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Back Cover: Conversion of Cellulose into Isosorbide over Bifunctional Ruthenium Nanoparticles Supported on Niobium Phosphate (ChemSusChem 11/2013)
Author(s) -
Sun Peng,
Long Xiangdong,
He Hao,
Xia Chungu,
Li Fuwei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201301044
Subject(s) - ruthenium , cellulose , bifunctional , isosorbide , nanoparticle , cover (algebra) , niobium , chemistry , phosphate , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering , mechanical engineering
The back cover image shows the production of isosorbide from the one‐pot hydrolytic hydrogenation and dehydration of inedible cellulose. Dr Fuwei Li and co‐workers show that isosorbide production can be achieved under hydrothermal conditions over a recyclable ruthenium catalyst supported on mesoporous niobium phosphate without the addition of soluble acids. This efficient and sustainable protocol could close the carbon cycle as a result of plants taking up CO 2 generated from the end products. More details can be found in the Full Paper by Sun et. al on page 2190 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201300701) .