Issue 2, 2003
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New Journal of Chemistry

A new strategy for the efficient synthesis of 2-methylfuran and γ-butyrolactone

Yu-Lei Zhu,a   Hong-Wei Xiang,a   Yong-Wang Li,*a   Haijun Jiao,ab   Gui-Sheng Wu,a   Bing Zhonga  and  Guang-Qing Guoc  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion (SKLCC), Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 165, Taiyuan, P. R. China
E-mail: ywl@sxicc.ac.cn
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b Institut für Organische Katalyseforschung an der Universität Rostock e.V., Buchbinderstraße 5-6, Rostock, Germany

c Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

A novel process involving the coupling of the hydrogenation of furfural and the dehydrogenation of 1,4-butanediol has been studied in the vapor phase for the synthesis of 2-methylfuran (2-MF) and γ-butyrolactone (γ-BL) over the same Cu-based catalyst. It was found that hydrogen and heat energy are utilized with high efficiency in this process.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B208849P
Article type
Letter
Submitted
09 Sep 2002
Accepted
11 Nov 2002
First published
24 Dec 2002

New J. Chem., 2003,27, 208-210

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A new strategy for the efficient synthesis of 2-methylfuran and γ-butyrolactone

Y. Zhu, H. Xiang, Y. Li, H. Jiao, G. Wu, B. Zhong and G. Guo, New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 208 DOI: 10.1039/B208849P

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