Kühne B, Vogel H, Meusinger R, Kunz S, Kunz M. Mechanistic study on –C–O– and –C–C– hydrogenolysis over Cu catalysts: identification of reaction pathways and key intermediates.
Catal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI:
10.1039/c7cy02426f]
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Abstract
Sugar alcohols are found to adsorb over Cu catalysts via two vicinal OH-groups, forming a chelate complex with selective –C–O– bond cleavage of adjacent free OH-groups. Different side reactions via unsaturated intermediates on the catalyst surface yield C1 to C5 polyols.
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