Pseudoionone synthesis from citral and acetone in a fixed bed catalytic reactor with lanthanum modified calcium oxide

The industrial process of pseudoionone synthesis from citral uses a homogeneous catalyst with excessive acetone as a solvent-cum reactant in a stirred tank batch reactor which needs to be replaced by a better heterogeneously catalyzed, solventless, and ecofriendly flow process as shown by the current work.