Issue 44, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Maximising opportunities in supercritical chemistry: the continuous conversion of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone in CO2

Richard A. Bourne,a   James G. Stevens,a   Jie Kea  and  Martyn Poliakoff*a  

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a School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: Martyn.Poliakoff@nottingham.ac.uk
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Abstract

Phase behaviour is manipulated during the hydrogenation of aqueous levulinic acid in supercritical CO2 to separate almost pure γ-valerolactone from water and unreacted acid with reduced energy requirements compared to conventional processing.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B708754C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jun 2007
Accepted
05 Oct 2007
First published
16 Oct 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 4632-4634

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Maximising opportunities in supercritical chemistry: the continuous conversion of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone in CO2

R. A. Bourne, J. G. Stevens, J. Ke and M. Poliakoff, Chem. Commun., 2007, 4632 DOI: 10.1039/B708754C

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