Dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide over H-beta zeolites with high Si/Al ratios

Hirokazu Kobayashi, Haruka Yokoyama, Bo Feng, Atsushi Fukuoka

Green Chemistry · 2015 · 123 citations · 42 references

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H-beta zeolite with a Si/Al ratio of 75 uniquely shows high catalytic activity for the dehydration of sorbitol, giving a 76% yield of isosorbide at 400 K over 2 h.

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