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Highly efficient conversion of biomass-derived levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone over Ni/MgO catalyst†

Jinkun Lv,a   Zeming Rong,*a   Yong Wang,a   Jinghai Xiu,a   Yue Wanga  and  Jingping Qua  

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a State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
E-mail: zeming@dlut.edu.cn
Tel: +86 411 84986242

Abstract

Hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) was investigated with several supported Ni catalysts for the production of γ-valerolactone (GVL). The catalysts have been characterized with different techniques (XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, TPR, ICP-AES, TEM). Under optimal reaction conditions of 150 °C, 1.0 MPa and 20 mL i-PrOH for 2 h, the highest selectivity (93.3%) of GVL was obtained. The productivity reached 0.32 molGVL gmetal−1 h−1, which was highest compared with all reported Ni-based catalysts.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA12548K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Jun 2015
Accepted
12 Aug 2015
First published
14 Aug 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 72037-72045

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Highly efficient conversion of biomass-derived levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone over Ni/MgO catalyst

J. Lv, Z. Rong, Y. Wang, J. Xiu, Y. Wang and J. Qu, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 72037 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA12548K

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