Researchers develop new catalyst to produce acrylic acid and acrylates from corn

February 23, 2023 |

In Minnesota, researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, US, have developed what they say is a new catalyst technology that can convert renewable feedstock, such as corn, into acrylic acid and acrylates, which can be used the traditional applications including paints, coatings and superabsorbent polymers used in disposable nappies.

Publishing their research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society Gold , the researchers said that their catalyst formulation converts lactic acid-based chemicals derived from corn to acrylic acid and acrylates, with the highest yield achieved to date. They added that the catalyst also ‘exhibits substantially higher performance when benchmarked against other classes of leading catalysts’.

Category: Research

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