Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery
Polymeric humin formation greatly diminishes levulinic acid yields in acid treatment of C6 sugars in aqueous medium. Protecting reactive functional groups of sugars and reaction intermediates via acetalisation and etherification in methanol medium effectively suppresses humin formation and remarkabl...
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The Royal Society of Chemistry
2011
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| author | Hu, Xun Li, Chun-Zhu |
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| description | Polymeric humin formation greatly diminishes levulinic acid yields in acid treatment of C6 sugars in aqueous medium. Protecting reactive functional groups of sugars and reaction intermediates via acetalisation and etherification in methanol medium effectively suppresses humin formation and remarkably enhances the production of levulinic esters. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-184242017-09-13T13:45:16Z Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery Hu, Xun Li, Chun-Zhu Polymeric humin formation greatly diminishes levulinic acid yields in acid treatment of C6 sugars in aqueous medium. Protecting reactive functional groups of sugars and reaction intermediates via acetalisation and etherification in methanol medium effectively suppresses humin formation and remarkably enhances the production of levulinic esters. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18424 10.1039/c1gc15272f The Royal Society of Chemistry restricted |
| spellingShingle | Hu, Xun Li, Chun-Zhu Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title | Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title_full | Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title_fullStr | Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title_short | Levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| title_sort | levulinic esters from the acid-catalysed reactions of sugars and alcohols as part of a bio-refinery |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18424 |