Journal
CHEMSUSCHEM
Volume 4, Issue 12, Pages 1838-1843Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201100483
Keywords
biomass; hydrolysis; gold; hydrogenation; heterogeneous catalysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20873026, 21073042]
- New Century Excellent Talents in the University of China [NCET-09-0305]
- State Key Basic Research Program of PRC [2009CB623506]
- Science & Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [08DZ2270 500]
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The utilization of biomass has recently attracted tremendous attention as a potential alternative to petroleum for the production of liquid fuels and chemicals. We report an efficient alcohol-mediated reactive extraction strategy by which a hydrophobic mixture of butyl levulinate and formate esters, derived from cellulosic biomass, can be converted to valuable ?-valerolactone (GVL) by a simple supported gold catalyst system without need of an external hydrogen source. The essential role of the supported gold is to facilitate the rapid and selective decomposition of butyl formate to produce a hydrogen stream, which enables the highly effective reduction of butyl levulinate into GVL. This protocol simplifies the recovery and recycling of sulfuric acid, which is used for cellulose deconstruction.
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