Abstract
Download options Please wait... Article information DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CY20808G Article type Paper Submitted 22 Nov 2012 Accepted 11 Mar 2013 First published 12 Mar 2013 This article is Open Access Download Citation Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013,3, 1565-1572 BibTex EndNote MEDLINE ProCite ReferenceManager RefWorks RIS Permissions Request permissions Simultaneous hydrolysis and hydrogenation of cellobiose to sorbitol in molten salt hydrate media J. Li, H. S. M. P. Soares, J. A. Moulijn and M. Makkee, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2013, 3, 1565 DOI: 10.1039/C3CY20808G This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. You can use material from this article in other publications without requesting further permissions from the RSC, provided that the correct acknowledgement is given. Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content. Social activity Tweet Share Search articles by author Jianrong Li Helena S. M. P. Soares Jacob A. Moulijn Michiel Makkee
Highlights
The sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from biomass has attracted broad interest from the catalysis and chemical engineering community.[1,2] At present much attention is given to the so-called 2nd generation of biomass resources, viz., lignocellulosics, mainly because of their abundant presence without direct competition with the food chain
Cellulose as the most abundant fraction of lignocellulosics especially deserves attention (i) because of its crystalline structure and since the glucosidic linkages are in the b configuration, it is much more stable in most processes, for instance under fermentation conditions; and (ii) because of its simple, regular structure and well-defined composition, it is well suited for the production of platform molecules for the chemical industry.[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) results showed that cellobiose has a high crystallinity; using Scherrer’s equation, we calculated that the crystals had a lateral dimension of 140 nm
Summary
The sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from biomass has attracted broad interest from the catalysis and chemical engineering community.[1,2] At present much attention is given to the so-called 2nd generation of biomass resources, viz., lignocellulosics, mainly because of their abundant presence without direct competition with the food chain. Cellulose as the most abundant fraction of lignocellulosics especially deserves attention (i) because of its crystalline structure and since the glucosidic linkages are in the b configuration, it is much more stable in most processes, for instance under fermentation conditions; and (ii) because of its simple, regular structure and well-defined composition, it is well suited for the production of platform molecules for the chemical industry.[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. Conversion of cellulose into sorbitol through glucose is possible by a combination of hydrolysis and hydrogenation
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
