Abstract
We have investigated the synthesis of hexane-1,2,5,6-tetrol (hereafter "tetrol") from aqueous solutions of biomass-derived levoglucosanol (hereafter "Lgol") using a (10 wt %)Pt-(10 wt %)WOx/TiO2 catalyst in both batch and continuous flow reactors. The tetrol selectivity was over 90% with Lgol feed concentrations of 10-30 wt %. Most of the Lgol
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