Dehydration of Glycerol to Acrolein over Sulfated Iron Oxide Catalysts

Resumo

The problem of disposal of glycerol, the main waste product in the production of biodiesel, has been explored. It has been shown that cheap catalysts on the basis of iron(III) oxide can be use for mediating the transformation of glycerol to acrolein—an important intermediate product of industrial organic synthesis. The influence of external factors on the process of dehydration of glycerol to acrolein has been examined.