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CHEMISTRYSELECT
Volume 2, Issue 8, Pages 2495-2498Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201700389
Keywords
Acid catalysis; Biomass; Cellulose; Process intensification; Surfactant
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- Spanish Government-MINECO through Severo Ochoa [SEV 2012-0267]
- European Union (European Regional Development Fund) AEI/FEDER/UE [CTQ2015-74138-JIN]
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The one-step production of biodegradable alkyl glycoside (1-dodecyl mono- and oligoglucoside) surfactants from cellulose has been achieved by direct alcoholysis in fatty alcohol media under BrOnsted acid catalysis at near-ambient pressure. The fatty alcohol serves as both solvent and reagent. Addition of small amounts of water prevents dehydration events and thus minimises product and solvent degradation. Furthermore, high initial cellulose loadings and short thermal cycles enable moderate-to-high conversions and selectivities (up to approximate to 70%), and low solvent-to-product ratios.
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