Conformal sulfated zirconia monolayer catalysts for the one-pot synthesis of ethyl levulinate from glucose

Gabriel Morales; Amin Osatiashtiani; Blanca Hernández; Jose Iglesias; Juan A. Melero; Marta Paniagua; D. Robert Brown; Marta Granollers; Adam F. Lee; Karen Wilson

doi:10.1039/C4CC04594G

Conformal sulfated zirconia monolayer catalysts for the one-pot synthesis of ethyl levulinate from glucose†

Gabriel Morales,^a Amin Osatiashtiani,^b Blanca Hernández,^a Jose Iglesias,^a Juan A. Melero,*^a Marta Paniagua,^a D. Robert Brown,^c Marta Granollers,^c Adam F. Lee

^b and Karen Wilson*^b

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^a Department of Chemical and Energy Tech, Chemical and Environmental Tech, Mechanical Tech and Analytical Chemistry, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipan. s/n. E-28933, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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^b European Bioenergy Research Institute, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
E-mail: k.wilson@aston.ac.uk
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^c School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK
E-mail: d.r.brown@hud.ac.uk
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Abstract

Here we describe a simple route to creating conformal sulphated zirconia monolayers throughout an SBA-15 architecture that confers efficient acid-catalysed one-pot conversion of glucose to ethyl levulinate.

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Conformal sulfated zirconia monolayer catalysts for the one-pot synthesis of ethyl levulinate from glucose†

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