Clean and selective production of γ-valerolactone from biomass-derived levulinic acid catalyzed by recyclable Pd nanoparticle catalyst

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 230-232

  Yan, Kai ^a   Lafleur, Todd ^b   Jarvis, Cody ^b   Wu, Guosheng ^b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clean production; Levulinic acid; Stability; Valerolactone

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CLEAN PRODUCTION; LEVULINIC ACID; MESOPOROUS; PD NANO PARTICLE; SELECTIVE PRODUCTION; STABLE PERFORMANCE; WATER SOLVENTS; ZR-MCM-41;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84899908552     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.056     Document Type: Article

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