title: Green chemistry: biodiesel made with sugar catalyst.
abstract: The production of diesel from vegetable oil calls for an efficient solid catalyst to make the process fully ecologically friendly. Here we describe the preparation of such a catalyst from common, inexpensive sugars. This high-performance catalyst, which consists of stable sulphonated amorphous carbon, is recyclable and its activity markedly exceeds that of other solid acid catalysts tested for 'biodiesel' production.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takagaki
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Junko N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazunari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Domen
authors.forename: Michikazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D004951:Esterification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005648:Fuel Oils
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005648:Fuel Oils; D002244:Carbon