title: Heteropoly acids as efficient acid catalysts in the one-step conversion of cellulose to sugar alcohols.
abstract: Cellulose and even spruce can be converted efficiently into valuable platform chemicals via combined hydrolysis and hydrogenation in the aqueous phase. Thereby, heteropoly acids together with supported ruthenium catalysts show not only high activity but also remarkable selectivity to sugar alcohols reaching up to 81% yield of C(4) to C(6) sugar alcohols in only 7 h at 160 °C.
authors.affiliation: RWTH-Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany. palkovits@itmc.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palkovits
authors.forename: Kameh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tajvidi
authors.forename: Agnieszka M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ruppert
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Procelewska
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D006865:Hydrogenation; D006868:Hydrolysis; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; D012428:Ruthenium; D002482:Cellulose