Issue 9, 2014
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Catalysis Science & Technology

An improved catalytic system for the reduction of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone†

József M. Tukacs,a   Márton Novák,b   Gábor Dibób  and  László T. Mika*a  

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a Department of Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
E-mail: laszlo.t.mika@mail.bme.hu
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b Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

An improved bidentate phosphine-modified recyclable catalytic system was developed for the selective conversion of biomass-derived levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone with a TOF of 21 233 h−1 in solvent-, chlorine- and additive-free reaction environments.

Graphical abstract: An improved catalytic system for the reduction of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CY00719K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Jun 2014
Accepted
03 Jul 2014
First published
04 Jul 2014

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014,4, 2908-2912

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An improved catalytic system for the reduction of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone

J. M. Tukacs, M. Novák, G. Dibó and L. T. Mika, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4, 2908 DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00719K

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