Research Progress in Preparation of Alkyl Pyruvate from Alkyl Lactate by Oxidative Dehydrogenation
Biomass resources instead of fossil to produce fuels and chemicals has become one of the important research fields.This article reviews the research work on the preparation of alkyl pyruvate using biomass platform molecules alkyl lactate as raw materials in recent years.The main reactions include gas phase catalytic reaction,liquid phase catalytic reaction and photocatalytic reaction.The effects of various types of catalysts on the performance of the reaction were discussed in detail.Finally,the development prospect of catalytic conversion of lactate to pyruvate was prospected.