Temperature-controlled phase-transfer catalysis for ethylene glycol production from cellulose.
A temperature-controlled phase-transfer catalyst-tungsten acid, which in combination with a robust heterogeneous catalyst Ru/C shows a high activity and exceptional reusability for the one-pot conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol. This binary system can be reused more than 20 times with ethylene glycol yield over 50%.
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Dalian 116023, China.
Zhijun
Z
Tai
Junying
J
Zhang
Aiqin
A
Wang
Mingyuan
M
Zheng
Tao
T
Zhang
D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D019855:Ethylene Glycol / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D044367:Phase Transition; D013696:Temperature; D017973:Tungsten Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D017973:Tungsten Compounds; D002482:Cellulose; D019855:Ethylene Glycol; C021101:tungstic(VI) acid