonstoichiometric magnesium aluminate (Ni-Mg-Al) with spinel structure; b) Ni-Raney catalyst. Both types of catalysts were active for (-)-menthone and (+)-isomenthone hydrogenation. Lower conversion but higher selectivity to (-)-menthol was obtained with Ni-Mg-Al catalysts. However, they rapidly lost their activity. Instead Ni-Raney catalysts kept its original activity even after several hydrogenation runs.

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