Caprolactone from Sugar Platform Chemicals Conversion of 1,6-Hexanediol to Caprolactone
Caprolactone from sugar platform chemicals Conversion of 1,6-hexanediol to caprolactone Master’s thesis in Innovative and Sustainable Chemical Engineering (MPISC) ANDREA TORRE POZA Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Gothenburg, Sweden 2019 Master’s Thesis 2019 M.Sc. Innovative and Sustainable Chemical Engineering Caprolactone from sugar platforms chemicals Conversion of 1,6-hexanediol to caprolactone ANDREA TORRE POZA Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden 2019 ii Caprolactone from sugar platform chemicals Conversion of 1,6-hexanediol to caprolactone Andrea Torre Poza © ANDREA TORRE POZA, 2019. Supervisor: Houman Ojagh, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Examiners: Louise Olsson, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Derek Creaser, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Collaborations: Perstorp AB Sekab AB Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chalmers University of Technology SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Telephone + 46 (0)31-772 1000 iii Acknowledgements This project was carried out at the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department in collaboration with Perstorp AB and Sekab AB. I would like to thank Houman Ojagh for his supervision during this project and everything he has touch me during these months. I also want to thank Louise Olsson and Derek Creaser for their useful advice and discussions. Also, I would like to express my gratitude to the three of them for letting me be part of this project. To all the people working in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering department, thank you for making me feel so welcome; especially to Rojin for her kind support. I thank my friends, Naz and Martin, for this two amazing year studying together and to all the other wonderful friends I met during my Masters.
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