Chemoselective hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol to 1,5-pentanediol.
Direct conversion of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, which is one of the biomass-derived chemicals, to 1,5-pentanediol was realized by chemoselective hydrogenolysis catalyzed by Rh/SiO(2) modified with ReO(x) species, and this reaction route gave higher yield than the conventional multi-step method.
Koso
Shuichi
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Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8573, Japan.
Furikado
Ippei
I
Shimao
Akira
A
Miyazawa
Tomohisa
T
Kunimori
Kimio
K
Tomishige
Keiichi
K