Upgrade of biomass-derived levulinic acid via Ru/C-catalyzed hydrogenation to γ-valerolactone in aqueous–organic–ionic liquids multiphase systems

M Selva, M Gottardo, A Perosa

Index: Paganelli, Stefano; Perosa, Alvise; Selva, Maurizio Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2007 , vol. 349, # 11-12 p. 1858 - 1862

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Abstract

A liquid triphase system made by an aqueous phase, an organic phase, and an ionic liquid was designed and applied to the catalytic hydrogenation/dehydration of biomass-derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. This paper demonstrates that, by operating at 100–150 °C and 35 atm