A communication titled “Aqueous phase hydrogenation of levulinic acid to 1,4-pentanediol” delivered by Mengxia Li was published in Chemical Communications.

Article Link：http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cc/c3cc48236g#!divAbstract.

For the first time, Mo modified Rh/SiO2 was found to be an effective catalyst for the aqueous phase selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid to 1,4-pentanediol. Over such a catalyst, high levulinic acid conversion (100%) and 1,4-pentanediol yield (70%) can be achieved at low temperature (353 K).

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