Dehydration of sugars to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and non-stoichiometric formic and levulinic acids over mesoporous Ta and Ta-W oxide solid acid catalysts
Bin Guo, Lulu He, Gangfeng Tang, Li Zhang, Lin Ye, Bin Yue, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, Heyong He
Topics & Concepts
Levulinic acidChemistryLewis acids and basesCatalysisFormic acidSelectivityMesoporous materialBrønsted–Lowry acid–base theoryHydroxymethylfurfuralInorganic chemistryNiobium oxideOrganic chemistryOxideFurfuralCatalysis for Biomass ConversionSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies