Polyamides are present in many different products, such as ropes for mountaineering, parachutes of nylon, and materials for 3D printing. Dicarboxylic acids are used as chemical building blocks for these polyamides. However, their production has been challenging to date because current methods of generating dicarboxylic acids from saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbons frequently involve multiple steps as well as the use of heavy metals and strong acids, while the related energy consumption and costs are extensive.
Furthermore, the process often results in the release of nitrogen oxides , which are among the most problematic greenhouse gases as far as the climate is concerned. Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Evonik have recently developed an environmentally friendly way to produce Electrochemistry provides new opportunities
"Our technique is the first-ever process to make the building blocks for polyamides from petrochemical compounds and evenusing a fairly sparing approach," said Professor Siegfried Waldvogel, speaker of the SusInnoScience—Sustainable Chemistry as the Key to Innovation in Resource-efficient Science in the Anthropocene—research focus at Mainz University.
The new technique involves an electrochemical method in which hydrocarbons with double or triple bonds are transferred to an electrolysis cell filled with a solvent. Oxygen is then added, whereby the greater the"What is really fascinating about our process is that the electrochemical intervention is needed at both the anode and the cathode," explained Waldvogel. While oxidative radicals are created at the anode, the oxygen at the opposite electrode is reduced to superoxide anions.
. The researchers have repeated the process successfully in both standard and flow electrolytic cells.This new technique has many advantages: Heavy metals and strong acids are no longer necessary while no nitrogen oxides are generated. The only starting materials needed are oxygen, electricity, and hydrocarbons with double bonds. Because no byproducts are created and the solvent can be recovered and recycled, the process is very cost-effective.
"This is an innovative and less detrimental process for producing carboxylic acids, thus providing a valuable contribution to those manufacturers who wish to replace the climate-damaging processes with a green approach," concluded Waldvogel. The research team is currently working on a scale-up of the lab process to make it practicable for commercial use.
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