Journal of Catalysis

Biomass into chemicals: One pot-base free oxidative esterification of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural into 2, 5-dimethylfuroate with gold on nanoparticulated ceria

O Casanova, S Iborra, A Corma

Index: Journal of Catalysis, , vol. 265, # 1 p. 109 - 116

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Citation Number: 124

Abstract

... Journal of Catalysis. ... Keywords. Catalysis; 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural; 2,5-Dimethylfuroate; Gold; Ceria. 1. Introduction. ... Synthesis of catalysts. Synthesis of 2.1 wt% Au–CeO 2 catalyst: The preparation of nanoparticulated ceria was carried out following the reported procedure [25]. ...