Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 11, 2026

A Novel Method for the Pentosan Analysis Present in Jute Biomass and Its Conversion into Sugar Monomers Using Acidic Ionic Liquid
Published on: June 1, 2018
Hierarchical SAPO-34 Architectures with Tailored Acid Sites using Sustainable Sugar Templates
Ivana Miletto1, Chiara Ivaldi1, Geo Paul1
1Department of Science and Technological Innovation Università del Piemonte Orientale Viale T. Michel 11 15121 Alessandria Italy.
Abstract:
In a distinct, bottom-up synthetic methodology, monosaccharides (fructose and glucose) and disaccharides (sucrose) have been used as mesoporogens to template hierarchical SAPO-34 catalysts. Detailed materials characterization, which includes solid-state magic angle spinning NMR and probe-based FTIR, reveals that, although the mesopore dimensions are modified by the identity of the sugar template, the desirable acid characteristics of the microporous framework are retained. When the activity of the hierarchical SAPO-34 catalysts was evaluated in the industrially relevant Beckmann rearrangement, under liquid-phase conditions, the enhanced mass-transport properties of sucrose-templated hierarchical SAPO-34 were found to deliver a superior yield of ϵ-caprolactam.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Phloem and Sugar Transport
Sustainable Development
DNA as a Genetic Template
DNA as a Genetic Template
Conserved Binding Sites
Binding sites are often located in large pockets, and if their location on a protein’s surface is unknown, it can be predicted using various approaches. The energetic method computationally...
Ligand Binding Sites
Protein-ligand interactions are quite specific; even though numerous potential ligands surround a cellular protein at any given time, only a particular ligand can bind to that protein. Moreover, a ligand binds only to a dedicated area on the surface of the protein, known as the...

