Issue 3, 2002
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Green Chemistry

Rapid and selective retro-aldol condensation of glucose to glycolaldehyde in supercritical water

Mitsuru Sasaki,*a   Kohtaro Goto,b   Kiyohiko Tajima,b   Tadafumi Adschiric  and  Kunio Araic  

* Corresponding authors

a Genesis Research Institute, Inc, 4-1-35 Noritake-shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: sasaki@arai.che.tohoku.ac.jp

b Noguchi Institute, 1-8-1 Yoga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

c Department of Chemical Engineering, Tohoku University, Aza-Aoba 7, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

Retro-aldol condensation of glucose occurred preferentially relative to dehydration and isomerization under low water density conditions in supercritical water, and glycolaldehyde was successfully produced in a rapid and selective manner without any catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Rapid and selective retro-aldol condensation of glucose to glycolaldehyde in supercritical water

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B203968K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Mar 2002
First published
23 May 2002

Green Chem., 2002,4, 285-287

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Rapid and selective retro-aldol condensation of glucose to glycolaldehyde in supercritical water

M. Sasaki, K. Goto, K. Tajima, T. Adschiri and K. Arai, Green Chem., 2002, 4, 285 DOI: 10.1039/B203968K

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