Kumaravel S, Thiripuranthagan S, Durai M, Erusappan E, Vembuli T. Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over Sn/Al-SBA-15 catalysts.
NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI:
10.1039/d0nj01288b]
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Abstract
The synthesized inexpensive catalysts show high catalytic transfer hydrogenation activity at ambient N2 pressure under non-corrosive conditions. The Sn/Al-SBA-15 (25) catalyst exhibited the highest catalytic activity with 99% conversion of levulinic acid and 100% selectivity towards GVL.
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