Issue 8, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Transfer hydrogenation of cellulose to sugar alcohols over supported ruthenium catalysts†

Hirokazu Kobayashi,a   Hisateru Matsuhashi,a   Tasuku Komanoya,ab   Kenji Haraa  and  Atsushi Fukuoka*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Catalysis Research Centre, Hokkaido University, Kita 21 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
E-mail: fukuoka@cat.hokudai.ac.jp
Fax: +81 11 706 9139

b Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

Abstract

Ru/C catalysts are active for the conversion of cellulose using 2-propanol or H2 of 0.8 MPa as sources of hydrogen, whereas the Ru/Al2O3 catalyst is inactive in both reactions, indicating that the Ru/C catalysts are remarkably effective for the cellulose conversion.

Graphical abstract: Transfer hydrogenation of cellulose to sugar alcohols over supported ruthenium catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC04311G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Oct 2010
Accepted
25 Nov 2010
First published
16 Dec 2010

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2366-2368

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Transfer hydrogenation of cellulose to sugar alcohols over supported ruthenium catalysts

H. Kobayashi, H. Matsuhashi, T. Komanoya, K. Hara and A. Fukuoka, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2366 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC04311G

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