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Highly efficient hydrogenation of levulinic acid into 2-methyltetrahydrofuran over Ni–Cu/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>–ZrO<sub>2</sub>bifunctional catalysts

Zhenbing Xie, Bingfeng Chen, Haoran Wu, Mingyang Liu, Huizhen Liu, Jianling Zhang, Guanying Yang, Buxing Han

Green Chemistry · 2019 · 92 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

High-performance bifunctional catalysts (Ni–Cu/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>–ZrO<sub>2</sub>) have been investigated in the selective hydrogenolysis of levulinic acid into 2-methyltetrahydrofuran.

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