O-W-A-4 Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Terminal C-C Bond Scission of C5-Carbohydrates

Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 11:00 AM
Ballroom A (Lawrence Convention Center)
Frits van der Klis1, Linda Gootjes1, Jacco van Haveren1, Daan S. van Es1 and J.H. (Harry) Bitter2, (1)Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, Netherlands, (2)Wageningen university, Netherlands.
The catalytic conversion of C5-sugars to C4-polyols was studied over a Ru/C catalyst. A mechanistic study revealed that the dominant reaction mechanism involves a formal decarbonylation step leading to the initial formation of the desired C4-polyols. Subsequently the formed C4-polyols undergo further terminal C-C scissions to glycerol and ethylene glycol.

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