Issue 4, 2011
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Green Chemistry

Mixed-acid systems for the catalytic synthesis of methyl levulinate from cellulose

Ken-ichi Tominaga,*a   Atsushi Mori,a   Yuriko Fukushima,a   Shigeru Shimadaa  and  Kazuhiko Satoa  

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a National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
E-mail: k-tominaga@aist.go.jp
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Abstract

Mixed-acid systems consisting of both Lewis and Brønsted acids were found to be efficient catalysts for direct synthesis of methyl levulinate from cellulose.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0GC00715C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Oct 2010
Accepted
05 Jan 2011
First published
14 Feb 2011

Green Chem., 2011,13, 810-812

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Mixed-acid systems for the catalytic synthesis of methyl levulinate from cellulose

K. Tominaga, A. Mori, Y. Fukushima, S. Shimada and K. Sato, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 810 DOI: 10.1039/C0GC00715C

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