Facile and efficient conversion of furfuryl alcohol into n-butyl levulinate catalyzed by extremely low acid concentration

BioResources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 3825-3834

  Peng, Lincai ^a,b   Li, Hui ^a   Xi, Long ^a   Chen, Keli ^a   Chen, Haiyan ^a  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkyl levulinates; Extremely low acid; Furfuryl alcohol; N Butanol

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ALKYL LEVULINATES; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; N-BUTANOL; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84901374222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.9.3.3825-3834     Document Type: Article

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