Production of indoles via thermo-catalytic conversion and ammonization of bio-derived furfural

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-81

  Yao, Qian ^a   Xu, Lujiang ^a   Han, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonization; Furfural; Indole; Thermo catalytic conversion

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; CATALYSTS; FURFURAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AMMONIZATION; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CRACKING REACTIONS; INDOLE; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM CALCULATION; REACTION TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT HOURLY SPACE VELOCITY;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 84930939124     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.05.094     Document Type: Article

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