Patent ID: 9546124
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: B01J,C07C

Claim:
1. A method of comprising acrylic acid from glycerol, comprising: (a) preparing products including allyl alcohol from reactants comprising glycerol and carboxylic acid; (b) adding a heterogeneous catalyst and a basic solution to the product comprising allyl alcohol and then performing oxidation, thus preparing a mixture comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and acrylic acid; (c) dehydrating 3-hydroxypropionic acid of the mixture comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and acrylic acid, thus producing acrylic acid, wherein the heterogeneous catalyst of (b) is configured such that gold having a size of 5 nm or less is loaded on a carrier, and wherein the carrier is cerium oxide (CeO