Highly efficient hydrogenation of biomass-derived levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone catalyzed by iridium pincer complexes

From Esters to Alcohols and Back with Ruthenium and Osmium Catalysts

(2012) Denis Spasyuk et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cu–ZrO2 nanocomposite catalyst for selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid and its ester to γ-valerolactone

(2012) Amol M. Hengne et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Metal–Ligand Cooperation by Aromatization–Dearomatization: A New Paradigm in Bond Activation and “Green” Catalysis

(2011) Chidambaram Gunanathan et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Ester hydrogenation catalyzed by Ru-CNN pincer complexes

(2011) Yunshan Sun et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Converting carbohydrates to bulk chemicals and fine chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts

(2011) Maria J. Climent et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over carbon-supported noble metal catalysts

(2011) Pravin P. Upare et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY

Experimental and kinetic modeling studies on the biphasic hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone using a homogeneous water-soluble Ru–(TPPTS) catalyst

(2011) M. Chalid et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

New CNN-Type Ruthenium Pincer NHC Complexes. Mild, Efficient Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters

(2011) Eran Fogler et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Valeric Biofuels: A Platform of Cellulosic Transportation Fuels

(2010) Jean-Paul Lange et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Selective and Flexible Transformation of Biomass-Derived Platform Chemicals by a Multifunctional Catalytic System

(2010) Frank M. A. Geilen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Formic Acid into γ-Valerolactone over Heterogeneous Catalysts

(2010) Li Deng et al.   ChemSusChem

Next-Generation Biofuels: Survey of Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Issues

(2010) Sergey Zinoviev et al.   ChemSusChem

Catalytic upgrading of levulinic acid to 5-nonanone

(2010) Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels

(2010) David Martin Alonso et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Direct Hydrogenation of Amides to Alcohols and Amines under Mild Conditions

(2010) Ekambaram Balaraman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Discovery of Environmentally Benign Catalytic Reactions of Alcohols Catalyzed by Pyridine-Based Pincer Ru Complexes, Based on Metal–Ligand Cooperation

(2010) David Milstein   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates into γ-Valerolactone without Using an External H2Supply

(2009) Li Deng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly active iridium catalysts for the hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes

(2009) Xuanhua Chen et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Synthesis of γ-Valerolactone by Hydrogenation of Biomass-derived Levulinic Acid over Ru/C Catalyst

(2009) Zhi-pei Yan et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Combined dehydration/(transfer)-hydrogenation of C6-sugars (D-glucose and D-fructose) to γ-valerolactone using ruthenium catalysts

(2009) Hans Heeres et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Using Ir(III)−Pincer Complexes

(2009) Ryo Tanaka et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Solvents from nature

(2008) István T. Horváth   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Integration of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes for a Multi-step Conversion of Biomass: From Sucrose to Levulinic Acid, γ-Valerolactone, 1,4-Pentanediol, 2-Methyl-tetrahydrofuran, and Alkanes

(2008) Hasan Mehdi et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

γ-Valerolactone—a sustainable liquid for energy and carbon-based chemicals

(2007) István T. Horváth et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY