P-Tu-BRC-105 Conversion of Diols by Dehydrogenation and Dehydration Reactions on Cu/SiO2 Catalysts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Ballroom C (Galt House Hotel)
Pablo A. Torresi, Verónica K. Diez and J. Isabel Di Cosimo, Instituto de Investigaciones en Catálisis y Petroquímica, Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Argentina.
Biomass-derived 1,3-diols can be transformed by dehydrogenation and dehydration reactions into valuable building blocks for organic synthesis.  Both reactions occur at mild conditions on the Cu0 sites of Cu/SiO2 catalysts. The product distribution can be controlled by properly choosing Cu loading and reactor contact time.

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