Efficient and selective conversion of lactic acid into acetaldehyde using a mesoporous aluminum phosphate catalyst

Congming Tang, Jiansheng Peng, Xinli Li, Zhanjie Zhai, Wei Bai, Ning Jiang, Hejun Gao, Yunwen Liao

Green Chemistry · 2014 · 47 citations · 53 references

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Abstract

A mesoporous AlPO<sub>4</sub>catalyst has been found to show an excellent performance for decarbonylation of lactic acid to acetaldehyde.

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