Catalytic deep eutectic solvents for highly efficient conversion of cellulose to gluconic acid with gluconic acid self-precipitation separation†
Abstract
A family of FeCl3ยท6H2O based catalytic deep eutectic solvents (CDESs) were formed and used for the conversion of cellulose to gluconic acid with high efficiency. More importantly, gluconic acid could be separated from the reaction system by self-precipitation.