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Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose into Sugar Alcohols
Author(s) -
Fukuoka Atsushi,
Dhepe Paresh L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200601921
Subject(s) - cellulose , catalysis , sugar , hydrolysis , chemistry , bifunctional , sorbitol , organic chemistry , reducing sugar , oxide , hydrogen
Sweetly done : Pt or Ru catalysts supported on inorganic oxides show high activity for the conversion of cellulose into sugar alcohols (mainly sorbitol) in water under hydrogen pressure; furthermore, the catalysts can be recycled over repeated runs. Glucose is produced in low yields, thus suggesting that the Pt (or Ru)/oxide works as a bifunctional catalyst for the hydrolysis of cellulose and subsequent reduction to sugar alcohols.