Issue 4, 2013
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Green Chemistry

Conversion of highly concentrated cellulose to 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol over highly efficient CuCr catalysts†

Zihui Xiao,a   Shaohua Jin,a   Min Panga  and  Changhai Liang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Catalytic Engineering School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
E-mail: changhai@dlut.edu.cn
Fax: (+86)-411-84986353

Abstract

Direct hydrogenolysis of highly concentrated cellulose (up to 15 wt%) into 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol without the formation of coke-like precipitates could be performed over CuCr catalysts. Addition of Ca(OH)2 results in a significant increase in the EG yield.

Graphical abstract: Conversion of highly concentrated cellulose to 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol over highly efficient CuCr catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3GC40134K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Dec 2012
Accepted
12 Feb 2013
First published
13 Feb 2013

Green Chem., 2013,15, 891-895

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Conversion of highly concentrated cellulose to 1,2-propanediol and ethylene glycol over highly efficient CuCr catalysts

Z. Xiao, S. Jin, M. Pang and C. Liang, Green Chem., 2013, 15, 891 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC40134K

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