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Abstract

Approaching Lactate Inorganically Conversion of biomass to value-added chemical compounds currently relies in large part on fermentation. For full-scale displacement of petroleum as the chemical industry's primary feedstock, alternative conversion technologies will be necessary. Holm et al. (p. 602 ) have found that Lewis acidic zeolite derivatives suspended in methanol can catalyze the selective conversion of glucose, fructose, and sucrose sugars to methyl lactate, a versatile synthetic intermediate for commercial products. The catalysts were easily separated from product mixtures and proved robust over six reaction and regeneration cycles.

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Holm, M. S., Saravanamurugan, S., & Taarning, E. (2010). Conversion of Sugars to Lactic Acid Derivatives Using Heterogeneous Zeotype Catalysts. Science, 328(5978), 602–605.

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Created 15 years, 3 months ago (April 29, 2010, 2:53 p.m.)
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Issued 15 years, 3 months ago (April 30, 2010)
Published 15 years, 3 months ago (April 30, 2010)
Published Print 15 years, 3 months ago (April 30, 2010)
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@article{Holm_2010, title={Conversion of Sugars to Lactic Acid Derivatives Using Heterogeneous Zeotype Catalysts}, volume={328}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1183990}, DOI={10.1126/science.1183990}, number={5978}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Holm, Martin Spangsberg and Saravanamurugan, Shunmugavel and Taarning, Esben}, year={2010}, month=apr, pages={602–605} }