caa a22 4500 463252640 CHVBK 20180405153345.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10562-007-9052-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10562-007-9052-6 Modified versions of sulfated zirconia as catalysts for the conversion of xylose to furfural [Elektronische Daten] [Ana Dias, Sérgio Lima, Martyn Pillinger, Anabela Valente] Conventional (per)sulfated bulk zirconia, mesoporous sulfated zirconia and (per)sulfated zirconia supported on an ordered mesoporous silica, with or without aluminium incorporation, were examined as acid catalysts for the dehydrocyclisation of xylose into furfural. Furfural yields of up to 50% could be achieved at >90% conversion with the modified zirconia catalysts, which is better than that achievable with H2SO4 (using approximately the same equivalent amount of sulfur.) Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 xylose nationallicence furfural nationallicence dehydration nationallicence acid catalysis nationallicence sulfated zirconia nationallicence mesoporous materials nationallicence MCM-41 nationallicence Dias Ana Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut Lima Sérgio Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut Pillinger Martyn Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut Valente Anabela Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut Catalysis Letters Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 114/3-4(2007-04-01), 151-160 1011-372X 114:3-4<151 2007 114 10562 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9052-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-007-9052-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dias Ana Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lima Sérgio Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pillinger Martyn Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Valente Anabela Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Catalysis Letters Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 114/3-4(2007-04-01), 151-160 1011-372X 114:3-4<151 2007 114 10562 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer