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SUBMITTER: Romano PN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5396339 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ChemSusChem 20161216 24
Green, inexpensive, and robust copper-based heterogeneous catalysts achieve 100 % conversion and 99 % selectivity in the conversion of furfural to furfuryl alcohol when using cyclopentyl-methyl ether as green solvent and microwave reactors at low H<sub>2</sub> pressures and mild temperatures. The utilization of pressurized microwave reactors produces a 3-4 fold increase in conversion and an unexpected enhancement in selectivity as compared to the reaction carried out at the same conditions using ...[more]