Issue 4, 2011
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Green Chemistry

Selective conversion of concentrated microcrystalline cellulose to isosorbide over Ru/C catalyst†

Guanfeng Liang,ab   Chaoyong Wu,ab   Limin He,ab   Jun Ming,ab   Haiyang Cheng,a   Linhai Zhuoa  and  Fengyu Zhao*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Laboratory of Green Chemistry and process, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, P. R. China
E-mail: zhaofy@ciac.jl.cn
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b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Abstract

Highly concentrated microcrystalline cellulose was directly converted to isosorbide with yields of 35–50%, providing a new approach for producing important fine chemicals from biomass.

Graphical abstract: Selective conversion of concentrated microcrystalline cellulose to isosorbide over Ru/C catalyst

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1GC15098G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jan 2011
Accepted
21 Feb 2011
First published
10 Mar 2011

Green Chem., 2011,13, 839-842

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Selective conversion of concentrated microcrystalline cellulose to isosorbide over Ru/C catalyst

G. Liang, C. Wu, L. He, J. Ming, H. Cheng, L. Zhuo and F. Zhao, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 839 DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15098G

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