Design of organosulfonic acid functionalized organosilica hollow nanospheres for efficient conversion of furfural alcohol to ethyl levulinate

Bo Lü, Sai An, Daiyu Song, Fang Su, Xia Yang, Yihang Guo

Green Chemistry · 2015 · 70 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

One-step prepared organosulfonic acid-functionalized organosilica hollow nanospheres exhibited excellent catalytic activity and stability in direct synthesis of ethyl levulinate from ethanolysis of biomass-derived furfural alcohol.

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