Formation of lactic acid from glycolaldehyde by alkaline hydrothermal reaction.
Alkali hydrothermal experiments with glycolaldehyde were carried out at 300 degrees C. Glycolaldehyde was converted into lactic acid in a yield of 28% based on the starting carbon mass of glycolaldehyde. A conversion pathway for glycolaldehyde into lactic acid is proposed and our results suggest that the pathway via glycolaldehyde is also important in the conversion of glucose into lactic acid.
Kishida
Hisanori
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Environmental Systems Headquarters, Environmental Research and Development Center, Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kyoto 625-8501, Japan.
Jin
Fangming
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Yan
Xiuyi
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Moriya
Takehiko
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Enomoto
Heiji
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D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007700:Kinetics; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
D019344:Lactic Acid; D000079:Acetaldehyde; C010972:glycolaldehyde