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Selective catalytic oxidation of sugar alcohols to lactic acid

Michael G. Manas, Jesús Campos, Liam S. Sharninghausen, Elisa Lin, Robert H. Crabtree

Green Chemistry · 2014 · 61 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Homogeneous iridium catalysts are reported for the highly efficient and selective conversion of polyols to hydrogen gas and lactic acid.

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