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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 10-20.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2017.03.002

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Recent Progress in Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid and Its Esters to γ-Valerolactone

ZHANG Ying, LI Chuang, FU Yao   

  1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230006, China
  • Received:2016-11-09 Online:2017-06-25 Published:2017-07-03

Abstract: So far, various platform molecules have been obtained from biomass and its derivatives. Among these molecules, γ-valerolactone (GVL) is widely used because of its high stability, low toxicity and low volatility. In this paper, various catalytic reaction systems such as H2 gas, formic acid (FA) or alcohols as hydrogen source for the hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) and its esters to GVL are summarized. The future research trends of the selective hydrogenation of LA to GVL are suggested.

Key words: biomass, levulinic acid, γ-valerolactone, catalytic system, hydrogenation

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