Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 92-96Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ee23057g
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- Max Planck Society
- ERC Advanced Grant
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Excellence Initiative by the German federal and state governments to promote science and research at German universities
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Cellulose is both insoluble in water and resistant against hydrolysis. These features pose major problems for its conversion into platform chemicals. Herein, we demonstrate that mechanocatalytic, solid-state depolymerization combined with hydrogenolysis, in the presence of Ru/C in water, provides a highly efficient pathway for the production of sugar alcohols. This novel approach leads to yields of hexitols up to 94% at 150 degrees C in an overall process time of 4 h.
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