Abstract
A novel one-pot approach selects a hydrothermally synthesized Cu/SiO2 catalyst (consisting of Cu2O·SiO2 and Cu0 surface species) to catalyze the reduction of a series of fatty esters, fatty acids, and coconut oil to fatty alcohols at 240 °C in methanol without extraneous hydrogen, attaining around 85% conversion and 100% selectivity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6152-6155 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 45 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |