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Development of a trapezoidal MgO catalyst for highly-efficient transesterification of glycerol and dimethyl carbonate

Zongquan Bai, Ya‐Jun Zheng, Weiwei Han, Yue Ji, Tianlan Yan, Ying Tang, Gang Chen, Zhiping Zhang

CrystEngComm · 2018 · 26 citations · 39 references

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Trapezoidal MgO has been developed for the transesterification of glycerol and dimethyl carbonate with a glycerol carbonate yield of more than 99%.

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