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Chemical Communications

Highly efficient conversion of biomass-derived glycolide to ethylene glycol over CuO in water†

Lingli Xu,a   Zhibao Huo,*a   Jun Fua  and  Fangming Jina  

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Abstract

The efficient conversion of biomass-derived glycolide into ethylene glycol over CuO in water was investigated. The reaction of glycolide was carried out with 25 mmol Zn and 6 mmol CuO with 25% water filling at 250 °C for 150 min, which yielded the desired ethylene glycol in 94% yield.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC49439J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Dec 2013
Accepted
15 Apr 2014
First published
17 Apr 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 6009-6012

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Highly efficient conversion of biomass-derived glycolide to ethylene glycol over CuO in water

L. Xu, Z. Huo, J. Fu and F. Jin, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6009 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49439J

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